Nanga Parbat, The Killer Mountain

摘要

Weather buffs often ponder the location of the earth's most inhospitable atmospheric conditions. Destinations like the South Pole and Siberia come to mind. Even subarctic Mount McKinley and the ice-plastered granite towers of southern Patagonia are considered. While conclusively identifying any one spot as the home of the globe's most extreme weather would be nearly impossible, a researcher tasked with compiling a list of the ten locations with the most dangerous weather would have to include Nanga Parbat near the top of such a list.