The Great Trango Towers(6286-m)

Trango Tower

The Great Trango Towers
Situated on the northern side of the Baltoro Glacier opposite Urdukas, consist of four peaks with vertical granite walls.
Great Trango (6287m) was first climbed on July 21, 1977, by the Americans Galen Rowell, John Roskelly, Kim Schmitz and Dennis Hennek. They had climbed through the South Face of the mountain. The East Face of Great Trango, 1600m from its base to the top, is among the biggest rock walls ...in the world. Its first ascent was made by the Norwegians Hans Christian Doseth and Finn Daehli in 1984, but tragically the two climbers fell to their deaths when abseiling.
The most spectacular of the Trango towers is the so-called Nameless Tower (6251m). It was first climbed via the South-West Face by Bo Anthoine and Martin Boysen from Great Britain. The next day, Joe Brown and Malcolm Howells also reached the top of Nameless Tower. In 1989 Kurt Albert and Wolfgang Güllich wrote Alpine history when they free-climbed a route they called “Eternal Flame“ (with pitches graded 7c) and thus established free-climbing in the high mountains of the world. 

DAY BY DAY PROGRAMS
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01 Arrive at Islamabad
02 Fly to Skardu or drive to Chilas on Karakorum highway.
03 Rest day in Skardu or drive from Chilas to Skardu.
04 Drive to Askoli.
05 Trek to Jhola 6-7hrs 18km 3200m.
06 Trek to Paiyu 6-7-hrs 16.6km 3450m.
07 Trek to Trango Tower base camp.

08-35 28 days for climbing Camp
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36 Trek down to Paiyu
37 Trek down to Jhola
38 Trek down to Askoli
39 Drive to Skardu 6-7hrs
40 Fly to Islamabad or drive to Chilas 8-9hrs
41 Farewell meeting with alpine club of or drive form Chilas to Islamabad.
42 Transfer to Islamabad airport for international flight

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SHIPTON TREKS AND EXPEDITION PAKISTA
THE HOST OF BALTORO
Trekking & Climbing Expedition in Pakistan
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