I promised some time ago to write about interesting non-political stuff in Pakistan. This is the first post in that series. I hope that I can continue this series for some time.
We’ll start with the mountains. The northern part of Pakistan is mountainous and there are three main mountain ranges there: Himalayas, Karakoram and Hindu Kush. Pakistan has the world’s second tallest peak K-2 (some pictures here). Pakistan has 6 out of 22 peaks worldwide that are over 8000m. A total of 37 of the top 100 peaks are in Pakistan. In fact, Pakistan has 410 peaks taller than Mt McKinley (6193m).
Here are some more links to photographs:
- Adventure Photographs’ Karakoram pictures
- Mountain Light Photography
- Evert’s Photo Gallery (Also take a look at a slideshow of an avalanche in the Karakoram).
- Pakistan Trek 97
- Backpackistan: The Awesome Northern Region
Next up: I have no idea! If you have any ideas or want to read about something particular, please let me know.
Swat has really nice mountains..
Ah yes, Swat is really nice. Then there’s Kaghan, Skardu, Chitral, etc. I think I’ll cover those in a separate post. This one was about tall peaks.
Perhaps a general overview of the different regions of Pakistan for those of us who are not familiar with it.
keep the good work , long live pakistan
keep up the good work , long live pakistan, pakistan the great, thank you very much
khan: Thanks.
A-M: I need to find the time to restart this series.
I am from iran . i am a mountaineer, going to climb one of the 7000 meter mountains in pakinstan.If there is any to recommend me somthing.
I will appreciate in advance.
yours
sepehr
sepehr: Sorry, I can’t be of much help since I am not a mountaineer. You should be able to get some help from mountaineering clubs or websites as well as from the Pakistani embassy.
I’m Asad from pakistan. I’m also mountaineer. i have asceded on nangaparbat camp 1.
Well i really enjoyed with this site.
this is a website which is much informative.
my holidays pakistanstudies projectwas about land of pakistan.and i have located much of it here.
Asad & Junaid: Thanks.