Talk:Rick Allen (mountaineer)

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Incorrect Image

The image [1] used for depicting Nanga Parbat and Mazeno Ridge is not a correct one. Its caption reads: "Nanga Parbat's Raikot Face and Mazeno Ridge, the site of Allen's most famous climb." While it does show the Rakhiot Face (not Raikot - the name of a village with a famous bridge on the Indus River) or alternatively Rakhiot Flank, the ridge to the right is not the Mazeno Ridge, but the Ganalo Ridge. The latter ridge separates Rakhiot Face (northeast) from Diamir Face (northwest), while the former separates Diamir Face and Rupal Face (south). Rakhiot Face is situated to the north and north-east of the main summit (8125 m), while Ganalo Ridge starts from North Peak I (7816 m) and continues to the north and then to the northwest. North Peak I is the highest visible one (in shadow) on the photo (main summit is not visible behind it), with Northeast Peak (7535 m), East Peak or Silver Fang (7597 m), and Southeast Peak (7530 m) following to the left of it, while Ganalo Peak (6608 m) to the far right is the dominant peak on the eponymous ridge. Photo was taken somewhere from the vicinity of Fairy Meadows (3300 m). Neither Rakhiot Face, nor Ganalo Ridge have anything to do with Allen's most famous climb.

What we need instead is an image of Mazeno Ridge, which stretches to the west-southwest of Nanga Parbat's main summit, separated from it by the Mazeno Col (6940 m), itself 2 km away from the highest point. The ridge consists of a great number (eight) of subsidiary peaks, the highest one rising to 7120 m, that follow along its considerable length (13 km), down to Mazeno Pass (5358 m). Here is an aerial view from the northwest Mazeno & Ganalo of both the Mazeno Ridge (to the right), Main Summit of Nanga Parbat (middle), North Peaks (to the left of it), and Ganalo Ridge and Peak (further to the left and opposite Mazeno Ridge, across the Diama Glacier). The two ridges define the Diamir Face, locked between them. The point of view to the incorrect image used on the page is diagonally to the left and below Ganalo Peak, which is in shadow here.

I think we owe Rick Allen at least a correct depiction of his and Sandy Allan' feat! Bobbylon (talk) 01:01, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]