The Throne Room of Mountain Gods.

[krash]

Evening lights on the Baltoro:

 

[krash]

The Night:

http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff465/khizer17/concordaaaaaaaaa/gasherbrumsatnight-2.jpg

A time lapse shot of the Celestial North from the Baltoro Glacier:

 

[krash]

I saved the best for last. The Milky Way above K2 and Broad Peak :

The above picture of Broad Peak is actually more interesting than it seems at first. Notice that just below the summit there's a bright light shinning. That's a team of alpinists who got stuck up there for the night after summiting. They stayed up all night bivouaced trying to fight hypothermia since they didn't have any tents or sleeping bags (Let alone the fact that your not supposed to sleep at that altitude even if you have your tents and sleeping bags). God knows how they cheated death that night.

The circle is where you can see them:

 

[krash]

To the madmen of the North. Pakistani High Altitude Porters (PHAP) or Kharpas as they are known locally. While the climbers take the glory these are the guys who take them up there. No expedition would ever be possible without them. Torn boots, cotton socks, no gloves? No problem. These guys will climb thousands of meters with 20-25 kg loads fastened on a self made rudimentary steel pipe frame strapped onto their backs without any cushion and they will still out climb you by a factor of 4:1. They are mad. Legend says that the first porter to go up K2 was wearing wooden shoes.

 

[krash]

Watch in HD:

In this one make sure to listen carefully to what the climbers say:

"Everest and K2 aren't even the same sport."

Following is a trailer of the documentary on the first ever successful winter climb of a Pakistani +8000 meter peak, Gasherbrum II. Note: it took climbers over 60 years to achieve this feat. After Gasherbrum II (in 2011) Gasherbrum I was also successfully climbed in the winter season of 2012. Broad Peak and the two monsters; Nangaparbat and K2 still remain un-climbed in the winters despite attempts by different teams every year.

This is what it looks like while climbing the Trango Towers:

 

[krash]

Up K2's north face:

Below camp 3:

Wind picks up just below camp 3:

The Sun hits the slopes the next day:

K2, as seen from the northern side at night:

A fourteen minute exposure at night. Notice the one light just below K2's peak, those are climbers stuck there for the night:

Clouds on K2:

Broad Peak from Concordia:

ps: @Aeronaut, what are the chances of getting this thread made into a sticky? Got plenty of views, put a lot of effort in it....

 

[Kompromat]

@krash

Done bro.

 

[krash]

@krash

Done bro.

Many thanks yara. These to you:

From Ali Camp at night,

Gasherbrum IV from Vigne Glacier,

and my favorite. A look back while climbing up the Gondogoro La at dusk with K2, Broad Peak, Gasherbrum IV, Gasherbrum I and Gasherbrum II (from left to right in the background) all popping there heads up from behind clouds and other smaller peaks in the foreground,

 

[krash]

A bit before from Concordia, at Jhula beneath Bakhor Das (5810m):

Night at Payu:

The Cathedral from Payu:

The Cathedral and the Trangos:

The Cathedral and the Trango Castle:

The Trangos:

At the snout of the Baltoro:

 

[Kompromat]

@Gold1010 @Yzd Khalifa @Mosamania @Hussein @Neptune @Desertfalcon @TruthSeeker

You guys must checkout this thread.

 

[Gold1010]

I'd love to go mountaineering, not so much the extreme stuff where you need to go climbing with harnesses though.

There is a movie called vertical limit which is about K2, it's a quality movie and features Pakistanis " waking up the Indians "

Only downside is a Maori kiwi plays a Pakistani lol.

 

[darkinsky]

I'd love to go mountaineering, not so much the extreme stuff where you need to go climbing with harnesses though.

There is a movie called vertical limit which is about K2, it's a quality movie and features Pakistanis " waking up the Indians "

Only downside is a Maori kiwi plays a Pakistani lol.

you can also bring kangaroo pets along with you

 

[Gold1010]

you can also bring kangaroo pets along with you

I'll be sure to catch one in the bush across the road.

 

[Kompromat]

you can also bring kangaroo pets along with you

This is what you deserve.... watch it and if you don't die laughing come back and bash me

I'll be sure to catch one in the bush across the road.

lol, he perhaps needs a kangaroo kick

 

[darkinsky]

This is what you deserve.... watch it and if you don't die laughing come back and bash me

@Gold1010 is it what you guys do in europe xD