Pakistan, K2, and over to India

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August 5th 2004
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 ... read more

Asia » Pakistan

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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