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The intersection of the Baltoro and Godwin-Austen Glaciers at Concordia, Karakoram, Pakistan
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Gilgit Baltistan

Gilgit-Baltistan travel guides: Hunza, Skardu, Astore, Fairy Meadows, Ghizer, Shigar and Nagar, where the Karakoram, Himalaya and Hindu Kush meet.

A glacier atop an arid, rocky landscape, similar to the moraine terrain of Baltoro Glacier
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Baltoro Glacier Trek Guide

"Bone Breaker" in Balti, and one of the great non-polar glaciers on Earth. What the name means, how it stacks up, and whether it's actually retreating.