Karakoram

[ kahr-uh-kawr-uhm, -kohr-, kar- ]

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noun

Also called Mustagh. a mountain range in NW India, in N Kashmir. Highest peak, K2, 28,250 feet (8,611 meters).
a pass traversing this range, on the route from NE Kashmir to Sinkiang province in China. 18,300 feet (5,580 meters).

Karakoram

/ ˌkærəˈkɔːrəm /

a mountain system in N Kashmir, extending for about 480 km (300 miles) from northwest to southeast: contains the second highest peak in the world (K2); crossed by several high passes, notably the Karakoram Pass 5575 m (18 290 ft)

I’ve pedaled my bicycle across Central Asia from Mongolia to Turkey, over the Karakoram and the Caucasus Mountains, and through most of Europe.

At 840 grams, the Grizzly is the heaviest of Karakoram’s split bindings, but it’s also among the most affordable.

Skardu is a 20- to 24-hour drive from Islamabad via the Karakoram Highway.

Beyond the Karakoram pass (18,550 ft.) is a lofty bleak upland with salt lakes dotted over its surface.

The Shyok and its affluent, the Nubra, rise in the giant glaciers to the south-west of the Karakoram pass.

It is known as the Karakoram range because a pass called the Karakoram Pass crosses it.

On the 19th of August, leaving my tent standing, I started to visit the Karakoram pass, the limit of my journey to the northward.

The third pass, and the only one now frequented, is that of the Karakoram, an extremely easy though very elevated one.

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