Ghulkin and Gulmit

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DSC_2831.JPGMouth of the Ghulkin Glacier.

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DSC_2773.JPGI had to traverse the Ghulkin Glacier to reach the village of Ghulkin.

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DSC_2781.JPGGlacier travel is a dangerous undertaking at the best of times, so I was pretty scared to be doing it alone. The sound of cracking ice and sliding rock all around me was extrememly unnerving!

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DSC_2801.JPGGhulkin and Gulmit.

DSC_2880.JPGMet this young man while wandering through Ghulkin. Said he was 15 and his name was Saddam Hussein. He offered to show me around the area for a small fee, so I took him up on it.

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