At 76.7' E and 35.7'N, Gashbrum Shan of 8080 meters in height stands on the main ridgeline of Karakorum Shan and is listed as the second highest peak in the world. Twenty-six kilometers southeast of Qogir Feng is the boundary between China and Kashgar Area (actually controlled by Pakistan).

"Gashbrum", meaning "the shinning mountain ridge with brilliant rays", is made up of 6 ridges: the Northeast Ridge, the West Ridge, the Southwest Ridge, the Southeast Ridge, the Northeast Ridge, the East Ridge. The peak side being tall and vast and with its precipitous ravines, Gashbrum Shane, the main peak looks just like a gigantic pyramid. In the steep valley on the east slope are Aluerqin Glacier and Deruduk Glacier, which has many open and hidden crevasses, deep, large and crisscrossing.

Similar in climate to Qogir Feng area, Gashbrum Shan area enjoys roughly the same route line leading to the mountains that of Qogir Feng. Tramp over Agele Daban, and you will get into Karaqin River valley. Finally, it takes 50 kilometers to walk east, turn southeast and reach the 4250 meter Bulk mountaineering base site.

On July 4, 1958, two persons from the American Mountaineering team, Peter and

A.J.Kaufffman made the first successful ascent of the summit. But due to the complicated and

Steep terrain on the Chinese side, ice and snow avalanches often occur nobody has yet made it on the east slope.