Broad Peak

Broad Peak is the 12th highest mountain in the world at 8051m / 26414ft. It was first climbed in 1957 by Fritz Wintersteller, Marcus Schmuck, Kurt Diemberger, and Hermann Buhl on an Austrian expedition.

The first Australian ascent of Broad Peak was in 1986 by Zac Zaharias, Brian Agnew, Peter Lambert, Terry McCullagh, Jim van Gelder, Jon Chester, Mike Rheinberger and Pat Cullinan on an Australian Army Alpine Association expedition. (Source: Himalayan Dreaming)

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Project Base8000 expedition: July/August 2022 (completed)

Base Camp – Pakistan – 5,000m / 16,404ft

this trek will take us up the Baltoro Glacier where we will also trek to the base camps of the other 8000m mountains nearby – K2, Gasherbrum I and Gasherbrum II.
how to get there – fly from Islamabad to Skardu. If the flight is cancelled we will need to drive there on the infamous ‘KKH’ – the Karakoram Highway. We then drive by jeep to Askole to start the trek up the Baltoro Glacier.
number of days trekking – 16 days with extra days at either end to fly/drive
best time of year to trek – July/August, which is also the climbing season
On the same trip we will add on a short trek to Nanga Parbat to achieve our target of the 5 base camps in Pakistan. This is in a different area to the other base camps above.