Noshaq

The Noshak (left with cloud cover) and its west ridge from the base camp from east-northeast

The Noshak (or Noshaq; persian نوشاخ; Pashtun نوشک ) is the highest mountain in Afghanistan and after Tirich Mir the second highest peak of the Hindu Kush mountain range. It is located in the northeast of the country on the border with Pakistan.

The first ascent was made in 1960 by Toshiaki Sakai and Goro Iwatsuboa, members of a Japanese expedition. The former increase was from the southeast over the Qadzi Deh glacier. However, today's normal route from the west to the summit.

In 1970 the first descent of the Noshak with ski through the Tyrolean Hindu Kush - ski expedition of the Academic Alpine Club Innsbruck. One of the expedition members included Roland Schulz, Hans -Jörg Moser, Uli Schwabe, Karl Gabl, Gerd Gantner, Jörg Schmidl and Gerhard Markl. Five of the members of the expedition reached the summit. Only Jörg Schmidl (because of a strong meningitis ) and Gerd Gantner (because of altitude sickness in 6,900 meters high) had to give up prematurely. The expedition turned to that date to a new altitude record on skis.