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FAIRY MEADOWS, Pakistan - For more than five decades, locals have called it “Killer Mountain,” a reminder of the risks of trying to scale beautiful, snow-topped Nanga Parbat.
There is only one road to Fairy Meadows, and it isn’t your average tricky mountain road; in 2013, the World Health Organization ranked it as the second-deadliest road on the planet. The windy ...
Fairy Meadows are where the legends of Nanga Parbat are kept alive, told by generations of villagers who had the chance of witnessing the legions of climbers who never descended its icy walls.
High in Pakistan’s Hindu Kush mountains, scattered villages hold one of the world’s most imperiled religious minorities, the Kalash. Daud Khattak, a correspondent with RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal, visited ...
It is quite a befitting escape to travel towards Pakistan’s northern areas when summers befall harder in lower parts of the country. For many who need travel as a necessary spiritual ...
Quite befitting of its name, Fairy Meadows was named by German climbers and is called Joot in the local Shina language. It’s not an exaggeration to say the place is dreamy – which is perhaps ...
Fairy Meadows is only accessible from April to September while in rest of the months, there is heavy snowfall and harsh weather conditions. It is a two-hour drive from Gilgit and roughly 18 hours ...
The news of his victory, which reached Pakistan late at night, thrilled his compatriots, drawing congratulatory messages from the nation's leaders and prompting jubilant dancing and fireworks in ...
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