Leaving Islamabad
The Karakoram Highway
Nanga Parbat (8,125m/26,657ft)
The Indus valley
Skardu
The road to Askole
Waiting at Askole
Lunchbreak
Jamie and Pik (a doctor) dispensing healthcare to the porters
Paiju Camp
Looking towards the Trango Towers
Saddiq, our Pakistani guide, enjoying his first yoga class
Teje taking a yoga class at Paiju – to the bemusement of the porters!
Heading out towards the Baltoro Glacier
Onto the Baltoro Glacier
Trekking up through the rough rocky moraine of the Baltoro
Desert like conditions, even on a glacier!
Paiju Peak (6610m)
Trango Castle (5753m)
Saddiq suffering in the heat
……but soon finds a solution
Trango Castle
Trango Castle with Great Trango Tower behind
Approaching Urdukas Camp (4050m)
Cathedral Spires
Porters leaving Urdukas
Saddiq and our army liason officers take a break. Gasherbrum IV behind
Masherbrum (7821m)
Merhban and Jahan Beg, our two high altitude porters (HAPs)
Looking down the Baltoro glacier towards the Trango Towers
Crystal Peak, Marble Peak & Marble Spire
The porters enjoying a sing-song
The porters with Broad Peak (8047m) behind
Captain Kamal, our army liason officer with Broad Peak (8047m)
Concordia (4650m)
K2 (8611m), & Broad Peak (8047m)
Me with K2 behind
Me with Gasherbrum IV behind
K2 (8611m), 2nd highest mountain on earth
Sitting out on the patio at Concordia, Mitre Peak behind
Jamie with K2 behind
Broad Peak (8047m), the world’s 12th highest mountain
Gasherbrum IV (7925m) with lenticular clouds above signifying high winds
Gasherbrum IV with clearer skies
Our campsite at Concordia
The magnificent K2, ‘mountain of mountains’
Meltwater streams on the glacier
The Mad Hatter’s tea party!
Catherine’s birthday cake at Concordia
Porters en route to Base Camp
Gasherbrum 1 (8068m)
Gasherbrum Base Camp
