Cerro Kishtwar

Cerro Kishtwar
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height	6155  m
location	Jammu and Kashmir ( India )
Mountains	Kishtwar Himalaya ( Himalaya )
Dominance	3.1 km →  Chomochior
Notch height	685 m ↓  (5470 m)
Coordinates	33 ° 20 '54 "  N , 76 ° 34' 35"  E Coordinates: 33 ° 20 '54 "  N , 76 ° 34' 35"  E
First ascent	September 20, 1993 by Mick Fowler and Steve Sustad

The Cerro Kishtwar is a mountain in the Kishtwar Himalaya , a mountain region in the western Himalayas in the Indian Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir .

The 6155  m high glaciated mountain is located in the far east of the Kishtwar district . The Cerro Kishtwar is located north of the Dharlang river valley , a right tributary of the Chanab .

South of Cerro Kishtwar rises the 6040  m high White Saphire , another climbing peak with an 850 m high wall.

Ascent history

The Cerro Kishtwar was first climbed on September 20, 1993 by the two British Mick Fowler and Steve Sustad . The ascent route (ED +; Sco VI, A3; 1300 m) led over the north-west face and north-east face

Subsequently, the mountains in Kashmir were closed to foreign mountaineers until around 2010 for military and political reasons.

In 2011 Stephan Siegrist , David Lama , Denis Burdet and Rob Frost climbed Cerro Kishtwar as the second team via the Route Yoniverse (WI5, 6a, 1200 m), an ascent over the north-west face .

In 2015, Hayden Kennedy , Marco Prezelj , Manu Pellisier and Urban Novak climbed in alpine style over the route Light Before Wisdom (ED +, 5.11, WI6, M6, A2, 1200 m) through the east face as the third team to the summit and received one for it Piolet d'Or .

In 2017 Stephan Siegrist , Thomas Huber and Julian Zanker climbed through the central northwest face via the Har Har Mahadev route (VII, A3 +, 6b, M6, 1000 m).

In 2018 the Japanese Genki Narumi, Yusuke Sato and Hiroki Yamamoto climbed through the northwest face via their route All Izz Well (VI, WI5, M6, 1500m).

Web links

• andypmountainguide.com
• Cerro Kishtwar: An Expedition in the Kashmir-Himalaya (Stephan Siegrist)
• colltex.ch: Photo of Cerro Kishtwar with Yoniverse route

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Himalayan Climbs
2. ↑ ^{a b} ari.rdx.net
3. ^ Kashmir, India: Stephan Siegrist two times lucky
4. ↑ Piolet d`Or Cerro Kishtwar
5. ↑ alpinist.com Light Before Wisdom: The East Face of Cerro Kishtwar
6. ↑ climbing.de First ascent on Cerro Kishtwar
7. ^ Americanalpineclub.org Cerro Kishtwar, Northwest Face Direct, Har-Har Mahadev
8. ↑ alpinist.com Japanese climbers complete a new route on Cerro Kishtwar's northeast face