Kondus Valley Expedition

Overview

Alpine Adventure Guides Pakistan offering some of the best adventure rock spires climbing on the globe. The Karakorum is a kingdom of the greatest attention of high mountains on earth, which truly has no parallel. The Kondus valley is part of the Saltoro Mountains in the Eastern Karakoram and separates the range from the neighboring Masherbrum Mountains.

In 1979 a Japanese expedition made the first and only attempt on Link Sar. Kaberi Glacier Kondus valley was visited during the period 1974, when the Karakoram re-opened, and the mid 1980s. Kondus Valley is also another unforgettable alpine paradise for rock climbing. It is remote, wild and beautiful and there are several mountains still to have an ascent.

This area first gained the attention of westerners after John Mock and Hugh Swift visited the Kondus and Saltoro valleys in 1982 and trekked up the Kaberi Glacier. The valleys have some of the finest clean granite towers offering a lifetime of objectives. This four-week climbing program will take you to a number of below 6500m rock pinnacles waiting to be scaled.

There is some excellent granite above Lachit, Karmanding village and south of the K6/K7 massif on Kaberi Glacier. The area is clustered with numerous peaks such as Saltoro Kangri I (7705m), Chogolisa (7668m), Sherpi Kangri (7380m), Mount Ghent (7401m), Link Sar (7041m), K6 (7281m), K7 (6934m), and many other virgin rock spires. Special permit is required.