Khardung la the Highest motorable pass in the Himalayas at Ladakh.

Ladakh - many a time called a frozen desert.
Nevertheless, there are many scenic tourist attractions here. The Nubra valley is one of them.

However, to reach there from Leh, the nearest airport, one has to negotiate the steepest pass - Khardungla.

There was tremendous anxiety while going through that. The road is narrow and becomes slippery because of melting ice. Twice, our car had to reverse by several meters to give way to security force’s convoys.

The real thrill was a walk at the highest point. Every step was strenuous. Reason? Lack of oxygen!

We wanted to have some fun in the snow. However, our tour manager came running & hustled everybody in their cars.
Exposure to the rarefied air for more than fifteen minutes would have landed everybody in deep trouble!

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Hi @C_T

আশা করছি তুমি চমৎকার সময় কাটিয়েছ। তোমার তোলা ছবি মুগ্ধ করার মতো।

:bangladesh: ময়নামতি যুদ্ধ সমাধিক্ষেত্র | Mainamati War Cemetery :bangladesh:

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@C_T did you have clear sky to see K2?
thanks

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Wonderful photos ofKhardungla pass @C_T

Thanks for sharing with us.

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Thanks for the compliments @Saiyen

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Weather remains unpredictable at that height @To_paul .

We did have intermittent clear skies.

Still, seeing the K2 peak, which is in the Karakoram range, would be difficult. The straight line distance between these two spots is 200 km.

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Thanks for the acknowledgment @vijayparadkar .

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@C_T In your first picture is the massive Karakorum which is 3 km higher than the pass, k2 is also near the clouds
Your picture is successful
Thank you very much

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What a beautiful place it is! @C_T thanks for sharing.

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Thanks for your keen observation @To_paul

However, I still doubt that. I remember, the click was while the camera was pointing towards the Nubra valley and that’s at right angles to the direction implied by you.

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True @moshtak786 , The place is beautiful and dangerous too if a person is not sufficiently acclimatised!

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Further to your query @To_paul ,

out of curiosity, I did some web search regarding visibility of K2 from Khardung La.

There wasn’t any authentic answer to that.

However, one result asserted that the peak is visible from the Siachen glacier only and not from anywhere else in Ladakh.

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I found other information on the following sites wiki

K2 from the Khardung La pass

but on a good day you can see as far as K2

I walked a lot on mountain ridges and on beautiful days I had the chance to see other mountains at over 200 km. in my country the highest mountain has 2,544 m, and you can see the ridge of the respective mountain range and from 300 kilometers, I have mountaineering friends who have seen something like this in clear days. we can easily distinguish them because we have several mountain ranges.
there are mountains all over you and I think it’s much harder to find their position

Thank you very much

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