06 Nanga Parbat Rupal Face From The Deosai Plains [3 of 18]
We drove from Skardu to Tarashing over the Deosai Plains, a high alpine plateau scattered with small tufts of grass and small flowers. We came over a hill and there in front of was the enormous Rupal face of Nanga Parbat, standing alone on the horizon, shining brilliantly white in the sunshine. Starting on the left, the Mazeno Ridge leads to the Rupal Face of Nanga Parbat, and then the summit ridge leads down past the North Peaks to the Southeast Peak and East Peaks and then plummets to Rakhiot Peak.