Iranian mountaineer Reza Shahlaei has reached the peak of Nanga Parbat. Nanga Parbat is the ninth highest mountain in the world at 8,126 meters above sea level. It is the western anchor of the Himalayas around which the Indus River skirts into the plains of Pakistan. Nanga Parbat is located in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan and is locally known as Diamir or Deo Mir (deo meaning “huge” and mir meaning “mountain”). Photo: IRNA