K2 2019: The Road To Askole

A tenuous link with the outside world for the people of Askole village in the Braldu valley. An adventure within an adventure! When I first went to K2 in 1987, Askole was three gruelling days walk through the Braldu gorge from the roadhead at Dassu. Expedition kit was ferried there from Skardu in tractor trailers, and that was as far as these vintage Toyota Landcruisers could take us. Today, the very fact that there is a road through the gorge to Askole is incredible...