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There are fourteen peaks higher than eight thousand meters in the world; collectively called 'Eight-thousanders'. Very few of us know that Pakistan houses 5 out of 14 Eight-thousanders. As a comparison Canada's highest peak Mount Logan is app. 5200 meters high.
The base camp of Nanga Purbat, world's ninth highest peak also called the Killer Mountain can be reached from Karakorum highway after a day of trekking. To reach the base camp of rest of the four (including K2, the second largest in the world) you have to pass through a challenging trek of 10 to 15 days all the way to Concordia from a village Askole near Skardu in Gilgit-Baltistan province. Below is a photographic journey of the Trek by Imad Brohi published in Daily Dawn. Hope you'll enjoy. It is worth mentioning that neither the author nor Dawn Editor stated above mentioned facts.
In July 2016, I embarked on an incredibly memorable, yet challenging, 11-day trek to the base camp of K2 — the highest mountain in Pakistan — with three other Dutch hikers in tow.
Arranged by Snowland Treks and Tours, our trip started from Islamabad where we stayed for a day. The next morning, we took a short, but a very scenic, flight to Skardu. We acquired a great deal of interesting information about our destination from the plane's captain, which naturally got us pumped for the journey ahead.
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