Pack Horses

I always would give way to the horses and mules, extra breathing time. Many times there would be blood trails on the rocks to follow from where the horses and mules sustained cuts to their shins.

Slowly, Slowly (What's Urdu for That?)... Goro I, Pakistan

August 13th 2019
Sleeping at:Goro I Sleeping Altitude: 4160m Trekking Distance: 16.5km Day: 15 Our planned easy day of 6km to Urdukas has been reworked to try and make up time lost with the rains at Paiju. The new plan is to walk through Urdukas and aim for Goro I, a 360m altitude gain. It is quite a spectacular walk along rocky/sandy undulating trail on the side of the Baltoro Glacier. Two feeder glaciers to ... read more

Asia » Pakistan » Northern Areas » Gilgit-Baltistan

The separation in 1947 of British India into the Muslim state of Pakistan (with two sections West and East) and largely Hindu India was never satisfactorily resolved, and India and Pakistan have fought two wars - in 1947-48 and 1965 - over the disput... ... read more

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