The western Diamirface of Nanga Parbat (Page 4 of 4)

Picture-gallery of the most climbed western, the Diamirface of Nanga Parbat (click to enlarge the pictures)

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Once that the rockclimbing part of the "Kinshofer-Route" is done, the route becomes less steep and the climbing becomes strenous because of altitude and sometimes heavy snowfall.

The impressive upper-part of the Diamir-Face of Nanga Parbat; circle in the right shows area of the pictures below

The pictures below show the critical middle-gap of the "Direct route", a part that was once reached by F. Mummery when he tried in 1895 to climb up "directly". This area was crossed two times by Reinhold Messner when descending in 1970 and 1978.

The most critical part of the "Direct line" in the very middle of the Diamir-face