What is Broad Peak?
[[File:Broad Peak.JPG|thumb|267x267px|Broad Peak]] '''Broad Peak''' ([[Urdu]]: بروڈ پیک)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thoughtco.com/facts-about-mount-washington-756128|title=Climbing Mt. Washington, New England's Highest Mountain|last=hiking|first=Stewart Green Stewart M. Green is a lifelong climber from Colorado who has written more than 20 books about|last2=Climbing|first2=Rock|website=ThoughtCo|access-date=2019-02-05|archive-date=2019-04-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417092933/https://www.thoughtco.com/facts-about-mount-washington-756128|url-status=dead}}</ref> is the 12th highest [[mountain]] on [[Earth]]. Broad Peak is on the border of [[Pakistan]] and [[China]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=10519|title=Broad Peak - Peakbagger.com|website=www.peakbagger.com|access-date=2019-02-05}}</ref> Its name refers to its [[summit]], which is over 1.5 kilometres (0.93mi) long. Broad Peak is located in the [[Karakoram]] mountain range, and is only roughly 5 miles away from [[K2]]. It is 8,047 metres (26,401 ft) above sea level and has many summits.<ref>{{cite peakware|id=389|title=Broad Peak|last=|first=|date=|website=Peak Ware|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref> There is debate on whether or not Broad Peak has one or two 8,000 metres summits.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.serapjangbu.com/contact/718|title=Broad Peak|website=www.serapjangbu.com|access-date=2019-02-06}}</ref> Broad Peak is considered one of the easier of the Eight-thousanders, the group of mountains that are more than 8,000 metres in height above sea level. == History == The [[first ascent]] of Broad Peak was made between June 8 and 9, 1957 by [[Fritz Wintersteller]], Marcus Schmuck, [[Kurt Diemberger]], and Hermann Buhl of an [[Austria|Austrian]] expedition led by Marcus Schmuck.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.everestnews.com/stories024/bphistory.htm|title=Broad Peak: Some background and History|website=www.everestnews.com|access-date=2019-02-05}}</ref> This expedition was done w