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Terrorist attack at Nanga Parbat 27-Jun-2013 At 6:28:16 PM baz74

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I wonder if any other Basecamps are at threat? I would have thought the Karakorum giants would still be safe due to the long approaches and the expeditions all departing from such a military stronghold in the town of Skardu. Nanga Parbat sits at the end of the Himalayas and would have been a soft target.

I hope the rest of the mountaineering world is not scared away from the Karakorum but I reckon they will be, such a pity to see the area and locals suffer yet again. Can't see many risking travelling the KKH and the road between Skardu and the KKH, most will opt for challenges in Nepal, Tibet and India.

(By the way did anyone read the readers comment on that link posted - Many in the US are just so ignorant).