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Tirich Mir (alternatively Terich Mir and Terichmir) is the highest mountain in the Hindu Kush region of northern Pakistan.
The mountain was first climbed in 1950 by a Norwegian expedition comprised of Arne Næss, P. Kvernberg, H. Berg, and Tony Streather.
Tirich Mir overlooks Chitral town. It can easily be seen from the main bazaar. It can also be seen from Afghanistan. The Chitralis believe that it is impossible to climb it, because of all the Jinns, demons, witches and fairies who live up there.
Almost every year, a few tourists are killed while hiking and trekking around Tirich Mir. Often, they fall down into deep crevasses and their bodies are never found.
The last village in Chitral before reaching Tirich Mir is Village Tirich. It is located in Mulkow. The people there speak the Khowar language. The residents are available for hire as porters and tourist guides and will lead trekkers part way up the mountain, but there is a point beyond which they will not go.
Tirich Mir is considered to be much more difficult and dangerous to climb than Everest.
See also
Books
- "The Gilgit Game": The Explorers of the Western Himalayas, 1865-95 by John Keay (1985) ISBN 0195774663
- The Kafirs of the Hindukush (1896) Sir George Scott Robertson.
- Khowar English Dictionary (by Mohammad Ismail Sloan, 1981) (published in Pakistan) ISBN 188137307X