The First Ascent of Link Sar's Western Summit

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In July 2015, Andy Houseman and Jon Griffith travelled to the Charakusa Valley, Pakistan, in an attempt to make the first ascent of Link Sar’s western summit, a magnificent and daunting 7,041m presence in the heart of the Karakoram Mountains. Read more about the ascent in our report, Link Sar: Success on Fourth Year of Attempts.

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