DAY
10 URDUKAS - GORE II 6/7 HRS - ALT 4500 MTS TODAY WALK
WILL BE REWARDED BY VIEWS OF MASHABRUM, 7821 MTS, GASHERBRUM IV
7929 MTS AND GASHERBRUM II 8035 MTS. MOST OF THE WALK ON RUBBLES
AND STONES. MEALS & OVERNIGHT IN TENTS
DAY
11 GORE II - CONCORDIA 5/6 HRS - ALT 4700 MTS A COMPARATIVELY
EASY WALK ON GLACIER.
CONCORDIA IS THE MEETING PLACE OF FIVE GLACIERS AND WAS NAMED BY
MARTIN CONWAY IN 1892 AFTER SIMILAR PLACE IN PARIS. YOU WILL CAMP
AT PLACE WHERE YOU WILL HAVE THE PERFECT VIEWS
OF THE PERFECT TRIANGULAR SHAPED K-2, GODWIN AUSTIN PEAK OR CHAGORI,
THE LOCAL NAME. STAND SHOULDER TO SHOULDER BROAD PEAK 8060 MTS,
GASHERBRUM IV, GOLDEN THRONE 7312 MTS, KONDOS MITRE 6025 MTS AND
MANY OTHERS. MEALS & OVERNIGHT IN TENTS
DAY
12 -13 BASE CAMP EXCURSION TWO DAYS TO BE USED AS BACK
UP FOR DELAYS EN ROUTE AND LOCAL EXCURSIONS. YOU CAN VISIT K-2 AND
GASHERBRUM BASE CAMPS
OVERNIGHT IN CAMP MEALS & OVERNIGHT IN TENTS
DAY
14
CONCORDIA – ALI CAMP 4/5 HRS AS YOU LEAVE CNCORDIA FOR ALI
CAMP YOU WILL HAVE TREMENDOUS VIEWS OF GASHERBRUM I & II. AFTER
A FURTHER WALK OF TWO HOURS YOU CAN SEE ALMOST FULL VIEW OF K-2
ON YUR BACK. ALI CAMP IS AT THE FOOT OF GONDOGORO PASS. MEALS &
OVERNIGHT IN TENTS
DAY
15 ALI CAMP – GONDOGORO PASS – KHUSPAN 8/9
HRS WE START OUR QUEST FOR THE PASS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO
GET THE BENEFIT OG HARD ICE COMPARED TO SLIPRY WET CONDITIONS OF
THE DAY WEN SUN IS SHINING. USUALLY WE HAVE OUR SUNRISE AT THE TOP
OF THE PASS. STEADY LEGS AND STEMINA ARE THE ONLY REQUIREENTS. A
PAIR OF CRAMPONS HELP IN SNOW AND ICE CONDITIONS BUT IS NOT MENDATORY.
ROPE IS FIXED ON THE LAST 150 M OF THE CLIMB. SIMILARLY ON THE OTHER
SIDE WE PUT FIXED ROPE FOR EAISY AND SAFE DECEND. THE TREK TO THE
BASE OF THE PASS ON THE OTHER SIDE TAKES 4 HOURS. REST OF THE DAY
AT LEASURE MEALS & OVERNIGHT IN TENTS
DAY
16 KHUSPAN – SAICHO 5/6 HRS DECENDING IN TO HUSHE
VALLEY MEALS & OVERNIGHT IN TENTS
DAY
17
SAICHO – HUSHE ‘3/4HRS CONTINUE ON YOUR WALK TO THE
USHE VILLAGE
MEALS & OVERNIGHT IN TENTS
DAY
18 HUSHE - SKARDU DRIVE BACK TO SKARDU ARRIVE AND TRANSFER
TO HOTEL DINNER & OVERNIGHT
DAY
19
SKARDU - ISLAMABAD FLIGHT TO ISLAMABAD FLIGHT IS WEATHER DEPENDENT.
IN CASE OF FLIGHT CANCELAION DRIVE TO CHILAS AND STAY IN HOTEL CHILAS
OR SIGHT SEEN IN ISLAMABAD
DAY
20
IN CASE OF FLIGHT CANCELLATION – DRIVE CHILAS – ISLAMABAD
ARRIVE ISLAMABAD IN LATE EVENING islamabad rest day
DAY
21
IN TIME TRANSFER TO AIRPORT FOR LIGHT BACK HOME
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