Gasherbrum IV is the 17th highest mountain on Earth and the 6th highest in Pakistan.It is one of the peaks in the Gasherbrum massif and its Base Camp is nearby Broad Peak. The Gasherbrum is a remote group of peaks located at the northeastern end of the Baltoro Glacier in the Karakoram Range of the Himalaya. The massif contains three of the world’s 8,000 meter peaks.Gasherbrum is often claimed to mean “Shining Wall”, presumably a reference to the highly visible west face of Gasherbrum IV; but in fact, it comes from “Rgasha”(beautiful) and “brum” (mountain) in Balti, hence it actually means “beautiful mountain. It was first ascent By Italian Expeditions in 1958, Including the members, Walter Bonatti and Carlo Mauri,from the north Ridge. Whereas the west ridge first ascent in 1985 by Robert Schauer (Austria) and Wojciech Kurtyka (Poland).1985 First ascent of the 10,000 ft (3,000 m) high West face by However, due to bad weather and extreme exhaustion forced them to stop at the north summit, missing the true summit. |
DAY 01 Welcome to Pakistan (Islamabad) O/N Hotel DAY 02 Fly to Skardu OR Drive to Chilas O/N Hotel DAY 03 Drive from Chilas to Skardu. O/N Hotel DAY 04 Drive to Askoli O/N Camp DAY 05 Trek to Jola O/N Camp DAY 06 Trek to Paju 3450m O/N Camp DAY 07 Rest day at Paju O/N Camp DAY 08 Trek to Urdukas 4050m O/N Camp |
DAY 09 Trek to Goro-II 4086m O/N Camp DAY 10 Trek to Base camp 4800-m O/N Camp DAY 11-37 Climbing Days Camp DAY 38-41 Trek down to Askoli or Hushey via Gondogoro La O/N Camp DAY 42 Drive to Skardu O/N Hotel DAY 43 Fly to Islamabad, Subject to weather, Drive to Chilas O/N Hotel DAY 44 Drive to Islamabad O/N Hotel DAY 45 Onward to your own destinations |
