barah valley

after another trip to the outdoor market, our makeshift international mountaineering team was ready to go. we hitchhiked some weird pickup thing to the bus station, where we were joined by tom from the uk, a friend of jasper. we arrived just in time to catch a minibus going to khaplu, which is pretty much the last stop before k2, which, if we were lucky, we'd see from the top of moses peak. somehow, 18 people were crammed into this little van. we were stopped one or two times by the tourist police, but other than that, the views made up for the discomfort.

we arrived at the trailhead in barah valley and walked a couple of kilometres to a restaurant, where we had some food (grave mistake, as it later turns out) and were even offered to stay for the night for like 3€. we couldn't refuse, of course. somehow, we managed to fit 6 people into a 15m² space. we had some breakfast in the morning, split up our food supplies evenly and got to hiking.Read more