Meherban Karim
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Meherban Karim was a Pakistani mountaineer. He died, along with 10 other mountaineers, in the 2008 K2 disaster, following an avalanche in what was to be one of the deadliest accidents in the history o
Meherban Karim at K-2 in 2007
Meherban Karim on the summit of Nanga Parbat in 2005.
Shimshal
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Shimshal, previously known as Shingshal, is a village located in the Gojal tehsil of the Hunza District in the Gilgit–Baltistan region of northern Pakistan. It is located on the Karakoram range border
Meherban Karim
…Gasherbrum II (without oxygen). In the mountaineering community, he was known as "Karim The Dream" and "Karim Meherban". Meherban Karim was born in the Shimshal Valley, Hunza–Nagar District of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. He spent his childhood in the Shimshal valley, where he explored the mountains and became interested…
Shimshal in the spring
Khurdopin glacier and Shimshal River, 2017. Several glaciers flow into the Shimshal Valley, and are prone to blocking the river. Khurdopin glacier surged in 2016–17, creating a sizable lake.
Yak racing
Silk Route caravan of Shimshal