06 Nanga Parbat Diamir Face And Mazeno Ridge On Flight From Islamabad To Skardu

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06 Nanga Parbat Rupal Face From The Deosai Plains

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06 Nanga Parbat Diamir Face And Mazeno Ridge On Flight From Islamabad To Skardu [1 of 18]

On the 40-minute flight from Islamabad to Skardu, the captain announces, ‘We'll be flying at a planned altitude of 8,000 metres.’ Perfect I thought, we'll be exactly at the height of Nanga Parbat. The flight starts low key with the stewardesses serving drinks while we bide our time. When the pilot announces ‘Nanga Parbat is immediately ahead on the right’, all hell breaks loose. As one, all the tourists, including me, are up in the aisles, craning their necks, running for the cockpit. The sounds of cameras are everywhere. There it is, within arms reach. Nanga Parbat in perfect early morning splendor! We are passing by the Diamir Face, as I click photo after photo. The massive Mazeno Ridge runs down to the right of Nanga Parbat. The Mazeno ridge is the longest ridge on any 8000m mountain and includes eight 7000m peaks. Nobody has managed to traverse the ridge and continue to the summit of Nanga Parbat.

06 Nanga Parbat Diamir Face And Mazeno Ridge On Flight From Islamabad To Skardu On the 40-minute flight from Islamabad to Skardu, the captain announces, ‘We'll be flying at a planned altitude of 8,000 metres.’ Perfect I thought, we'll be exactly at the height of Nanga Parbat. The flight starts low key with the stewardesses serving drinks while we bide our time. When the pilot announces ‘Nanga Parbat is immediately ahead on the right’, all hell breaks loose. As one, all the tourists, including me, are up in the aisles, craning their necks, running for the cockpit. The sounds of cameras are everywhere. There it is, within arms reach. Nanga Parbat in perfect early morning splendor! We are passing by the Diamir Face, as I click photo after photo. The massive Mazeno Ridge runs down to the right of Nanga Parbat. The Mazeno ridge is the longest ridge on any 8000m mountain and includes eight 7000m peaks. Nobody has managed to traverse the ridge and continue to the summit of Nanga Parbat.