Broad Peak, Pakistan 2005

Broad Peak, Pakistan 2005

In 2005 I went back to Broad Peak to do the last 100m of altitude and 2km of summit ridge. The weather was awful all season. I only reached 6500 meters. There were several climbers who were lucky to make it back to Base Camp in one piece.

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pa5003 "Faisal Mosque, Islamabad" pa5003	pa5005 Slake and Don at poolside at the Shalimar Hotel pa5005	pa5019 Major Anwar on KKH pa5019	pa1370 Buddhist carvings outside Chilas, Pakistan pa1370	pa1373 Nanga Parbat and cow pa1373
pa1384 Assigning porter loads at Askole. Nazir (guide) in hat at right pa1384	pa1388 Porters and our sirdar (right) pa1388	pa1390 Woman working the fields around Askole, Pakistan pa1390	pa1400 Lunch on the first day at Korophong. Major Anwar (LO) in background with hat pa1400	pa1402 The toilets of Jhula Camp from across the river pa1402
pa1411 Porters walking to Paiju pa1411	pa5055 Massimiliano (Max) Gasperetti crossing a stream below Paiju pa5055	pa5056 Dead donkey below Paiju pa5056	pa1417 Don Bowie at Paiju camp pa1417	pa1419 The porters' meat allowance is carefully divided at Paiju pa1419
pa1422 One of the best washroom views in the world-Paiju camp, Pakistan pa1422	pa1434 Trekking towards Urdokas, Trango Towers in the background pa1434	pa1447 Using the telephone wire as a handrail, Baltoro Glacier pa1447	pa1449 Lunch stop on the way to Urdukas pa1449	pa1460 Grand Cathedral from near Urdokas pa1460

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