Asia, Pakistani-Afghan Frontier, Istor-o-Nal Group

Publication Year: 1971.

Istor-o-Nal Group. Two German Alpine Club (DAV) expeditions combined in Pakistan for most of their climbing. From Munich were H. Hesslinger, L. Jaumann, H. Wagner, and H. Wiessmeier. From Garmisch-Partenkirchen were K. and U. Schoenwald, N. Hendrichs, and F. Reuter. They made the following climbs, none of them first ascents: Dertona Peak (c. 20,000 feet) on August 18 by K. and U. Schoenwald, Hendrichs, Reuter from an 18,700 feet high camp to the east on the upper Tirich Glacier; Ghul Lasht Zom East (21,690 feet) on August 21 by Wagner and Jaumann from the upper Tirich Glacier; Ghul Lasht Zom South (21,828 feet according to Wala but probably only c. 21,000 feet) on August 21 by Wiessmeier, K. Schoenwald, Reuter from the north (all three from the same camp); Istor-o-Nal West I (23,950 feet) on August 30 by Wagner and Wiessmeier by the southwest ridge with camps at 19,000 and 21,650 feet. It is not absolutely clear which peak on the ridge they reached.

thomas Trübswetter, Deutscher Alpenverein