#karakoram

Pakistan’s boarders encompass an area controlled only by nature. We cannot imagine how to tame it. It is something you must accept or face it in every step along the way. 

Here, we become lesser, somehow, and can only see ourselves in respect to nature’s existence. 

The first day of hiking wasn’t too tough. 20 km on flat ground with some nice scenery in the distance and a few wild rose bushes here and there. This was essentially a warm up day. Everyone commented on the beauty of the mountains, and they were beautiful even at such a distance. The hike to the heart of the Karakoram had begun. Camp that night was cool..maybe 10-15C..fairly comfortable. Plus we were still sleeping on hard land. Baltoro glacier awaited. 

Mount Drifika (6,447 m), Charakusa Valley, Pakistan.

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Fawlty Tower, Batura Glacier, Karakoram, Pakistan.

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K7 on the left and Link Sar on the right, Charakusa Valley, Pakistan.

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K6 (7,282 m), Charakusa Valley, Karakoram, Pakistan

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Rakaposhi (7,788 m), Karakoram, Pakistan.

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The 49 Kilometer Long Hispar Glacier, Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan.

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Marble Peak, Karakoram, Pakistan.

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Braldu River, Katpana Desert and Karakoram Mountains - Shigar Valley, Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan.

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Mountains of Hunza, Pakistan

Baltoro: Lost in grandeurbyShahid Durrani on Flickr.

Gasherbrum IV: AlpenglowbyShahid Durrani on Flickr.

Gasherbrum IV: Last lightbyShahid Durrani on Flickr.