Police Check Post past Indus Bridge. Entering Ghangche District from Skardu
Brigde over Shiok River, turn-off to Hushe Valley End of black top
Macholo Village, Lower part of Hushe Valley
old mosque in Macholo
old wood carvings on mosque
Village pool Macholo
First view of Masherbrum (K1) past Macholo
Masherbrum 7821m
near Khane
track to Hushe
Kids for Sweets
arriving in Hushe (3120m)
Campground, owner Ali was cooking for R. Messner on a few expeditions
Old high altitude Porter (Sepp forcher from hushe)
Needs for medicaments
getting ready for treck
Girls from Hushe
last fields
Masherbrum, 7821 m
Entrance of Valley to Masherbrum, 2-3 days to basecamp
Brigde over River from Tsarak Valley (K6, K7)
Ibex horns at Saicho Camp (3400m)
Masberbrum and Yermendu Kangri (7163m) to left
View up Tsarak Valley to K7 (6934m)
K 7
in Balti: 'Pillar of the Sky'
Sunset on K7
view back to K6
K6 (7281) there was a Czech expedition there
up to next camp along lateral moraine of Gondogoro Glacier, becoming cloudy
lots of wild roses between 3500 and 3800m
fording glacier creeks
porters loaded up (table for mess tent)
Dalsampa Camp Site (4160m)
Dalsampa Camp
some of our porters
Yaks and cattle above Dalsampa
Morning light on Masherbrum
Serac Peak (6619m)
West branch of Gondogoro Glacier
on Gondogoreo Gl. up to Chuispam Camp
flank of Laila Pk.
"Glacier Table, XXL version"
meltwater channel
first view of Xhuspang Camp Area, last green spot between 2 glaciers, in Balti: jade
Xhuspang Camp site (4680m) from above, just before sunrise
Gondogoro La (5600m ) on first morning , at 2:00 a.m. at night we decided to delay by one day
Gondogoro La (5600m ) to left, better conditions later on
upper part of Gondogoro La (5620m ) - Pass to Baltoro Glacier and Concordia Place
Tasa or Trinity Peak (6700m) opposite basecamp
cornices on ridge from trinity peak
around Basecamp
plenty of Edelweiss
Apollo butterfly at 4700m
Our Basecamp at Chuispang (or: Xhuspang)
cutting some smoked ham (Hirschschinken...)
Nabi cooking porridge
Cricket at 4700m
Leila Peak, ca. 6200m
Laila Peak: ca. 6200m, named after old Pakistani Lovestory (Laila & Majnoon)
On ascent to Gondogoro La before 06.00 a.m., left BC at 02:30 a.m.
?? will the weather improve, we had some light rain and then a snow flurry in the early morning
half ways up, from Glacier to the Top of La : ca. 500-600 m of elevation
upper part of ascent before the ropes
arriving on top (5990m)
last meters up on snow ridge, clouds opening up!
the 8000's coming into view
On Top (ca. 5620 m) with K2 and Broad Peak
K2 , 8611m
Chogolisa (7668 m) , Hermann Buhl fell off this ridge on † 27. June 1957
K2
k2
K2 oder Lamba Pahar (Urdu) ; 31. Juli 1954, Achille Compagnoni & Lino Lacedelli
Broad Peak (8051 m) 9. Juni 1957 , H. Buhl, Fritz Wintersteller, Kurt Diemberger and Marcus Schmuck
the big panorama
in font of Gasherbrums II & III
Gasherbrum iV
View to W. Vigne Glacier, Ali Camp, ascent from N-side
Laila Peak, ~ 6200m from Gondogoro La
we took lots of measurements with 2 GPS, turn-off and on, autom.calculating averages out of 100 individual measurements: Top of snowridge on avg. at 5618m! (in Lit. and maps values vary from 5480 to 5900+ m)
Gasherbrums, Balti: (r)gasha=beautiful, brum=mountain G2 (8034 m at right side): Fritz Moravec, Josef Larch & Hans Willenpart on 7. Juli 1956
Gasherbrum IV (7932 m)
Gasherbrum 2 (8034 m) & G 3 (7946 m, left ) G3: 1975 by Wanda Rutkiewicz, Alison Chadwick-Onyszkiewicz, Janusz Onyszkiewicz, Krystof Zdzitowiecki
back to descent
View to BC
starting to go down, beginning of old ropes from "Hushe Rescue Team" 4 ropes in total
view to East side of Gond. valley
tracks on lateral moraine back to BC
still an hour more
Victory Cake for climb
laila peak
packing up on next day
reflections on Gond. Glacier, ca. 0,5 cm fresh ice from overnight makes a nice mirror
its many meters deep! (meltwater well)
on lower part of Glacier
Excusrion from Medical College Peshawar -ladies day out - on their way to base camp
above Dalsampa (4200 m)
at Oolong Meadows, Lunch Break
Our guide - Mohammad Sharif from Satpara
Nabi, our Cook, also from Satpara
some students decided to turn back
unshaved and far from home
take off your boots and throw them over first
without help of porters not much chance
a bit of first aid
the wild roses below 4000m
view to K6 on way down
Saicho Camp (3400m),
Balti Shower Hut
it fresh but feels good
End of treck party by porters in Saicho
dancing and singing, good dancers are sponsored by the tourists
view back to Gondogoro Valley
first houses with potatoe fields
in reach of Hushe
local teacher and our drivers
back at the cars in Hushe (3120m)
Visit to school
Head master's office
class with teacher, school is closed in winter
farewell to our porters
Ali Haider Sadpara, well known guide and veteran of many expeditions (an uncle of our guide Mohammad)
At Mohammads house in Skardu - in Balti Style
Indus in Skardu Basin
Indus below Skardu in Gorge
Road in Indus Gorge between Skardu and Gilgit (4-5 hours of the same)
one of many hanging bridges
Drive Through Carwash in Balti Style
blockage by landslide
blockage due to land slide
waiting trucks at slide
flat tire (nail) on KKH
how to fix a tire puncture on KKH
Haramosh Grp. (Gilgit Mts)
View of Nanga Parbat Grp. above Indus valley
Infamous signpost, 7 km vertical up from Indus to Peak
