The aim of this magazine is to connect the communities of Hindu Kush, Himalaya, Karakorum and Pamir by providing them a common accessible platform for production and dissemination of knowledge.
Bari La Deosai – Land of the Dead
Bari La Deosai – Land of the Dead A hasty plan landed us in Deosai on the morning of Saturday. We planned it out on text messages and decided we will be travelling to Bari La in Deosai. ‘La’ is a Balti word for mountain pass and Bari La is a historic pass that connects Skardu to Shingo Shigar. As you enter Deosai and cover the traverse of Ali Malik Top, you travel further ahead covering meandered dirt roads to reach this crossroad marked by a signage, “GB-PWD Bari La” with distances to the different villages of Gultari.…