Nanga Parbat the mountain. "Nanga Parbat" is a movie by Joseph Vilsmaier about the 1970 expedition of brothers Günther Messner and Reinhold Messner. Donald Shebib's 1986 film "The Climb" covers the story of Hermann Buhl making the first ascent. Nanga Parbat Nanga Parbat (Urdu: ), locally known as Diamer (), is the ninth highest mountain in the world at above sea level. Located in the Diamer District of Pakistan’s Gilgit Baltistan region, Nanga Parbat is the western anchor of the Himalayas. The name Nanga Parbat is derived from the Sanskrit words "nagna" and "parvata" which together mean "Naked Mountain". The mountain is
Hans Kammerlander climbing partnerships. Since 1996, he held the Guinness World Record for the fastest ascent without supplemental oxygen of Mount Everest (16 hours and 45 minutes) and fastest ascent from Everest North Base Camp. In 1990 he made the first ski descent of Nanga Parbat. In 1996 he failed in an attempt to be the first to ski down Mount Everest, after removing his skis and climbing down from 300 metres below the summit, skiing down from 7700m, although he set a then speed record during that attempt of 17 hours to climb from base camp to the summit of Everest