Arrival in the Pakistani capital. Entry
procedures, reception at the airport by our
team, transfer to the hotel, accommodation,
and the rest of the day free to recover from the
trip and familiarize ourselves with the new
reality that surrounds us. Hotel. Meal plan:
breakfast.
Full day to tour Islamabad and get to know its
main attractions and points of greatest
interest, after which we will move to
Rawalpindi, the ancient capital, within an
emblematic city that, among other things,
houses an important university, a brewery, an
oil refinery, a natural gas plant, and the
headquarters of the Armed Forces.
After breakfast, transfer to the airport to fly to
Skardu. In case of cancellation, which
sometimes happens due to the weather, we will
have to set off by road, making the long trip in
two days, and spending the first night in Chilas.
In this case, the entire program will be delayed
by one day, but it is precisely for this that we
have reserved a few days ahead so that the trip
does not suffer major alterations, and we can
complete all the fundamental stages of the
route. Upon our arrival at Skardu airport,
located at more than two thousand two
hundred meters of altitude, reception and
transfer to our hotel. Rest of the day free to
familiarize ourselves with this beautiful city
located in the valley of the same name, at the
confluence of the Indus and Shigar rivers.
Hotel. Meal plan: breakfast.
Full day to get to know and enjoy this
emblematic enclave of the Gligt-Baltistan
province. Capital of the Balti people, and
surrounded by mountains between four
thousand and six thousand meters high, it is
known for being the gateway to the Karakoram
mountain range, one of the roofs of the world
and the region with the most glaciers on the
planet. For all these reasons, this charming
town, located at two thousand three hundred
meters of altitude. The Indus River, along which
the city is located, separates the Karakorum
mountain range from the Himalayas proper,
and from the Indus plain. The monsoon rains
barely reach the city, which has a desert
climate and a climatology of great contrasts,
with temperatures below zero in winter, and
considerable heat in summer. Hotel. Meal plan:
breakfast.
SKARDU Another full day, which will help us to
adapt the program, in case we had to arrive by
road, or to continue enjoying the amazing
landscapes of this wild region located in the
heart of the Baltoro glacier. Hotel. Meal plan:
breakfast.
This day we will go out by the road, in 4x4
vehicles, towards the mountains. It will be
about 120 km along an irregular track, which
will take us to the remote village of Askoli, at
3,045 meters above sea level, where we will
spend our first-night camping. The condition of
the ground is very rough, and the path could be
blocked if the rains are very intense the days
before our arrival. Askoli is the starting place
for trekking. There we will organize and
distribute the loads to the porters, for the
following days. Night in camp. Meal plan:
breakfast, lunch and dinner.
After breakfast, we begin the trek. We will
ascend the entire Baltoro glacier until we reach
its end at the Concordia cirque. We will be a
small expedition that has to be self-sufficient
to cover all your needs. For this, the work of
the men of this land is necessary, who
accompany us carrying the loads with our food,
cooking materials, tents where we can stay, our
equipment, and their belongings. The Biafo
Glacier, which we will have to cross, and the
peaks of Paiju, will show us the door to Baltoro.
Next will come the Triango Towers, the column
of Uli Biaho, the Nameless Tower, the Gothic
wings of the Great Cathedral and the Lobsang
spirals, among other outstanding enclaves. At
the entrance to the Concordia circus, the ice
divides, turning left and right, and the show
brings more and more artists on stage, such as
Chogolisa, Broad Peak and the giant among
giants: K2. We will find ourselves at that
moment at 4,600 meters high, next to the base
camps of the expeditions that go to that place
to ascend all those impressive mountains that
sit at that point. This first stage will be a hot
and dusty stage, about six hours of walking,
with a gradient of about one hundred and fifty
meters. The camping will be on land, at a point
at about 3,150 meters above sea level. Meal
plan: breakfast, lunch and dinner.
This day we will stay in Paju, an obligatory
acclimatization and rest stay for the porters,
surrounded by an overwhelming landscape. We
will be able to go down to the river to wash
clothes, while we continue getting used to the
altitude that, from this moment on, will always
exceed four thousand meters. Camp. Meal
plan: breakfast, lunch and dinner.
The day will bring us an exciting journey, in a
long stage lasting about seven hours, with a
gradient of seven hundred meters, with a large
part of the route walking on the Baltoro glacier.
It will be a stage in which we will already notice
a great change, both because of the height at
which we will be, and because of the fact of
walking on the glacier, which we will do for
several days. If possible, we will camp on the
land, in a space lateral to the Baltoro, but if we
do not find a suitable place, we will have to
sleep on the glacier itself, and at about 4,100
meters high. A curious experience. Camp. Meal
plan: breakfast, lunch and dinner.
This day will be a stage that will take place
entirely on the glacier. It will be about five and
a half hours and the climb will be around two
hundred meters. We will camp on the glacier,
and at about 4,310 meters high. Camp. Meal
plan: breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Today will once again take place entirely on the glacier. It will be about four and a half hours and the elevation difference will be around one hundred and seventy meters. We will sleep, once again, on the glacier, and at a height of about 4,480 meters, in the famous and absolutely incredible Concordia circus, an enclave surrounded by a unique landscape in the world, which happens to be one of the most beautiful postcards on the planet.
Camp. Meal plan: breakfast, lunch and dinner.
The day will bring us an exciting journey, in a
long stage lasting about seven hours, with a
gradient of seven hundred meters, with a large
part of the route walking on the Baltoro glacier.
It will be a stage in which we will already notice
a great change, both because of the height at
which we will be, and because of the fact of
walking on the glacier, which we will do for
several days. If possible, we will camp on the
land, in a space lateral to the Baltoro, but if we
do not find a suitable place, we will have to
sleep on the glacier itself, and at about 4,100
meters high. A curious experience. Camp. Meal
plan: breakfast, lunch and dinner.
This day will be a stage that will take place
entirely on the glacier. It will be about five and
a half hours and the climb will be around two
hundred meters. We will camp on the glacier,
and at about 4,310 meters high. Camp. Meal
plan: breakfast, lunch and dinner.
CAMP This day will begin a series of days in
which we will leave the Baltoro Glacier to reach
Hushe. It will be about seven or eight hours.
The Circus of Concordia is like the bottom of a
great corridor of ice and rock that closes
against an immense wall of enormous and very
high mountains without passage. That is why
for a long time, the return journey began from
this point, along the same path. It will be a long
DAY15
and complicated stage on the glacier, which
will last about seven or eight hours, and will
put all our abilities, our courage and our
adrenaline to the limit. Finally, we will camp on
the glacier at an altitude of about 5,050
meters. The ascent to the Gondogoro pass will
depend a lot on the weather. Normally we will
start it at night, so, probably, tonight we will
sleep only a few hours in the camp's dining
tent, so that the night pick-up and our start-up
in the middle of the night will be easier and
faster. Camp. Meal plan: breakfast, lunch and
dinner.
Today will be a long and hard stage, lasting
about eight hours, with an ascent gradient of
five hundred meters, followed by a descent of
approximately nine hundred meters, along a
steep slope of hard snow that It will deposit us
at the Gondogoro hill, located at about 5,600
meters above sea level, and which we hope to
reach at dawn. The descent from the hill is
through terrain of ice and stones. During the
passage of this pass there are fixed ropes
installed to facilitate transit. After the feat, we
will camp on land at an altitude of about 4,700
meters. In this place we will see grass, earth
and some green again, after having changed
valley and glacier. Camp. Meal plan: breakfast,
lunch and dinner
We reserve this day as a wild card, to cover any
weather incident, or any other incident, that
may have happened to us during the trek. If
everything goes as planned, we can spend the
day taking a walk in the surrounding area and
continue marveling at the sublime landscape
that surrounds us, undoubtedly one of the
most beautiful in the world. Hostel. Meal plan:
breakfast, lunch and dinner.
This morning, we set off towards a new reality,
heading south, towards Shaicho. The stage will
initially run along the Gondogoro glacier, and
then along a dusty road. At the end of it, we will
be able to admire another of the famous
mountains of the Karakorum, the Masherbrum
which, with its 7,800 meters high, and its
elegant pyramidal shape, is one of the most
beautiful and most difficult mountains on the
entire planet, for Finally, we will camp on land,
already at about 3,500 meters of altitude, after
a somewhat shorter and more relaxed day, but
which will still take us about six hours. Camp.
Meal plan: breakfast, lunch and dinner.
This day will be a flat and short stage, lasting
about three hours, along a dusty road after
which, at the end, Hushe awaits us, a remote
and exciting town whose inhabitants pride
themselves on being those who know the
region best. of Baltoro, and its mountains.
Hostel. Meal plan: breakfast, lunch and dinner.
After an almost certainly night of well-
deserved celebration, for having completed
one of the most exciting treks on the planet, we
will wake up a little later than usual, have
breakfast, and say goodbye to our porters, with
whom more than likely We will have forged
some almost inevitable bonds of true
friendship. After that, and in 4x4 vehicles, we
travel the one hundred and thirty kilometers
that separate us from Skardu, where we will
spend the night. Hotel. Meal plan: breakfast.
In the morning, transfer to the airport to fly to
Islamabad. In case of cancellation, which
sometimes happens due to the weather, we will
have to set off by road, making the long trip in
two days, and spending the first night in Chilas.
It is for this unforeseen event that we have
reserved the next free day in Islamabad,
without planned activities, in order to not have
problems arriving on time for our flight back
home. Hotel. Meal plan: breakfast.
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