Karakoram

Author : Kenneth Hewitt
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400763115
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Glaciers of the Karakoram Himalaya written by Kenneth Hewitt and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-09-12 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Karakoram contains the greatest concentration of glaciers and most of the largest ice masses outside high latitudes. They comprise major stores and sources of fresh water in an otherwise extreme, continental, dry region. As many as 200 million people living downstream, in the valleys of the Indus and Yarkand Rivers, depend on melt waters from snow and ice. They are at risk from climate-change impacts on glaciers and water supply, and from hazards such as glacial lake outburst floods. Useful research initiatives go back to the nineteenth century, but coverage has generally been limited geographically and has not been continuous over time. It is almost 80 years since a monograph was devoted to the Karakoram glaciers. The book presents a comprehensive overview, including statistics for the ice cover, glacier mass balance and dynamics, glacierized landscapes, rock glaciers, water resources and environmental hazards. Published glaciological and related research is surveyed along with expedition reports and archival materials in several languages. The expanding potential of satellite coverage is exploited, but conditions and processes reported from field investigations are the main focus. Previously unpublished observations by the author are presented, based on some 45 years of work in the region. Broad understanding of the glacial environment is used to address emerging concerns about the High Asian cryosphere and the fate of its glaciers. These are discussed in relation to the pressing issues of water supply, environmental risk and sustainability. Questions of what is not known help identify much needed monitoring and research. The book is of interest to researchers, professionals, and those studying glaciers, mountain environments, water resources and environmental hazards. The topics discussed should be of concern for anyone involved in regional development and global change in South and Inner Asia.

Author : Stefan Heuberger
Publisher : vdf Hochschulverlag AG
ISBN 13 : 9783728129659
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Karakoram-Kohistan Suture Zone in NW Pakistan - Hindu Kush Mountain Range written by Stefan Heuberger and published by vdf Hochschulverlag AG. This book was released on 2004 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Harish Kapadia
Publisher : Indus Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9788173871009
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Across Peaks & Passes in Ladakh, Zanskar & East Karakoram written by Harish Kapadia and published by Indus Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Steve Swenson
Publisher : Mountaineers Books
ISBN 13 : 1594859744
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Karakoram written by Steve Swenson and published by Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 2017-04-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: • A memoir of adventure in one of the most dangerous places on the planet • The Karakoram is home to K2, the deadliest of the world’s 8,000-meter peaks The best mountain climbing in the world, Steve Swenson will tell you, is in the Karakoram. Swenson has been climbing in these mountains since 1980 and has a perspective on the land and its people like few others. A complex place, the Karakoram Range is located in Kashmir, a western Himalaya border region that has a long history of tension and conflict between China, India, and Pakistan, tensions that have only been magnified since 9/11. Over the course of more than thirty years climbing there, Swenson’s experiences have been laced with daunting challenges, exhilarating successes, and terrifying moments—caused by the risks inherent in alpine environments, as well as politics below spilling into the peaks above. In Karakoram: Climbing Through the Kashmir Conflict, Swenson writes evocatively of his naiveté on his first visit to Pakistan for an attempt on Gasherbrum IV, during which he faced the teeming, bewildering streets of Islamabad and new challenges of dealing with a confusing array of bureaucrats, hiring hundreds of porters desperate for work, as well as the business of attempting to climb a towering peak just shy of 8,000 meters. By 2015 when he invited climbers to join him on an attempt of K6, Swenson had become the old-hand; it was his familiarity with the region that got them through the planning, the trek, and the climb. Even as he managed a busy career and family at home, Swenson returned to the region more than a dozen times, making attempts on well known giants such as K2, Everest, and Nanga Parbat, as well as other, less familiar, peaks. While he often succeeded, he was often turned back, forced from the mountains by weather, failed logistics, fractured team dynamics, or unexpected skirmishes in the region. What drew him, again and again, was that he always learned something new and forged strong bonds with his climbing partners, including Doug Scott, Alex Lowe, Steve House, and others. Stronger still became his friendship with Haji Ghulam Rasool, a local Balti man whom he first met as a young cook in 1984. Rasool and other Pakistanis have served as Swenson’s window on this restive region, revealing how territorial conflicts can affect not just international climbing expeditions, but also the day-to-day livelihood of the local people. Karakoram is Swenson’s personal story of adventure in one of the most dangerous mountain environments on the planet. His love of climbing led him to these summits; his deep respect for the rugged landscapes and local people inspire his return. • A memoir of adventure in one of the most dangerous places on the planet • The Karakoram is home to K2, the deadliest of the world’s 8,000-meter peaks The best mountain climbing in the world, Steve Swenson will tell you, is in the Karakoram. Swenson has been climbing in these mountains since 1980 and has a perspective on the land and its people like few others. A complex place, the Karakoram Range is located in Kashmir, a western Himalaya border region that has a long history of tension and conflict between China, India, and Pakistan, tensions that have only been magnified since 9/11. Over the course of more than thirty years climbing there, Swenson’s experiences have been laced with daunting challenges, exhilarating successes, and terrifying moments—caused by the risks inherent in alpine environments, as well as politics below spilling into the peaks above. In Karakoram: Climbing Through the Kashmir Conflict, Swenson writes evocatively of his naiveté on his first visit to Pakistan for an attempt on Gasherbrum IV, during which he faced the teeming, bewildering streets of Islamabad and new challenges of dealing with a confusing array of bureaucrats, hiring hundreds of porters desperate for work, as well as the business of attempting to climb a towering peak just shy of 8,000 meters. By 2015 when he invited climbers to join him on an attempt of K6, Swenson had become the old-hand; it was his familiarity with the region that got them through the planning, the trek, and the climb. Even as he managed a busy career and family at home, Swenson returned to the region more than a dozen times, making attempts on well known giants such as K2, Everest, and Nanga Parbat, as well as other, less familiar, peaks. While he often succeeded, he was often turned back, forced from the mountains by weather, failed logistics, fractured team dynamics, or unexpected skirmishes in the region. What drew him, again and again, was that he always learned something new and forged strong bonds with his climbing partners, including Doug Scott, Alex Lowe, Steve House, and others. Stronger still became his friendship with Haji Ghulam Rasool, a local Balti man whom he first met as a young cook in 1984. Rasool and other Pakistanis have served as Swenson’s window on this restive region, revealing how territorial conflicts can affect not just international climbing expeditions, but also the day-to-day livelihood of the local people. Karakoram is Swenson’s personal story of adventure in one of the most dangerous mountain environments on the planet. His love of climbing led him to these summits; his deep respect for the rugged landscapes and local people inspire his return.

Author : Stefano Bianca
Publisher : Allemandi
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.9O/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Karakoram written by Stefano Bianca and published by Allemandi. This book was released on 2005 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume addresses these issues through the description of a series of interventions of territorial planning, environmental protection, recovery of historic buildings and traditional villages and the provement of living conditions. 260 b/w & 220 colour illustrations

Author : Keith John Miller
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521263395
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The International Karakoram Project: Volume 1 written by Keith John Miller and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1984-01-12 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First of two volumes about the work of 70 scientists who visited the highest mountains in the world in 1980.

Author : Gordon James Young
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bibliography on the Hydrology of the Himalaya-Karakoram Region written by Gordon James Young and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Bart Jordans
Publisher : Cicerone Press Limited
ISBN 13 : 178765074X
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trekking in the Karakoram written by Bart Jordans and published by Cicerone Press Limited. This book was released on 2024-05-22 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guidebook to 3 high-altitude treks in Pakistan’s Karakoram mountains, plus 2 shorter routes on the flanks of Nanga Parbat in the neighbouring Himalaya. With the exception of the Fairy Meadows trek, all the routes are strenuous and are recommended for experienced trekkers. The guide includes 3 treks of 12 days each (excluding rest days): Biafo to Hispar via Snow Lake; a K2 Base Camp Trek; and a crossing of Gondogoro La. The Nanga Parbat routes visit Fairy Meadows (3 days) and Diamir or West Face (5 days). Route description illustrated with 1:100,000 mapping and elevation profiles Advice on planning and preparation, including trek operators Safety considerations History of mountaineering and exploration in the Karakoram Offers views of 5 of the world’s 8000m peaks

Author : Filippo De Filippi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 654 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Karakoram and Western Himalaya 1909 written by Filippo De Filippi and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : R. Sharma
Publisher : Geological Society of London
ISBN 13 : 1786204037
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Crustal Architecture and Evolution of the Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet Orogen written by R. Sharma and published by Geological Society of London. This book was released on 2019-09-27 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume comprises 17 contributions that address the architecture and geodynamic evolution of the Himalaya–Karakoram–Tibet (HKT) system, covering wide aspects, from the active seismicity of the present day to the remnants of the Proterozoic orogen. The articles investigate the HKT system at different scales, blending field research with laboratory studies. The role of various lithospheric components and their inheritance in the geodynamic and magmatic evolution of the HKT system through time, and their links to global geological events, are studied in the field. The laboratory research focuses on the (sub-)micrometre scale, detailing micro-structural geology, crystal chemistry, geochronology, and the study of circulating fluids, their preservation (trapped in fluid inclusions) and their evolution, distribution, migration and interaction with the solid host. An orogen over 2000 km long can be understood only if the processes at the nanometre and micrometre scales are taken into account. The contributions in this volume successfully combine these scales to enhance our understanding of the HKT system.