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Locals prepare to transport goods across Attabad Lake, a reservoir created overnight in the 2010 floods of Pakistan. The thirteen-mile body of water stranded 25,000 people, submerging four entire villages and a portion of the Ancient Silk Road. Villagers rerouted trade routes with China straight through the lake, but their livelihoods are once again being threatened by a widening fissure in the spillway that prompted thousands of evacuations while we were there in July.

SOOC except for a slight crop.

Taken while we were stopped for some photos of Pakistan’s Nanga Parbat, or “Killer Mountain,” the ninth tallest on the globe. The mountain is known for its incredible difficulty to climb, and it has one of the highest mortality rates in the world. This kid just happens to live nearby.

I think this will be my last shot of mountains haha.
We left Naran, Pakistan early in the morning. The light was breathtaking.

Babusar Top, the highest point of a mountain pass bordering the Kaghan Valley in northern Pakistan. At nearly 14,000 feet, you feel the thinness of the air with every breath.

Sipping chai in complete isolation is really an incredible feeling.

Taken from Eagle’s Nest, a couple thousand feet above the Hunza Valley in Pakistan.
Really dislike how grainy flickr sharpening makes this...