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13th December, 2012
NASA photo error puts Everest in India
“It is not Everest. It is Saser Muztagh, in the Karakoram Range of the Kashmir region of India,” a spokesman admitted.
“It is not Everest. It is Saser Muztagh, in the Karakoram Range of the Kashmir region of India,” a spokesman admitted.
22nd September, 2012
Using drones to capture Pakistan’s scenic beauty
A Swiss expedition used remote-controlled helicopters to shoot rare footage of climbers on the Karakoram, one of the world’s most demanding and formidable mountain ranges.
A Swiss expedition used remote-controlled helicopters to shoot rare footage of climbers on the Karakoram, one of the world’s most demanding and formidable mountain ranges.
22nd September, 2012
Photography by drones
Drones have long been the domain of the U.S. military, which uses them extensively in Pakistan’s tribal areas near the Afghanistan border to spy on…
Drones have long been the domain of the U.S. military, which uses them extensively in Pakistan’s tribal areas near the Afghanistan border to spy on…
19th August, 2012
Belgian paraglider flies, treks across Karakoram Range
Belgian paraglider and adventurer Thomas De Dorlodot has become the first ever lone pilot to bivouac – fly and trek across the great Karakorum Range.
Belgian paraglider and adventurer Thomas De Dorlodot has become the first ever lone pilot to bivouac – fly and trek across the great Karakorum Range.
9th August, 2012
Alpine club confirms deaths on Broad Peak
Hofmanova became the first Czech woman climber to summit Broad Peak but she vanished on descent the same day.
Hofmanova became the first Czech woman climber to summit Broad Peak but she vanished on descent the same day.
2nd August, 2012
Summit fever grips Pakistan
20 members of the international Seven Summit Treks conquered the second highest peak in the world.
20 members of the international Seven Summit Treks conquered the second highest peak in the world.
10th March, 2012
Poles claim first winter ascent of Gasherbrum I peak
WARSAW, March 9: Two Polish climbers have completed the first ever winter ascent of Gasherbrum I, an 8,068-metre (26,469-foot) peak in the northern Pakistani Karakoram range, expedition head Adam Hajzer said on Friday.
WARSAW, March 9: Two Polish climbers have completed the first ever winter ascent of Gasherbrum I, an 8,068-metre (26,469-foot) peak in the northern Pakistani Karakoram range, expedition head Adam Hajzer said on Friday.
29th February, 2012
Deployment of police, FC enhanced at KKH: Malik
Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Wednesday said that deployment of police and Frontier Constabulary (FC) had been enhanced to ensure security of passengers traveling at Karakoram Highway (KKH).
Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Wednesday said that deployment of police and Frontier Constabulary (FC) had been enhanced to ensure security of passengers traveling at Karakoram Highway (KKH).
5th September, 2011
Iranians scale Passu Mountain
ISLAMABAD: Even some of the easiest routes require crossing complicated bottomless crevasses, ascending steep rocks and negotiating a path with ice walls that can collapse…
ISLAMABAD: Even some of the easiest routes require crossing complicated bottomless crevasses, ascending steep rocks and negotiating a path with ice walls that can collapse…
8th August, 2011
Leila goes down after touching the sky
ISLAMABAD: They say there is a force in nature with a plan for everyone. For the famous mountaineer, Leila Esfandyari, the plan was glory. She…
ISLAMABAD: They say there is a force in nature with a plan for everyone. For the famous mountaineer, Leila Esfandyari, the plan was glory. She…
5th August, 2011
Amateur climbers scale Broad Peak
ISLAMABAD: Eight amateur mountaineers felt in the clouds when two members of their international expedition scaled their first 8,000-metre plus peak in the Karakoram range.…
ISLAMABAD: Eight amateur mountaineers felt in the clouds when two members of their international expedition scaled their first 8,000-metre plus peak in the Karakoram range.…
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22nd June, 2011
Postcards from Pakistan: Karakoram and beyond
Far from the busy bazaars of Rawalpindi, the grand mosques of Lahore and the hustle and bustle of southern port city Karachi which altogether, under…
Far from the busy bazaars of Rawalpindi, the grand mosques of Lahore and the hustle and bustle of southern port city Karachi which altogether, under…
20th April, 2011
Spring in the Karakoram
With the advent of the higher temperatures of spring, vegetation in the valleys and meadows of the Karakoram comes to life in a frenzy of…
With the advent of the higher temperatures of spring, vegetation in the valleys and meadows of the Karakoram comes to life in a frenzy of…
24th January, 2011
Some Himalayan glaciers advance, despite warming
OSLO: Some Himalayan glaciers are advancing despite an overall retreat, according to a study on Sunday that is a step towards understanding how climate change…
OSLO: Some Himalayan glaciers are advancing despite an overall retreat, according to a study on Sunday that is a step towards understanding how climate change…
10th December, 2010
Melting glaciers threaten floods in Himalayas, Andes
CANCUN, Mexico: Residents of the Himalayas and other mountain areas face a “tough and unpredictable future” as global warming melts glaciers and threatens worse floods…
CANCUN, Mexico: Residents of the Himalayas and other mountain areas face a “tough and unpredictable future” as global warming melts glaciers and threatens worse floods…
