Yukshin Gardan Sar

Yukshin Gardan Sar (left) and Kanjut Sar (center)

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Location

The Yukshin Gardan Sar is located in the northeastern part of the Hispar Muztagh. 2.5 km south of the summit is the 7330 meter high Yutmaru Sar, which is separated from Yukshin Gardan Sar by a 6650 -meter-high saddle. A further 7.5 kilometers south-east follows the Kanjut Sar, the next higher neighbor of Yukshin Gardan Sar. After prominence criteria of the mountain, however, is subordinate to the Kunyang Chhish, which is located south-west and 16 kilometers away.

The long north ridge of Yukshin Gardan Sar expires in Shimshal Valley, east of this ridge flows of Yukshin Gardan Glacier, west of the ridge of the glacier towards Yazghil Shimshal Valley. This glacier has its accumulation zone on a high plateau between Pumari Chhish and Yukshin Gardan Sar. The upper Yazghil Glacier flows here from the south side of the summit pyramid of Yukshin Gardan Sar and south of the south-eastern ridge along the west before it turns north, leaving the mountain ridge above a valley glacier icefall and flows as the direction of Shimshal.

Climbing history

The first ascent of the mountain came in 1984 an Austro -Pakistani expedition that reached the mountain above the Shimshal valley and established their base camp on the Yazghilgletscher. Spurred they were a Japanese- Pakistani expedition, which also wanted to try the first ascent from the same base camp. The Austrians installed five high camp along the Yazgil glacier. After a few weather-related setbacks succeeded her third attempt, Willi Bauer, Walter Bergmayr, Willi Brandecker and Reinhard Streif reached the summit on 26 June. The Japanese, however, tried for a month in vain to conquer the north ridge of the mountain, however, gave this plan and finally reached the summit on July 23. Tetsuei Hanzawa, Akio Hayakawa, Fumihide Saito, Akira Suzuki and Major Sher Khan, ( praised by the Japanese as "the best climber of Pakistan " ) climbed in alpine style, at the summit they found the flags of the Austro -Pakistani expedition. Sher Khan had in 1982 with Reinhold Messner and Nazir Sabir Gasherbrum II and Broad Peak a few days later, two of the eight peaks of the Karakoram climbed.