lstoro-o-Nal (Main); This is the highest peak of
lstoro-o-Nal range (7,403m/7,398m -
24,288ft/24,271ft) and is
 situated
near the south Udren (Atak) glacier. It is
believed that the peak was climbed in 1955 by
two members of an American expedition party
namely J.E. Murphy and T.A. Mutch. It is now
realised that, in cloudy weather, the pair had
mistakenly climbed the highest summit of the
ridge between the Rock Pinnacle and lstoro-o-Nal
(North).
It was, however, in 1969 that four members of a
Spanish expedition of Barcelona Mountaineering
Club party climbed it by traversing south of the
main peak of the south peak (7303m/23,960ft) and
then climbing over the south-east peak
(7,365m/24,163ft) to the main peak
(7398m/24,271ft). Quite a few maps, including
Japanese, indicate its height as 7,403m
/24,288ft.
The second highest peak in the range is
lstoro-o-Nal (North-I-7,373m/24,190ft). It was
climbed in 1967 by Lapuch and Oberegger of the
Salzburg Section of the Austrian Alpine Club.
While descending from the mountain, Oberegger
broke his leg at 6,797m/22,300ft. and was
carried down with the help of porters who were
working with a Czech expedition. The party shows
height of the peak as 7,248m/23,779ft.
The third highest peak in the range is
lstoro-o-Nal (N-II), with a height of
7,372m/24,186ft. After climbing lstoro-o-Nal
(N-I), as stated above, the members of the
Salzburg Section of the Austrian Alpine Club
climbed this peak in 1967. The party states that
this peak is slightly lower than lstoro-o-Nal
(N-I). The party is, however, silent on the
exact height of the peak. Japanese maps show its
height as 7,372m and 7,350m, respectively.
The next and the fourth highest peak in the
range is lstoro-o-Nal (SE) with a height of
7,365m/24,163ft. It was in 1969 that members of
Barcelona Mountaineering Club (Spain) climbed
it. Names of members of the expedition are: Mose-Manuel
Anglada, Juan Cerda, Emiho Civio and Jorge Pons.
The fifth highest peak in the range is
lstoro-o-Nal (South) 7,303m/23,960ft. The peak
was climbed by the above stated Spanish party in
1969 while on its way to lstoro-o-Nal
(South-east). The sixth peak in the range, as
shown by Japanese maps, is lstoro-o-Nal (West-I)
with a height of 7,300m/23,950ft. Another nearby
peak, which is also shown by the Japanese maps,
is named lstoro-o-Nal (North-III) with the same
height (7,300m/23,950ft). It is, for future
mountaineers, to clearly identify this peak.
This is the seventh peak of the range.
The eighth and ninth peaks in the range are
lstoro-o-Nal (West-II) (7,280m/23,884ft) and
lstoro-o-Nal (North-east) (7,276m/23,871ft),
respectively. The tenth highest peak in the
range is a rock pinnacle with a height of
7,200m/23,622ft. It was also climbed in 1969 by
members of the Spanish Mountaineering Club when
they climbed the lstoro-o-Nal (South-east) and
South peaks. Some publications indicate that it
was climbed in 1955 by an expedition from the
United States of America.
Lastly, the eleventh peak in this range, as
identified by the Japanese maps, is
lstoro-o-Nal-East with a height of 7,100m/ 23,
294ft.
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