The girls' hostel in Skardu provides accommodation and food for over 100 girls from the mountain villages, primarily in the Braldo Valley and Shigar Valley, where there are no secondary [...]
"Shipton Treks & Tours" was established in 2005 as a self-help project. Tourism in the Karakoram is one of the few possibilities for the local population to earn money. This [...]
Rasool was born in the village of Kurphe in the Upper Braldu Valley. At the age of 14, he started to work as a porter. Later he became a high-altitude [...]
