Meru's three peaks from left to right: Southern, Central, and Northern. The Shark's Fin is just left of the wide snow slope in the centre. Meru Peak is a mountain located in the Garhwal Himalayas, in the state of Uttarakhand in India. The 6,660-metre (21,850 ft) peak lies between Thalay Sagar and Shivling, and has some highly challenging routes.

American explorers Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin and Renan Ozturk first attempted to climb India’s legendary Meru Peak via the Shark's Fin as a group back in 2008, but stormy weather conditions forced them to divert their course just 100 metres (328 ft) from the top of the intimidating 21,000 ft (6,400 m) summit.

Meru is a 2015 documentary film chronicling the 2011 first ascent of a new climbing route up the prow of the dramatic Shark's Fin on the northeast side of Meru Peak in the Indian Himalayas.

Aug 6, 2015 · Mountaineer and photographer Jimmy Chin's exclusive story of a climb on the spectacular prow of the Shark's Fin, a.k.a. Meru Central, in India's Garhwal Himalayas in 2011. The last move was merely a mantle: Hands on the edge of a …

Aug 14, 2015 · But the Shark's Fin route up the northwest side of Meru’s central peak is a much tougher, and more technical, climb: Those looking to make the 20,700-foot summit need to carry 200 pounds...

Meru Peak(Shark's Fin,6450m) Save Meru, 6,660 m (21,850 ft), lies between Thalay Sagar and Shivling, and has some highly challenging routes, only recently ascended despite multiple attempts by the world's best climbers.

Oct 23, 2006 · A pair of Czech climbers has completed a new route to the summit of 20,700-foot Meru Central (aka the “Shark’s Fin”) in the Garhwal Himalaya of India. Marek Holecek and Jan Kreisinger climbed the 6,500-foot route in a 13-day round trip, with difficulties of 7a (5.11d), M5, and 80-degree ice.

Oct 24, 2023 · American climbers Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin and Renan Ozturk climbed Meru Central (6310m) via the Shark’s Fin in a twelve-day push. They summited on October 2 to become the first team to complete this highly sought-after objective.

Oct 7, 2011 · For more than 40 years the Shark’s Fin, a route on the northwest face of the 20,700-foot Meru in the Garhwal Himalaya, eluded the attempts of some of the world's top alpinists and remained...

UNKNOWN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC YET A HEADACHE FOR WORLD’S FINEST CLIMBERS, MERU PEAK IS THE PLACE WHERE YOU CAN FIND ONE OF THE HARDEST CLIMBING ROUTES IN AN ENTIRE WORLD – THE SHARK’S FIN. Name: Meru Peak Height: 6,660 m (21,850 ft) Location: in the Garhwal Himalayas, the Uttarakhand, India