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Askole, Askoli, or
Askoly (Urdu: اسکولی) is a
small town
located in
Braldo Valley (district Shigar), in the Gilgit–Baltistan
region of ****stan. Askole...
- on the town of Shigar. The
valley stretches about 170 km from
Skardu to
Askole and is the
gateway to the high
mountains of the Karakoram. The town of Shigar...
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local name—possibly due to its remoteness. The
mountain is not
visible from
Askole, one of the
highest settlements on the way to the mountain, nor from the...
- jeep
takes travelers through the
Braldu Gorge to the
village of
Askole. The trek from
Askole initially proceeds towards K2, then
turns northwest up the Biafo...
- in the east. Approximately, 20
kilometers (12 miles) from the
village of
Askole in Braldo,
Shigar District, this
glacial junction is found. The
entire journey...
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Ursula Grether, who was
injured during the
approach and had to be
carried to
Askole by
Messner and Mutschlechner.
Because of
avalanche danger on the original...
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progressively more poverty-stricken and
diseased until they
eventually reached Askole, the last habitation,
which was
comparatively wealthy. On May 22 they departed...
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including 230
oxygen cylinders, via
Askole and
Concordia towards Base Camp on the Godwin-Austen Glacier.
Between Skardu and
Askole several bridges had been built...
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facilitate international tourist.
Accessible from
Skardu by road, the
nearby Askole and
Hushe are the main
gateways to the snow-covered 8,000-metre (26,000-foot)...
- feet or 5,300 metres) and onto the 37-mile-long (60 km)
Biafo Glacier to
Askole.
Their total traverse of the
glaciers was
another record, and **** became...
