Istor-o-Nal

Istor-o-Nal is the third highest mountain in the Hindu Kush, in the Chitral District of the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. It is the 68th highest independent peak in the world. It crowns a massif with eleven peaks of elevation more than 7,000 m (22,966 ft). The peak is located a few kilometres northeast of Tirich Mir (the highest mountain in the Hindu Kush), across the Tirich Glacier. Because Istor-o-Nal is behind the higher peak of Tirich Mir from many viewpoints, it is not easily visible and therefore not well known.

Istor-o-Nal
Istor-o-Nal is located in Pakistan
Istor-o-Nal
Istor-o-Nal
Location in Pakistan
Highest point
Elevation7,403 m (24,288 ft)[1]
Ranked 68th
Prominence1,025 m (3,363 ft)[2]
Coordinates36°23′13″N 71°53′21″E[3]
Geography
LocationPakistan
Parent rangeHindu Kush
Climbing
First ascent1955 by Ken Bankwala, Joseph E. Murphy, Jr., and Thomas A. Mutch[4][5]
Easiest routeglacier/snow/ice climb

The word "Istoro Nal" means horseshoe in the chitrali language (Istor means "horse"). The origin of the name is unclear.

Istor-o-Nal was first climbed on June 8, 1955, by the Americans Joseph E. Murphy, Jr., and Thomas A. Mutch, led by Pakistani Major Ken Bankwala,[4] on a Princeton Mountaineering Club expedition. They climbed the west ridge, starting from the south side of the peak on the Tirich Glacier. Their small, minimally financed expedition (by the standards of the time for high-altitude mountaineering) achieved what was then the second highest summit attained by Americans.[4]

See also

References
  1. The height is sometimes given as 7,398 m (24,271 ft).
  2. "Istor-o-Nal, Pakistan". Peakbagger.com.
  3. Other sources give slightly different coordinates.
  4. Murphy, Joseph E. Jr. (1956). "The Ascent of Istor-o-Nal". American Alpine Journal: 66–74. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
  5. Himalayan Index
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