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{{Short description|Rimo massif Located in Kashmir}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Rimo I
| elevation_m = 7385
| elevation_ref = <ref name=peakbagger/><br /><small>[[List of highest mountains|Ranked 71st]]</small>
| prominence_m = 1438
| prominence_ref = <ref name=peakbagger/>
| range = [[Rimo Muztagh]], [[Karakoram]]
| location = Siachen area of [[Ladakh]], controlled by [[India]], claimed by [[Pakistan]]<ref name="bbc">India is in ''de facto'' control of this region of Kashmir; the region is claimed by [[Pakistan]]. See e.g. ''[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/south_asia/03/kashmir_future/html/default.stm The Future of Kashmir]'' on the [[BBC]] website.</ref>
| map = India#India Ladakh
| map_caption = Location in Ladakh
| map_size =
| label_position = right
| coordinates = {{coord|35|21|21|N|77|22|05|E|type:mountain_region:IN_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref =
| range_coordinates =
| first_ascent = July 28, 1988 by Nima Dorje Sherpa, [[Tsewang Samanla]] (India); Yoshio Ogata, Hideki Yoshida (Japan)
| easiest_route = South Face/Southwest Ridge
}}
'''Rimo I''' is the main summit of the Rimo massif with an elevation of {{convert|7385|m|ft|0}}. It lies in the northern part of the remote [[Rimo Muztagh]], a subrange of the [[Karakoram]] [[mountain range|range]]. It is located about 20 km northeast of the snout of the [[Siachen Glacier]] and is the world's [[List of highest mountains|71st highest mountain]]. ''Rimo'' means "striped mountain".<ref name=aaj_1986/> The Rimo Glacier, originating here, drains to the [[Shyok]] river.

Due to its remote location in the heart of the eastern Karakoram, Rimo was little-known and almost entirely unvisited until the twentieth century. Explorers [[Filippo De Filippi (explorer)|Filippo De Filippi]] and Philip and Jenny Visser visited the area in 1914 and 1929 respectively. Adding to its isolation is the unsettled political and military situation between India and [[Pakistan]] in the region, especially on the nearby Siachen Glacier. This means that India controls access to the massif.
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==Rimo massif==
The Rimo massif consists of six peaks sharing the Rimo name. In addition to Rimo I, they are:
{| border=0
|-
!Peak name
!Elevation m (ft)
![[Topographic prominence|Prominence]] m (ft)
!Coordinates
|-
||Rimo II<ref>{{cite peakbagger|pid=35586|name=Rimo II, India|access-date=2015-02-17}}</ref>
|align=center|{{convert|7373|m|ft|abbr=on}}
|align=center|{{convert|73|m|ft|abbr=on}}
||{{coord|35|21|N|77|22|E|name=Rimo II}}
|-
||Rimo III<ref>{{cite peakbagger|pid=18673|name=Rimo III, India|access-date=2015-02-17}}</ref>
|align=center|{{convert|7233|m|ft|abbr=on}}
|align=center|{{convert|615|m|ft|abbr=on}}
||{{coord|35|22|31|N|77|21|42|E|name=Rimo II}}
|-
||Rimo IV<ref>{{cite peakbagger|pid=35585|name=Rimo IV, India|access-date=2015-02-17}}</ref>
|align=center|{{convert|7169|m|ft|abbr=on}}
|align=center|{{convert|329|m|ft|abbr=on}}
||{{coord|35|23|N|77|23|E|name=Rimo IV}}
|-
||Rimo V<ref>{{cite peakbagger|pid=35237|name=Rimo V, India|access-date=2015-02-17}}</ref>
|align=center|{{convert|6882|m|ft|abbr=on}}
|align=center|{{convert|262|m|ft|abbr=on}}
||{{coord|35|24|N|77|23|E|name=Rimo V}}
|-
||Rimo VI<ref>{{cite peakbagger|pid=35236|name=Rimo VI, India|access-date=2015-02-17}}</ref>
|align=center|{{convert|6846|m|ft|abbr=on}}
|align=center|{{convert|446|m|ft|abbr=on}}
||{{coord|35|25|N|77|23|E|name=Rimo VI}}
|-
|}
Rimo II is a minor subpeak located about {{convert|150|m|ft|-1|abbr=on}} northeast of Rimo I, on its north ridge. The others are more independent peaks further north. Rimo III is the [[List of highest mountains|98th highest mountain]] in the world (Rimo II is unranked, lacking sufficient [[topographic prominence|prominence]]).

The massif heads the large Central Rimo Glacier (on the north side) and South Rimo Glacier (on the east side), as well as the smaller North Terong Glacier (on the west side).

==Climbing history==
The first attempts on the Rimo massif were in 1978, by a Japanese expedition which had little success, in 1984 (first ascent of Rimo IV, by an Indian army expedition) and in 1985, by a well-organized Indian/[[United Kingdom|British]] expedition led by famed Himalayan expert [[Harish Kapadia]]. That expedition climbed Rimo III (Dave Wilkinson and Jim Fotheringham were the summit party) but did not succeed on Rimo I.

The first, and so far only, the ascent of Rimo I was made in 1988 by an Indian/Japanese team led by Hukam Singh and Yoshio Ogata. They climbed the south face to the southwest ridge, starting from a significant pass called Ibex Col on the south side of the mountain. The ascent involved 1500m of significant technical climbing.

==See also==
* [[List of highest mountains]]
* [[Harish Kapadia]]

==References==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name=aaj_1986>
{{cite journal | journal = [[American Alpine Journal]]
| title = Asia, India–Karakoram, Nomenclature in the Terrong Valley | year = 1986 | volume = 28 | issue = 60 | page = 266
| url = http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12198626601/Asia-IndiaKarakoram-Nomenclature-in-the-Terrong-Valley
| access-date = 2015-02-15}}</ref>
<ref name=peakbagger>
{{cite peakbagger|pid=18674|name=Rimo I, India|access-date=2015-02-16}}</ref>
}}

;Sources
* Jerzy Wala, ''Orographical Sketch Map of the Karakoram'', Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research, Zurich, 1990.
* {{cite book | author1 = Fanshawe, Andy | author2 = Venables, Stephen | title = Himalaya Alpine-Style
| publisher = Hodder and Stoughton | year = 1995}}

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{{Ladakh|state=collapsed}}

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[[Category:Mountains of Ladakh]]
[[Category:Seven-thousanders of the Karakoram]]

Rimo I - Revision history

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