DAY 05 - 12 TREK TO CONCORDIA TREK OVER BALTORO GLACIER TO CONCORDIA
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DAY 05 ASKOLE-JUNLA CAMP 5/6 HRS WALK - ALT 3100MTS PASS THROUGH THE KISER POLO GROUND, RELATED WITH MANY OF THE LOCAL LAGANDS. CROSS THE SNORT OF BIAFO GLACIER CONSIST
OF BUILDERS AND RUBBLES. IT TAKES BATTER PART OF TWO HOURS. ARRIVE AT THE GRASSY CAMP SITE WITH WILLOW TREES AND THRONE BUSHES. OVERNIGHT IN CAMP
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DAY 06 JUNLA CAMP - PAIJU 5/6 HRS WALK - ALT 3200 MTS AT THE BASE OF BALTORO GLACIER, PAIJU MEANS SALT IN BALTI LANGUAGE. A GRADUAL ASCENDS, BUT PREVIOUS THREE DAYS WOULD MAKE YOU WELL PREPARED FOR ALL SORT OF MOUNTAINOUS WALK. DURING THE DAY YOU WILL BE SEEING THE SNORT OF THE BALTORO GLACIER AND YOUR FIRST GLIMPSE OF THE PERFECT PYRAMID OF K-2. YOU WILL CAMP HIGHER UP, AWAY FROM THE STEAM ON A FLAT PLATFORM WITH PANORAMIC VIEWS. THE SHORT DAY WILL GIVE OUR PORTERS A CHANCE TO COOK BREAD FOR REST OF THEIR DAYS ON GLACIER.
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DAY 07 PAIJU REST DAY AT PAIJU TO ALLOW THE PORTERS TO PREPAIR FOR THE HARD JOURNEY ON THE BALTORO GLACIER STARTING NEXT DAY OVERNIGHT IN CAMP MEALS & OVERNIGHT IN TENTS

DAY 08 PAIJU-KHOBUTSI 6/7 HRS - ALT 4000 MTS AFTER WALKING FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS YOU WILL REACH THE SNORT OF BALTORO GLACIER. A STEADY CLIMB OF THREE HOURS ON BOULDERS AND GLACIER WILL BRING YOU TO THE TOP OF A VAST WASTELAND WITH ALL 60 KMS OF BALTORO COVERED WITH MUD AND BOULDERS. ACROSS THE GLACIER ARE THE VERTICAL GRANITE WALLS OF PAIJU PEAK, TRANGO TOWERS AND NAMELESS TOWER.MEALS & OVERNIGHT IN TENTS

DAY 9 KHOBUTSI - URDUKAS 3/4 HRS - ALT 4200 MTS COMPARATIVELY EASY WALK. MAGNIFICENT VIEWS OF PAIJU, CHORICHO, ULI BIAHO, TRANGO TOWERS, CATHEDRAL AND BIALE. PROBABLY THE BEST CAMPING SITE ON OUR ROUTE. MEALS & OVERNIGHT IN TENTS

DAY 10 URDUKAS - GORE II 6/7 HRS - ALT 4500 MTS TODAY WALK WILL BE REWARDED BY VIEWS OF MASHABRUM, 7821 MTS, GASHERBRUM IV 7929 MTS AND GASHERBRUM II 8035 MTS. MOST OF THE WALK ON RUBBLES AND STONES. MEALS & OVERNIGHT IN TENTS

DAY 11 GORE II - CONCORDIA 5/6 HRS - ALT 4700 MTS A COMPARATIVELY EASY WALK ON GLACIER.
CONCORDIA IS THE MEETING PLACE OF FIVE GLACIERS AND WAS NAMED BY MARTIN CONWAY IN 1892 AFTER SIMILAR PLACE IN PARIS. YOU WILL CAMP AT PLACE WHERE YOU WILL HAVE THE PERFECT VIEWS
OF THE PERFECT TRIANGULAR SHAPED K-2, GODWIN AUSTIN PEAK OR CHAGORI, THE LOCAL NAME. STAND SHOULDER TO SHOULDER BROAD PEAK 8060 MTS, GASHERBRUM IV, GOLDEN THRONE 7312 MTS, KONDOS MITRE 6025 MTS AND MANY OTHERS. MEALS & OVERNIGHT IN TENTS

DAY 12 -13 BASE CAMP EXCURSION TWO DAYS TO BE USED AS BACK UP FOR DELAYS EN ROUTE AND LOCAL EXCURSIONS. YOU CAN VISIT K-2 AND GASHERBRUM BASE CAMPS
OVERNIGHT IN CAMP MEALS & OVERNIGHT IN TENTS

DAY 14 CONCORDIA – ALI CAMP 4/5 HRS AS YOU LEAVE CNCORDIA FOR ALI CAMP YOU WILL HAVE TREMENDOUS VIEWS OF GASHERBRUM I & II. AFTER A FURTHER WALK OF TWO HOURS YOU CAN SEE ALMOST FULL VIEW OF K-2 ON YUR BACK. ALI CAMP IS AT THE FOOT OF GONDOGORO PASS. MEALS & OVERNIGHT IN TENTS

DAY 15 ALI CAMP – GONDOGORO PASS – KHUSPAN 8/9 HRS WE START OUR QUEST FOR THE PASS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO GET THE BENEFIT OG HARD ICE COMPARED TO SLIPRY WET CONDITIONS OF THE DAY WEN SUN IS SHINING. USUALLY WE HAVE OUR SUNRISE AT THE TOP OF THE PASS. STEADY LEGS AND STEMINA ARE THE ONLY REQUIREENTS. A PAIR OF CRAMPONS HELP IN SNOW AND ICE CONDITIONS BUT IS NOT MENDATORY. ROPE IS FIXED ON THE LAST 150 M OF THE CLIMB. SIMILARLY ON THE OTHER SIDE WE PUT FIXED ROPE FOR EAISY AND SAFE DECEND. THE TREK TO THE BASE OF THE PASS ON THE OTHER SIDE TAKES 4 HOURS. REST OF THE DAY AT LEASURE MEALS & OVERNIGHT IN TENTS

DAY 16 KHUSPAN – SAICHO 5/6 HRS DECENDING IN TO HUSHE VALLEY MEALS & OVERNIGHT IN TENTS

DAY 17 SAICHO – HUSHE ‘3/4HRS CONTINUE ON YOUR WALK TO THE USHE VILLAGE
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DAY 18 HUSHE - SKARDU DRIVE BACK TO SKARDU ARRIVE AND TRANSFER TO HOTEL DINNER & OVERNIGHT

DAY 19 SKARDU - ISLAMABAD FLIGHT TO ISLAMABAD FLIGHT IS WEATHER DEPENDENT. IN CASE OF FLIGHT CANCELAION DRIVE TO CHILAS AND STAY IN HOTEL CHILAS OR SIGHT SEEN IN ISLAMABAD

DAY 20 IN CASE OF FLIGHT CANCELLATION – DRIVE CHILAS – ISLAMABAD ARRIVE ISLAMABAD IN LATE EVENING islamabad rest day

DAY 21 IN TIME TRANSFER TO AIRPORT FOR LIGHT BACK HOME
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