Hello folks - well here's the first big update as to what I've been up to... arrived in Pakistan about 4 weeks ago, and set off on a 4 day drive up the Karakorum Highway and beyond - on dirt tracks, to as high as it would take us, then a week's walking up the huge Baltoro Glacier - which is indescribably spectacular. At the top of this glacier, is Concordia - a huge bowl of ice and rock, where 3 glaciers meet, and where 7 of the worlds highest 20 mountains look down on you, including Masherbrum, Gasherbrum I,II and IV, Broad Peak, and of course, K2. It's quite a site, as you can imagine. This being the 50'th anniversary of the climbing of K2, there were lots of Italian climbers and dignitaries around -
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