Karakoram
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The Karakoram is a mountain range in Asia which spans the borders of Pakistan, China and India, with the north-western extremities extending into Afghanistan and Tajikistan. The Karakoram contains fou
Baltoro Glacier in the Central Karakoram Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan-administered Kashmir
The black gravel of the Karakoram mountains, as seen near Pakistan's Biafo Glacier
Hunza Valley in the Gilgit-Baltistan region, administered by Pakistan
View of the Moon over Karakoram Range in Pakistan
Eight-thousander
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The eight-thousanders are 14 mountains recognised by the International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation with summits that exceed 8,000 metres in elevation above sea level and are sufficiently in
Karakoram
…Pakistan, China and India, with the north-western extremities extending into Afghanistan and Tajikistan. The Karakoram contains four of the fourteen eight-thousanders, the highest of which is K2, the second highest mountain on Earth. The Karakoram begins in the Wakhan Corridor in eastern Afghanistan and extends…
Flight over the Khumbu region; six eight-thousanders are visible
Edurne Pasaban, the first woman to climb all 14 after Oh Eun-sun's claim was disputed
Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, the first woman to climb all 14 without oxygen
No. 1 – Mount Everest