Nanga Parbat (Naked Mountain) is the ninth highest mountain in the world that has been known to be notoriously difficult to climb. It was so named because of some of its extremely steep slopes that are bereft of vegetation and snow. Nanga Parbat is not a single peak but 20 kilometers long series of peaks and ridges culminating in an enormous ice crest of 8126 meters. It’s the western anchor of the Himalayas and westernmost of all eight thousanders. The popular Indus River skirts around Nanga Parbat before it debouches into the plains of Pakistan. Nanga Parbat is located in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan. In early and mid-20th century, numerous mountaineering deaths lent it the nickname Killer Mountain. It’s never been climbed in winter. Until the first successful ascent was made by Austrian climber Hermann Buhl in 3rd of July, 1953, Nanga Parbat has always been associated with tragedies and tribulations.