The Buni Zom group is a prominent mountain area of Chitral, in the Hindu Kush range of Pakistan. Buni Zom (main) is the highest peak of the group with an elevation of 6,542Â m (21,463Â ft). It is located about 50Â km (30Â mi) northeast of the town of Chitral, and about 50Â km (30Â mi) east of Tirich Mir (7,708 m), the highest peak in the Hindu Kush.
In 1957, the New Zealanders W.K.A. Berry and C.H. Tyndale-Biscoe accomplished the first ascent of the Main Peak of Buni Zom from the steep razorlike north ridge The second ascent was in 1975 by Japaneses Masao Okabe, Hideo Sato and Shigeru Tabe and third ascent was in 1979 by Americans Joe Reinhard and Richard J. Isherwood both from south face.
The Buni Zom Group has many other peaks, some of which have been climbed. There are 12 peaks over 6,000Â m (19,700Â ft) in the Buni Zom group which are unclimbed Himalayan Index.
Peaks of the Buni Zom Group
Following is a list of the peaks over 6,000 meters in the Buni Zom group, from the Himalayan Index. The first ascent of the peak named Buni Zom SS or 6MT or P6110 was by Nikolas Kroupis and George Voutiropoulos on 31 July 2007 this climb is not yet recorded in the Himalayan Index, but the article is published in American Alpine Journal
See also
- List of mountains in Pakistan
- List of Ultras of the Western Himalayas
Notes and references
- ^ a b c "High Asia I: The Karakoram, Pakistan Himalaya and India Himalaya (north of Nepal)". Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2014-05-27.Â
- ^ "Buni Zom, Pakistan". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2014-05-27.Â
- ^ New Zealand Alpine Journal 17, 1958, page 283-292. However the Himalayan Index reports this ascent as having taken the Southwest Ridge.
- ^ American Alpine Journal 1976, Vol 20, Issue 50. pp 458
- ^ American Alpine Journal 1980, Vol 22, Issue 53. pp 654
- ^ Alpinist Newswire
- ^ Himalayan Index
- ^ The American Alpine Journal 2008, The World's Most Significant Climbs, American Alpine Club, Vol. 50, Issue 82, 2008, pp 319-321.
External links
- SummitPost Buni Zom Page
- 2002 Expedition Report
- 2004 Expedition Report
- 2007 Expedition Report, First Ascent of peak 6MT
- Northern Pakistan detailed placemarks in Google Earth
- Terichmir Travel in Chitral
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