Spantik (aka “Golden Mountain”) soars 7027 metres above sea level.
It is rather more than three times higher than the Australian continent’s highest peak.
In the Karakoram, however, many mountains are mightier than Spantik.
Pakistan has 108 peaks that exceed 7000 metres!
We are just-returned from an unforgettable trip which began in Delhi and concluded in Beijing.
Primarily, however, it was focused on Kashmir, the Karakoram and Kashgar.
Eventually, more substantial posts will explore various aspects, in greater depth.
Meanwhile, this series of single-image posts will give you a wee taste; its other chapters will be sequenced chronologically.
#2’s location is one of the world’s most “happening” urban places.
All photos are copyright Doug Spencer; this post’s was taken at 11 am on 22 May 2024. My vantage point was “The Eagles Nest”, on the rim of the jaw-droppingly spectacular Hunza Valley.