This mountain is the tallest one accessible via the town of Skardu.
This mountain is the tallest one accessible via the town of Skardu. This mountain rises near theShaksgam River and the Baltoro Glacier lies between it and the Masherbrum Mountains. TheAbruzzi Spur is the most frequent route up this mountain in Gilgit-Baltistan, which was firstsummited by the Italians Achille Compagnoni and Lino Lacedelli. Once called Mount (*)Godwin-Austen, this Kashmiri peak, the tallest in the Karakoram Range, is nicknamed "Savage Mountain."Lying on the China-Pakistan border, it is usually known by its surveyor's mark. Deadlier per capita and 237meters shorter than Mt. Everest, this is, for 10 points, what tersely named second-tallest mountain in theworld?
This mountain is the tallest one accessible via the town of Skardu.
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