The climbing season is going to begin in the Karakorum Range in Pakistan and peaks such as K2, Broad Peak and Gasherbrums are open for scaling. Many world class mountain climbers head out to this region to scale peaks that are not as much climbed as the Himalayas and are a lot more treacherous.

This year only 25 climbing permits have been given to climbers who are visiting this place despite of the recession that has stopped other climbers from coming here. The sponsorship money is not precipitating g as well as last year and many climbers have avoided coming this year.  But still many climbers have made it to this part of the world and some have already begun their accent to the top of the mountain. Ones to be noted among these climbers is the female climber Gerlinde who is planning to become the first female to climb all the 8000 meter peaks of this range, only K2 left in her list now.

An Italian team is on its way to clean up the mountain with two new expeditions to K2 and the Baltoro Valley. They will head out to camps and bring down the trash that is left back by the other climbers.

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