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Monday, 31 August 2015

Nanga Parbat

                Altitude:8,126 m (26,660 ft )  Nanga parbat anchorsthe Western Himalayan Range.This huge mountain is not a single peak but a series of ridges culminating in an ice crest at 8,126m -ranked 9th highest in the world , and second in pakistan after K2. The name Nanga Parbat is Kashmiri for naked mountain 'so called because its high slopes are bare of vegetation. in shina, the local language,...

Saturday, 18 April 2015

Nowroz

In Northern Pakistan "Chitral, Gilgit, Hunza and Baltistan" Noroz is celebrated as a socio-religious festival. It is also celebrated with much fervour in Balochistan and in the urban centres of Karachi and Lahore. The day coincides with the coming of spring season on March 21, but the celeberation continues for weeks. In Baltistan, the main feature of Norouz is gifting of coloured eggs to friends and playing polo,volley ball, hockey and football,...

Thursday, 29 May 2014

Baintha Brakk

Baintha Brakk Baintha Brakk or The Ogre is a steep, craggy mountain, 7,285 metres (23,901 ft) high, in the Panmah Muztagh, a subrange of the Karakoram mountain range. It is located in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. It is famous for being one of the hardest peaks in the world to climb: twenty-four years elapsed between the first ascent in 1977 and the second in 200...

Wednesday, 28 May 2014

Skil Brum Mountain

Skil Brum Mountain located Skil Brum, the world’s 66th highest mountain is located in Northern Karakoram (Himalayan range) of Pakistan (Asia). It is situated in about 5miles West-Southwest of mount K2. Its coordinates are 35° 51′ 0″ North Latitude, 76° 25′ 12″ East Longitude. Its height is approximately 7,360 m (24,147 ft) above the sea leve...

Tuesday, 27 May 2014

Kunyang Chhis Peak

Kunyang Chhis Peak Kunyang Chhish East is an impressive unclimbed peak of the Hispar Muztagh, a major sub-range of thekarakurm. It may have camparitvely small prominance compared to some of its neighbours however the south-west face is one of the most awesome specticles in the whole Karakoram in my opinion. The mountain is considered to be one of the great remaining Alpine problems yet to be summited. It forms part of Kunyang Chhish massive...

Monday, 26 May 2014

Gasherbrum

Gasherbrum  The four Gasherbrum peak are the highest point along an enormous horseshoe-shaped ridge on the boarder of Pakistan and china.the ridge encircles south Gasherbrum glacier,a bowl-shaped mass of ice that flow into Baltoro Glacier,the longest Glacier in the Karakorum (62kilometer,or39 miles).Gasherburm 2,the thirteen tallest mountain in the world and the second tallest in the Gasherburm group,Gasherburm 2 is considered one of the safest...