Trango Towers — Their vertical faces are the world's tallest cliffs. Trango Tower center; Trango Monk center left; Trango II far left; Great Trango right.
Location of the Trango Towers within the greater Karakoram region
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Trango Towers
Trango Towers (Gilgit Baltistan)
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Location
Baltistan, Pakistan
Parent range
Baltoro Muztagh, Karakoram
Geology
Mountain type
Granite
Climbing
First ascent
1977 by Galen Rowell, John Roskelley, Kim Schmitz and Dennis Hennek
Easiest route
Northwest face: snow/ice/rock climb
The Trango Towers (Urdu: ٹرینگو ٹاورز) are a family of rock towers situated in the Gilgit-Baltistan region, in the northern part of Pakistan. The Towers have some of the world's largest cliffs and offer some of the most challenging big wall climbing opportunities. Each year, climbers from around the world embark on expeditions to the Karakoram region to climb these granite faces.[1] The Trango Towers are situated to the north of the Baltoro Glacier and are part of the Baltoro Muztagh, which is a sub-range within the Karakoram mountain range. The highest point within the group is the summit of Great Trango Tower at 6,286 m (20,623 ft), the east face of which features the world's greatest nearly vertical drop.
^Junaidi, Imran. "Pakistani Rock Climbers Can Also Climb Trango Towers". Archived from the original on July 9, 2015.
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