Road to RakaposhiStory of the 1954 Cambridge University Mountaineering Club's expedition to the Karakoram in Northern Pakistan. |
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ahead Alfred Ankara apricots arrived avalanche Baghdad Base Camp beneath bergschrund Birjand breakfast carry climb climbers clouds coolies cornice crampons crest Damascus descended desert dome Dormobile drive drove dust equipment Everest expedition face felt foot frontier gendarme George George Band Gilgit glacier high altitude hills Himalaya Hunza and Nagir Hunza River Hunzukuts ice-axe Icefall Issa Khan Istanbul Jaglot Jauhar journey Karakoram leave loads looked lunch miles Mir of Hunza Mir's Monk's Head morning mosque mountain N.W. ridge Nanga Parbat night ourselves Pakistan party passed Persia Peshawur polo Quetta Rakaposhi Rawalpindi realised rest river road rock Roger rope round route S.W. spur saddle Scouts Secord Peak seemed Sherpas side sleeping slope snow soon steep steps stopped summit supper Teheran tents thought thousand feet Tilman took town trip turned valley village weather Zahedan