05-11-2004
Rakaposhi: The Taj Mahal of Karakorum
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Rakaposhi, the Shining Wall, is also known as Dumani, the Mother of Mist. Towering as an impressive massif with several points, the highest of them is 7,788 m (25,550 feet) high.
The mountain, as beautiful as her names, poses well visible from the Karakorum Highway, her silhouette dominating the Hunza Valley, West of K2 in Pakistan.
In PeakWare’s summit log, Faisal, from Lahore writes, “Rakaposhi is a ‘Taj Mahal’ of Snow. Once if you see it, You want to see it again….