Rakhiot Peak Rakhiot Peak Rakhiot Peak is a peak in the Himalayas range of the Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan. It is one of the many subsidiary summits of the Nanga Parbat massif. It lies just south of the Indus River in the Diamer District. Not far to the north is the western end of the Karakoram range. "From the article: Nanga Parbat" The core of Nanga Parbat is a long ridge trending southwest-northeast. The southwestern portion of this main ridge is known as the Mazeno Ridge, and has a number of subsidiary peaks. In the other direction from the summit, the main ridge starts
Jane Thomson aged 57, with Conrad Kain she became the second woman, after Freda Du Faur, to traverse Mount Cook. Aged 68, she made her first ascent of the low peak of Mount Rolleston in Arthur's Pass National Park. Aged 80, she travelled to Kashmir to visit Nanga Parbat. Jane Thomson Jane Thomson (18 May 1858 – 17 July 1944) was a notable New Zealand mountaineer. She was born in Kaiapoi, North Canterbury, New Zealand in 1858. In 1903 she and two other women, became the first women to cross Copland Pass. Whilst they were successful, their guide Jack Clarke declared the