THE REOPENING OF THE LAST 8000m WILDERNES AREAS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE KARAKORAM IS AN UNPRECEDENTED AFFAIR. NOT SINCE THE 1980s HAS SUCH A LARGE AND WILD AREA BECOME ACCESSIBLE, CERTAINLY NOT WHILST THE REST OF THE WORLDS HIGH ALTITUDE TERRAIN IS UNDER SUCH PRESSURE AND BEING CORRUPTED AT SUCH A RATE.
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WE HAVE SPENT THE LAST FIVE YEARS CONTINUOUSLY WORKING OUT THINGS WITH THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES, AND WHILST OTHERS IN THE INDUSTRY HAVE BEEN LOWERING THE STANDARDS WE HAVE BEEN BUSY RAISING THEM.
WITH NO FANFARE, THE NORTH SIDE OF THE KARAKORAM HAS BECOME OPEN TO US, TO USE THE SAME MODEL WE USE IN TIBET, SCALED AND TWEAKED FOR XINJIANGS UNIQUENESS WHICH INCLUDE THE EXTRA LEVELS OF REMOTENESS. WE KNOW WHAT WORKS, AND HOW TO MANAGE THINGS WELL, AND ARE RIGHT NOW PUTTING TOGETHER TEAMS TO BE THE FIRST IN TO THE AREA IN ABOUT FIVE YEARS, BUT IN SOME PLACES IT WILL IN TWENTY.
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THIS IS NOT FOR EVERYONE. IF YOU WANT THE CONVENIENCES AND PREDICTABILITY FOUND SOUTH OF THE RANGE YOU WON’T FIND IT HERE. IF YOU CAN’T STOMACH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF GOING TO A MISUNDERSTOOD AND UNTOURISTED PLACE, YOU WON’T LAST IN THIS PLACE.
WHAT YOU WILL FIND IS A TRUE WILDERNESS ON A LEVEL SIMPLY NOT FOUND ANYWHERE ELSE. THE CHINA SIDES OF K2, THE GASHERBRUMS AND BROAD PEAK ARE THE REMOTEST 8000m CAMPS ON EARTH, AND THEY ARE THE PLACES YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF. IN EVERY DIRECTION ARE FIVE, SIX AND SEVEN THOUSAND METER PEAKS ARE OBSCURE, UNNANMED, AND ALMOST ALL UNCLIMBED, NOT TO MENTION HUGE RIVERS, THE LARGEST GLACIERS OUTSIDE THE POLES, REMOTE VILLAGES AND RARE SPECIES.
AND WE PLAN TO KEEP THINGS THIS WAY.
CLIMBERS AND TREKKERS FIT FOR THESE INITIAL TRIPS WILL BE EXPERIENCED, OPEN-MINDED, OBSERVANT AND APPRECIATIVE. THESE ARE TRUE EXPEDITIONS, WITH ALL THE UNCERTAINTIES THAT GO WITH THAT. THE PRICE OF ENTRY IS BEING ABLE TO COPE WITH AUTHENTIC EXPLORATION.
THE FOOD WILL BE EXCELLENT, THE CULTURE WILL HAVE NO BUFFER, YOU WILL BE OFF THE GRID FOR AGES, AND THE DAYS WILL BE LONG. THERE WILL NOT BE THE FAMILIAR ELEMENTS FOUND ELSEWHERE, SOME THINGS WILL BE CONFRONTING, AND THE REWARDS WILL REFLECT THAT.
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THESE FIRST TRIPS WILL BE RUN SELECTIVELY, BASED ON TEAMS THE MOST APPROPRIATE TO BE OUT THERE. WE TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY AND SO DO THE PEOPLE WE WORK WITH. IF YOU ARE INSPIRED, MOTIVATED, AND APPRECIATE REAL WILDERNESS WHEN YOU SEE IT, CONTACT US NOW FOR THE TRIP NOT JUST OF YOUR LIFETIME, BUT OF ANYONES LIFETIME IN THE LAST THIRTY YEARS.