North Pakistan: Asia's Best Kept Secret

SUNDAY 7 FEBRUARY

Theatre 1
Time: 4.00pm
Title:  North Pakistan: Asia's Best Kept Secret
Speaker: Ibraheem Mahmood
Company: Karakorum Jeep Trek International
 

Discover North Pakistan, where continents collide. Here you cross the Himalayas, Karakorum and Hindu Kush, the highest concentration of 8,000+m peaks in the world.

Explore thousands of kilometres of jeep treks and footpaths and discover people who can trace their history back to Alexander and Genghis Khan and see Polo where it was invented - at 12,000ft. Share experiences with the truly isolated, diverse and hospitable peoples of the region. Stay with Kalash people who have lived in isolation for more than a millennium. Walk to Nanga Parbat base camp. Enter the inner sanctum: expedition to K2, the second highest 8,611m monster peak. Ascend nearly one vertical mile in six days and camp on the breathtaking 58km long Baltaro Glacier.

Little-visited and little-understood, North Pakistan is an unparalleled yet surprisingly accessible destination for people, old and young who are searching for the experience of a life time.
 
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