Monday, March 11, 2019

Nanga Parbat-Missing Mountaineers

It hurts to announce that the search is officially over for Daniele Nardi and Tom Ballard who went missing on Nanga Parbat on February 24. As informed by the Italian ambassador to Pakistan, Stefano Pontecorvo, those two reported silhouettes/objects spotted on the mountain are those of Daniele and Tom and it was not possible to reach them. Our hearts and prayers go out to their family and friends and to everyone who loved them. We may find solace...

Thursday, March 7, 2019

Ultar Sar-The Frozen Beast

Ultar sar peak     The frozen beast     (ULTAR SAR) Ultar Sar is the southeasternmost major peak of the Batura Muztagh, a subrange of the Karakoram range. It lies about 10 km northeast of the Karimabad, a town on the Karakoram Highway in the Hunza Valley, part of the Gilgit District of Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan The mighty peak's elevation is 7,388 meters and it was first ascended in july 11, 1996 by "Akito...

Tuesday, March 5, 2019

K-2

The Soul Conqueror-Baltit Fort

Hunza

7:10 AM

Monday, March 4, 2019

Lady Finger-The beauty that never fades

The Bublimotin, or Ladyfinger Peak is a distinctive rock spire in the Batura Muztagh, the westernmost sub range of the Karakorum range in Pakistan. It lies on the southwest ridge of the Ultar Sar massif, the most southeasterly of the major groups of the Batura Muztagh. The whole massif rises precipitously above the Hunza Valley to the southeast. Bublimotin, while having little prominence above the saddle with nearby Hunza Peak, is particularly...
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