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Eight thousander and 12th highest mountain on Earth, located in Pakistan and China
the 2022 Polish Netflix film

Broad Peak is part of the Gasherbrum massif in Baltistan situated on the border of Pakistan and China.

The first ascent of Broad Peak was achieved between June 8 and 9, 1957 by Fritz Wintersteller, Marcus Schmuck, Kurt Diemberger, and Hermann Buhl of an Austrian expedition led by Marcus Schmuck. A first attempt by the team was made on May 29 where Fritz Wintersteller and Kurt Diemberger reached the forepeak (8,030 m). The first ascent took the West Spur and was accomplished without the aid of supplemental oxygen, high altitude porters, or base camp support. In the winter and summer of 2009, there were no summits. There was one winter expedition by a Polish Canadian team. In the summer there was one fatality, Cristina Castagna. On March 5, 2013 Maciej Berbeka, Adam Bielecki, Tomasz Kowalski and Artur Małek made the first winter ascent. Broad Peak was the twelfth eight thousander summited in wintertime and the tenth eight thousander first summitted in winter by Polish climbers. In July 2013, a group of five Iranian climbers attempted to ascend through a new route from the southwestern face. Three of them — Aidin Bozorgi, Pouya Keivan, and Mojtaba Jarahi — ascended successfully but during the descent all three of them were lost and declared dead. On July 23, 2016, Frenchman Antoine Girard's paraglider flight over Broad Peak was the first time a paraglider had flown above an 8,000 metre summit. On July 14, 2019, 17 year old Shehroze Kashif from Pakistan became the youngest ever to summit this peak.

1954 First attempt by Dr. de of Germany on the SW side that failed due to a storm and extreme cold. 1982 Reinhold Messner summits. 1983 First ascent by a woman, Krystyna Palmowska. 1988 March 6, Maciej Berbeka climbs to the 'Rocky Summit' (8028 m), becoming the first person to reach one of the summits of Broad Peak over 8000m during the winter. 1992 On August 4, Enric Dalmau Ferré, Òscar Cadiach, Alberto Soncini and Lluís Ràfols were the first to reach the summit from the Chinese side. 1994 On July 9, Carlos Carsolio reached the summit, establishing a new solo route now known as Route Carsolio. 1997 On July 7, Anatoli Boukreev achieved a solo ascent. 2013 July, Aidin Bozorgi, Pouya Keivan, and Mojtaba Jarahi of Iran ascended through a new route, named Route Iran. 2014 Hunza Expedition to Broad Peak made the summit on 23 July 2014, Karim Hayat reached to main summit and Naseer Uddin turned back from Rocky summit. Karim Hayat became the first person from his village who reached 8000 m.
2019 July 14, Shehroze Kashif at the age of 17 became the youngest ever to summit this peak. He also became the youngest Pakistani to reach this altitude. 2019 July 26, Nirmal Purja summits Broad Peak with his team 'Elite Exped', as part of his expedition to climb all 14 peaks exceeding 8000m in a record time of less than 7 months. 2023 Nirmal Purja and Migma G summit Broad Peak as part of an effort to climb all 14 8,000 meter peaks with supplemental oxygen.

Windy Gap is a high mountain pass at east of K2, north of Broad Peak, and south of Skyang Kangri.