Talk:Muztagh Tower
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[edit] Position
Double check the coordinates for this mountain; Peakware site lists as 35.833 N, 76.3667 E. [1]. The coordinates quoted in the article appears to be that of Rakaposhi Mountain.
--smr 08:47, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
EverestNews.com's entry on the Mustagh Tower headlines the summit as being 7284. The text then describes a twin summit, with the West Summit being 7270m, while the East Summit was 7273m. Joe Brown said it was a 'surprise' when they found two summits on the first ascent in 1956. Joe Brown and Ian McNaught-Davies reached the lower (West) summit on 6 July 1956, but couldn't tell which of the two summits was higher. They abandoned an attempt to cross between the two summits. My understanding is that the second team from the 1956 expidition reached BOTH summits on 7 July 1956 in order to ensure that they had conclusively 'nailed it'.
The SECOND summit referred to in the Wiki entry relates to the NORTH-EAST RIDGE summit, which EverestNews.com reports as being 7180 (agrees with the Wiki entry) and was first climbed in 1984 by a Anglo-US team. My understanding is that the East and West Summits wouldn't normally count as 'separate summits', but the very close height and the question that arises as to 'who' reached the 'top' first has required some 'explanation'. The 'true' second summit is the 7180 peak on the NE Ridge. Tban 02:00, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
