Nanga Parbat - Rakhiot Flank - East Ridge - 1953 Nanga Parbat was climbed for the first time in 1953, by Austrian mountaineer Hermann Buhl, climbing as part of a German expedition led by Karl Herrligkoffer First ascent of Nanga Parbat ( 8126m ) Rakhiot Flank - East Ridge Himalaya, Pakistan 3 July 1953 Climbed by Hermann Buhl Other members of the expedition: Karl Herrligkoffer, Walter Frauenberger, Peter Aschenbrenner, Fritz Aumann, Albert Bitterling, Kuno Rainer, Otto Kempter, Hermann Kollensperger, Hans Ertl http://www.himalayamasala.com/himalayan-climbs/nanga-parbat-rakhiot-flank-east-ridge-1953