Noshak

Noshak
	The Noshak (left with a cloud cover) with its west ridge from the base camp (Noshak valley in Afghanistan) from west northwest
height	7485 m
location	Badachschan ( Afghanistan ), ; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ( Pakistan )
Mountains	Hindu Kush
Dominance	18.89 km → Tirich Mir West II
Notch height	2017 m ↓ ( 5468 m )
Coordinates	36 ° 25 '57 " N , 71 ° 49' 45" E Coordinates: 36 ° 25 '57 " N , 71 ° 49' 45" E
First ascent	August 17, 1960 by Toshiaki Sakai, Goro Iwatsuboa
Normal way	glaciated alpine tour

The Noshak (or Noshaq ; Persian نوشاخ; Pashtun نوشک) is the second highest peak in the Hindu Kush Mountains after Tirich Mir . It lies on the border of Afghanistan to Pakistan , between the Wakhankorridor and Chitral -Tal.

Ascent history

The first ascent was made on August 17, 1960 by Toshiaki Sakai and Goro Iwatsuboa, members of a Japanese expedition. The ascent at that time ran from the southeast over the Qadzi Deh glacier . Ten days later, on August 27, 1960, a Polish expedition reached the summit. Today's normal route, however, leads through the Noshak Valley in Afghanistan from the west to the summit.

In 1970 the Tyrolean Hindu Kush ski expedition of the Academic Alpine Club Innsbruck skied the Noshak for the first time. The expedition members included Roland Schulz, Hans-Jörg Moser, Uli Schwabe, Karl Gabl , Gerd Gantner, Jörg Schmidl and Gerhard Markl. Five of the expedition participants reached the summit. Only Jörg Schmidl (because of severe meningitis ) and Gerd Gantner (because of altitude sickness at 6900 m ) had to give up prematurely. At that time, the expedition set a new altitude record on skis.

The first ascent by Afghans was in July 2009, and in August 2018 Hanifa Yousoufi became the first Afghan woman to reach the summit.

Web links

Noshak on Peakbagger.com (English)
Noshak at Peakware (English)
Noshaq peak. In: summitpost.org. Retrieved July 28, 2011 .
Afghans to the top. The first Afghan ascent of Mount Noshaq. Retrieved July 28, 2011 .

Individual evidence

↑ Japanese Himalay Expeditions . American Alpine Journal, 1961, vol. 12.
^ Asia, Afghanistan, Polish Hindu Kush Expedition . American Alpine Journal, 1961, vol. 12.
↑ Interview with Dr. Karl "Charly" Gabl. January 22, 2011, accessed September 4, 2011 .

[aaj1961a-1] Japanese Himalay Expeditions . American Alpine Journal, 1961, vol. 12.

[aaj1961b-2] Asia, Afghanistan, Polish Hindu Kush Expedition . American Alpine Journal, 1961, vol. 12.

[3] Interview with Dr. Karl "Charly" Gabl. January 22, 2011, accessed September 4, 2011 .