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A view from the balcony.
Sunday 5th July My location is Lat 35’43.613N long 76’17.054E ” Google Earth and see “. After a great nights sleep, it was up and away early. Breakfast 4.30am break camp and on the move 6.20am to a beautiful sun filled morning. Breakfast was porridge ,flat bread stuffed with peeled boiled egg, swallowed down with…
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Askole to Jula and onwards to Paya.
5.30am seen an early rise for the team as temperatures that day were to sore high and to avoid exposure to the blistering sun we set off early for our next destination Jula set further up the valley approx 20kms. A common thread of an upset tummy ran through some team members which is not…
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News from location Payu
So positioned at 35’40.612N latitude 76’07.54E longitude along side the river bank in an area of the valley called Payu at 3274mts above sea level. Starting out from Skardu by jeep in the early hours of Wednesday morning with the jeeps heaven loaded with all the provisions required to carry out the expedition,signalled the expedition…
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Relief as final transit permit is approved.
Relief as the transit permit to move to basecamp. Stopover in Skardu was wonderful, a fantastic opportunity to get up close with the locals in the town and capital of Skardu District, in Gilgit, Gilgit-Baltistan. Skardu is in the 10 kilometres wide by 40 kilometres long Skardu Valley, at the confluence of the Indus and…
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Entering the Lions Lair
Day 5 & 6 K2 Expedition 2015. News filtered through late Friday night that the long awaited journey to Skardu village at the base of the Bolero glacier, the starting point of the long trek to K2 Basecamp was not now possible. In a most heavy debate & heated raised voices between the logistics crews…
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Islamabad Ramadan
Today’s a really important day in the practice of Ramadan in the community of Islamabad. Daily total fasting from sunrise to sun set with five prayer rituals makes up a typical day in the life of a Pakistani civilian.What do people do? Muslims worldwide fast (or swam) during the hours of daylight in Ramadan. They…
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Day 3 – Permit Granted
K2 Expedition 2015 Great news to report that the teams climbing permit to climb K2 has been finally arrived. Over night negotiations proved fruitful between our Expedition logistics ground crew company Nazir Sabiar & the final signature from the Pakistan civil aviation authority of nine required on the permit was achieved overnight allowing the expedition…
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