Gasherbrum II is the 13th highest mountain in the world at 8035m / 26362ft. It was first climbed in 1956 by an Austrian expedition which included Fritz Moravec, Josef Larch, and Hans Willenpart.
The first Australian ascent of Gasherbrum II was in 1987 by Geoff Little. (Source: Himalayan Dreaming)
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Project Base8000 expedition: July/August 2022 (completed)
Base Camp – Pakistan – 5,150m / 16,896ft
- this is the base camp for both Gasherbrum I and Gasherbrum II
- 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 and Broad Peak.
- 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.
(Photo by Daniel Born on Unsplash)
Read our blogpost on Pakistan
You can read our blogpost on our Pakistan trek here.