Muztagh

Tom Hornbein, who with Willi Unsoeld made the first ascent of Everest via the daunting West Ridge in 1963 and was on the Muztagh climb, recalls that Mr. Bates made it as far as the highest camp at about 22,000 feet.

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From the Dorah eastwards the crest of the Hindu Kush again becomes the boundary till it effects a junction with the Muztagh and Sarikol ranges, which shut off China from Russia and India.

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~ -- There is a point to the north of Hunza in Kashmír where three great mountain chains, the Muztagh from the south-east, the

The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir James McCrone Douie 1894

~ -- The Muztagh chain from the south-east, the Sarikol from the north-east, and the Hindu Kush from the south-west, meet at a point to the north of Hunza.

The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir James McCrone Douie 1894

The Muztagh chain carries on the northern bastion to the valley of the Hunza river and the western extremity of the Hindu Kush.

The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir James McCrone Douie 1894

Excluding a large but little-known and almost uninhabited tract beyond the Muztagh and Karakoram mountains, the drainage of which is northwards into Central Asia, the country consists of the valleys of the Chenáb,

The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir James McCrone Douie 1894

The Karakoram range culminates in the north-west near the Muztagh pass in a group of majestic peaks including K 2 or Mount Godwin Austen

The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir James McCrone Douie 1894

Nagar lie to the north of Gilgit near the junction of the Muztagh and

The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir James McCrone Douie 1894

Summit for my sister: laid low in high places Richard Lamping battles with altitude sickness as he attempts to scale Muztagh Ata in memory of his sister, who died of leukaemia last year.

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Muztagh Tower can be completed in as little as six weeks (Pindi to Pindi) or as long as nine weeks.

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