| Throughout a circle of 120 miles' diameter Nanga Parbat surpasses all other summits by more than 9000 feet. |
| Few days were there during our stay in the Nanga Parbat region that were clear after 10 A.M., and this morning was no exception. |
| Then from the summer-house in our garden, in the early morning, 106 to feast my eyes on Nanga Parbat was a perpetual delight. |
| From roaring avalanches to rock falls and rotten ice, Sher had already imagined a dozen ways to die on Nanga Parbat. |
| One candidate for highest cliff in the world is Nanga Parbat's Rupal Face, which rises approximately 4,600 m, or 15,000 ft, above its base. |
| And above all will soar Nanga Parbat, looking at sunset like a pearly island rising from an ocean of ruddy light. |
