Pictures from GB

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Minimarg, Astore, GB

Katpana Cold Desert, Skardu, GB

By Qamar Wazir

Trip pe hain aajkal?

 

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Gilgit City

 

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Steve Razzetti - Photographer

"If there is a deeper and more lasting message behind our venture than the mere passing sensation of a physical feat, I believe this to be the value of comradeship and the many virtues which combine to create it. Comradeship, regardless of race or creed, is forged among high mountains, through the difficulties and dangers to which they expose those who aspire to climb them, the need to combine the efforts to attain their goal, the thrills of a great adventure shared together." - Sir John Hunt

Balti porter on the Biafo Glacier in the Central Karakoram, Pakistan. July 1996.

Nikon FM2, 28mm, Fuji Velvia

Random Pakistan memory for the day. Above Baintha on the Biafo on our way to the Hispar Pass in 1989. Almost 30 years ago. How is that possible?!

Bronica ETRS, 50mm, Kodachrome

Steve Razzetti - Photographer
October 15, 2018·

Today I am paraphrasing a post I just saw by Saad Munawar on The Karakoram Club's Instagram feed with this picture I took in July 1989 on the Hispar Pass in Pakistan. It is a Bronica ETRS photo, taken with Kodachrome slide film.

"I saw you crossing crevasses in Rs 100 rubber slippers while I was hesitant doing the same in mountaineering boots. I saw you traversing glaciers with 30kg loads tied to your back with string while I carried half that in a state-of-the art backpack.

You brought me tea in bed before dawn, offered me steaming tea and noodles at lunch in the middle of glaciers, brought me dinner in the evening and then washed the dishes while I took my cameras out to photograph the stars.

You were awake working before me, awake working when I went to sleep. While I dreamed in a down sleeping bag in a warm tent, you slept wrapped in your blanket under a tarp in the rocks.

Under the stars, round fires of juniper, we sang and danced together as friends.

And when I came back to my comfortable, safe house here in England, you stayed in those incredible, hostile mountains. Working the land. Building the bridges. Fixing the trails.

And yet I am the hero. The crazy, tough mountain guy. You look for real life heroes - I give you the porters, cooks and guides of Gilgit-Baltistan! ZINDABAD!!"

The Alpine Club National Geographic

 

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Minimarg Village

 

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Nagar Valley, Pakistan

 

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Gultari, Skardu
Photo By : Qamar Wazir

 

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Attabad Lake, Hunza.

 

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Katpana Desert , Skardu.

 

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Aliabad Bazar

 

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Rakaposhi, Nagar, GB

Sok Valley Skardu Pakistan۔ Black beauty

 

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Fairy Meadow , Gilgit ,
Photo .. By : Mr Hunzai