The expedition was organized by the half-brother of Willy Merkl, Karl Herrligkoffer from Munich, while the expedition leader was Peter Aschenbrenner from Kufstein, who had participated in the 1932 and 1934 attempts. Zhang Jingchuan, the sole surviving climber in base camp that night, has returned to China and gave a few details of his In 1934, Willy Merkl led a well financed German expedition to Nanga Parbat, with the full backing of the new Nazi government. Nanga Parbat was first climbed, via the Rakhiot Flank (East Ridge), on July 3, 1953 by Austrian climber Hermann Buhl, a member of a German-Austrian team. Nanga Parbat, the killer mountain, is a formidable mountain but the base camp which is frequented by many is not difficult to get to and the scenery is raw, un-spoilt and spectacular.

Various accounts of the June 22-23 massacres of 11 climbers and support staff at the Diamir base camp of Nanga Parbat are emerging. The 1934 Nanga Parbat climbing disaster resulted in the loss of 10 lives over the climbing season including 9 who died in what was, at the time, the largest mountaineering accident in history. Günther Messner (18 May 1946 – 29 June 1970) was an Italian mountaineer from South Tyrol and the younger brother of Reinhold Messner. Nanga Parbat attack: National interest assaulted, says minister Berjees Tahir says that Pakistan had very good relationship with all the countries, especially China. December 8th, 2009 by gripped | Posted in 2009.12, Articles | Günther climbed some of the most difficult routes in the Alps during the 1960s, and joined the Nanga Parbat -Expedition in 1970 just before the beginning of the expedition due to an opening within the team. government. Victory and Tragedy on Nanga Parbat Linked by our will to get to the top of the Couloir, we were completely detached from success or failure, movement becoming the only thing that mattered.