Gligit Baltsitan has 05 peaks
over 8,000 meters including the world’s second
highest peak K-2 (Godwin Austin) (8611m) 29 peaks
of over 7,500 meters and 121 peaks of over 7,000
meters. Several of the peaks are still virgin.
This is a great challenge for the mountaineers and
mountain Lovers the world over. Vertical Pleasures
and Elusive Summits, the conclusion that the
Karakorams would be the place to be if you wanted
to climb new routes on (unclimbed) peaks in one of
the world’s wildest mountain panorama.
There is plenty of information
to be had on the popular Baltoro Glacier area and
this is where the majority of climbers head to.
More attractive and more advantageous with
ascending an unclimbed peak, the area to the north
and west, between the eastern reaches of the Hindu
Kush and Karakoram although this region doesn't
have the more famous peaks, it is remote, wild and
beautiful and there are several mountains between
7,500m- 6,500m range still to have an ascent. A
general time-frame is to allow six weeks for a
peak under 7000m and up to ten weeks for peaks
between 7500-8500m range. The walk into base camp,
complete with porters and base camp staff, can
take six days depending on the distance of your
peak base-camp location. Base-camp will be
anywhere between 4000-5000m in Pakistan.
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