Editing Gasherbrum II (section)

=== 1980s ===
Swiss Mountaineers [[Romolo Nottaris]] and Tiziano Zünd were the first to reach the summit in alpine style on August 3, 1981.

On July 24, 1982, [[Reinhold Messner]], along with [[Nazir Sabir]] and Sher Khan, climbed the peak via the Southwest Ridge.{{sfn|Messner|1999|p=128}}<ref name="hussain">{{cite news|last=Hussain|first=Manzoor|title=Nazir Sabir - The Mountaineer and A Fighter|url=http://www.pakistaneconomist.com/issue2000/issue26/etc3.htm|access-date=15 March 2013|newspaper=[[Pakistan & Gulf Economist]]|date=July 2, 2000|archive-date=7 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107013542/http://www.pakistaneconomist.com/issue2000/issue26/etc3.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> During the ascent, Messner discovered the body of a previously missing Austrian mountaineer, whom he buried two years later at the G I – G II crossing.<ref name="ava">Messner, Reinhold (2002). ''Überlebt – Alle 14 Achttausender mit Chronik'' BLV, Munich.</ref> He wrote of his climb of Gasherbrum II in the book ''3 x 8000: My Great Year in the Himalaya'' ({{langx|de|3 x 8000: Mein grosses Himalaja-Jahr}}).<ref name="chessler">{{cite web|last=Chessler|first=Michael|title=Who is Reinhold Messner?|url=http://www.traditionalmountaineering.org/Faq_Messner.htm|publisher=Traditional Mountaineering|access-date=30 March 2013}}</ref>

In July 1984, Reinhold Messner and [[Hans Kammerlander]] reached both Gasherbrum II and [[Gasherbrum I]] without returning to base camp, in [[alpine style]].<ref name=AAJ1985rm/>

In August 1984, a French expedition led by Daniel Croisot, reached the summit and achieved the integral first descent by ski of Gasherbrum II, as witnessed and joined by Dominique Dock who was medical officer for the expedition. Patrice Bournat and Wim Pasquier skied the southwest ridge to Base Camp from {{cvt|7,500|m}}.<ref name=AAJ1985>{{Cite aaj |last=Croisot |first=Daniel |year=1985 |title=Asia, Pakistan, Gasherbrum II Attempt |article_id=12198531102|volume=27|issue=59|page=311|access-date=2024-06-14}}</ref>

In August 1986, Gasherbrum II was successfully ascended by a [[Slovenes|Slovene]] expedition in only 32 hours from the base to the peak, with only 22 hours of climbing and 10 hours of rest at the altitude of 5900 m. This was by far the fastest ascent until then.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.delo.si/zgodbe/sobotnapriloga/gaserbrum-najnizji-med-stirinajstimi-najvisjimi-vrhovi-sveta.html |language=sl |first=Viki |last=Grošelj |title=Gašerbrum, najnižji med štirinajstimi najvišjimi vrhovi sveta |trans-title=Gasherbrum: The Lowest Among the Fourteen Highest Peaks of the World |date=17 November 2012 |newspaper=Delo.si |issn=0350-7521}}</ref>