East Karakoram (Articles)

• 1989 East of Saser La

  LIKE MANY GOOD expeditions, ours began with problems. There are always too many bureaucratic obstacles on the way to climbing in the East Karakoram.  more details…

• 1991 Chong Kumdan Indo-British expedition

  HAPPINESS, VERILY, is a relative concept. Some expeditions are born happy, some achieve it and some have happiness thrust upon them (with due apologies to the popular quote). There are few, like ours, which had all the three. more details…

• 1996 Eastern Karakoram-A Historical Review

  THE EARLY EXPLORERS knew no boundaries except those of mountain ranges. The present day mountaineers and explorers have to be confined by political boundaries and territorial regulations.  more details…

• 2000 High Altitude Golf Courses-Indo-French

  Not everyone likes the Karakoram. The barren and the rugged trail, leading on for miles and miles is not attractive to everyone.  more details…

• 2001 In the Land of the Argans

  Often, it is just by chance that one comes across a new area, untouched by visitors or not under scrutiny. While compiling a list of peaks in the East Karakoram from maps, I came upon a name, Arganglas, and it showed a large group of unclimbed mountains in the area. more details…

• 2002 On Death Trail-Shyok

  It was 17 May 2002, we were at the Shyok village, starting on a long Karakoram journey covering the two large valleys of the Shyok and the Nubra rivers, in Ladakh, East Karakoram. more details..

• 2002 Kings of Karakoram

  I could not believe my eyes as I looked at the Shyok river. It’s name literally meant Shi-death, yok-river, river of death. I opened my eyes wider but still could not get the entire expanse of this great river in my vision.   more details…