Mountains in Pakistan
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.
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ڈفر Duffer
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.