Trango Towers (Urdu: ٹرینگو ٹاورز) are a family of rock towers situated in the Gilgit-Baltistan region, in the northern part of Pakistan. The Towers have...
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Trango may refer to: TranGO, a public transit agency in Washington, US Trango Towers, a rock formation in Pakistan Trango Glacier, in Pakistan UP Trango...
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John Middendorf (section Great Trango new route)
Dome, and in 1992 he climbed the largest rock wall in the world, Great Trango Tower. Also in the late 1980s and early 1990s, he pioneered numerous difficult...
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from north to south on the west side of the Trango Towers and joins the Baltoro Glacier. The Great Trango Tower, declared a record holder for the "greatest...
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face, Karakoram, Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan, 2,000 m Trango Towers: East Face Great Trango Tower, Baltoro Muztagh, Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan, 1,340 m...
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the summer of 1977, Galen Rowell organized a 6-man expedition to Great Trango Tower, a 20,623-foot unclimbed granite spire in Pakistan. Expedition member...
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during an expedition with Stein P. Aasheim and Dag Kolsrud on Great Trango Tower (6286 m) in Karakoram, Pakistan, during descent, after establishing the...
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2006. Trango Towers (Karakorum) – Normal route on Great Trango Tower (6286 m / 20 623 ft) 2006. Trango Towers (Karakorum) – Chota Badla (Trango Monk,...
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g. Riders on the Storm on Cordillera Paine, or the Grand Voyage on Trango Towers). Extreme C5-graded aid-only routes are also still being established...
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ascents of important new big wall climbing routes on the Trango Towers and the Paine Towers. With long-time climbing partner Kurt Albert, he revolutionized...
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Alpine Institute climbed Trango Towers. Imran Junaidi, Usman Tariq and Owais Khattak were members of the team to attempt Trango Tower. However, only Imran...
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big wall free soloing attracted global attention. Trango Towers, Karakoram. The Great Trango Tower's east face and east buttress form the world's longest...
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Stein-Ivar Gravdal, Bjarte Bø and Sigurd Felde reached the top of Great Trango Tower (6286 m) in Karakoram, Pakistan, via the "Norwegian Buttress" (VII 5...
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film BASEclimb, about a world record setting BASE jump from The Great Trango Towers in Pakistan, won 21 International awards. This year[clarify] he led...
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Teton, Wyoming, 1991 Peak 4810, Ak-Su region, Kyrgyzstan, 1995 Great Trango Tower, Pakistan, 1999, NW face, new route Other climbs Matterhorn (Alps, Switzerland)...
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Mountain, rises 2,408 m directly from the Pacific Ocean. Trango Towers: East Face Great Trango Tower, Baltoro Muztagh, Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan, 1,340 m...
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East Face of Central Tower Of Paine in Patagonia, the first ascent of the West Face of Mount Asgard on Baffin Island, Trango Tower and multiple attempts...
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Christian Doseth (1958–1984) Norway, first ascent of the East Face of Great Trango Tower (1984), died during the descent Lord Francis Douglas (1847–1865) Scotland...
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Schwankhart, with Peter Lazarus, James Pitman and Andreas Kiefer, ascended Trango Tower in Pakistan. In 2007, she joined Pierre Carter, as project photographer...
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(Pakistan): Lama and Ortner repeated the route Eternal Flame on Trango Tower (also known as Nameless Tower; 6239m). 2012 Chogolisa (7668m) on the Baltoro glacier...
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wall climbing locations including the high-altitude walls of Trango Tower, the stormy towers of Patagonia, and the extreme-cold of Ulvetanna in Antarctica;...
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Management for Rock Climbing (2012) Lander Rock Climbs (2015) Cirque of the Towers (2008) American Alpine Club Journal "Half Dome Free Climbed" Skinner, Todd...
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flows from Muztagh Tower towards the Baltoro Glacier. Trans-Karakoram Tract Dafdar Shaksgam River Yinsugaiti Glacier Baltoro Glacier Trango Glacier Concordia...
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Southwest Buttress was made in 2012 by Bill Borger and John Furneaux. Trango Towers – the tallest near-vertical drop on Earth Cerro Torre Half Dome "Thor...
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he completed a new route with Voytek Kurtyka on the Nameless Tower (6239m), Trango Towers, Pakistan. He continued to climb in the Alps, completing 13 peaks...
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Muztagh Tower, 7,273 m. Snow Dome, 7,160 m. Trango Towers, 6,286 m. (Their vertical faces are the world's tallest cliffs.) Uli Biaho Tower, 6,417 m....
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Grande Voyage (1,340 metres, VII 5.10 A4+ WI3), which is on the Great Trango Tower in the Himalayas. The Mountaineers (2018). Mountaineering: The Freedom...
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John Middendorf and Xaver Bongard [de] climb The Grand Voyage, on Great Trango Tower, the world's hardest big wall climb at 5.10+, A4+, WI4. 1992 : Lynn Hill...
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called "Nanda Devi; the Tragic Expedition". 1977 First Ascent of Great Trango Tower with Galen Rowell, Dennis Hennek, Kim Schmitz and Jim Morrissey. 1978...
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K2, the Gasherbrums, Broad Peak, and the Trango Towers, and to the huge glaciers of Baltoro, Biafo and Trango. This makes Skardu the main tourist and mountaineering...
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