KARAKORAM: THE SHIMSHAL PASS (4735m)

A view east across the Shimshal Pass from the top of Abdullah Khan Maidan. This legendary pass, first crossed by Younghusband in 1889 and then by Shipton in 1937, lies on the great Karakoram watershed. Rivers from the north-east side flow to oblivion in the Taklamakan desert in Xinjiang, whilst rivers from the south-west flow into the Indus and thence to the sea near Karachi....
THE SHIMSHAL PASS (4735m)

A view east across the Shimshal Pass from the top of Abdullah Khan Maidan. This legendary pass, first crossed by Younghusband in 1889 and then by Shipton in 1937, lies on the great Karakoram watershed. Rivers from the north-east side flow to oblivion in the Taklamakan desert in Xinjiang, whilst rivers from the south-west flow into the Indus and thence to the sea near Karachi....