| Trekking
Groupe  Other than Johan, Magnus, Florin
and Stefan, the Swedish Hidden Peak Expedition 1997
consists of a trekkinggroup that will hike from Askole to
basecamp. The group leaves Sweden on June 21th and will
return after approximately four week. These are the
people constituting the trekkinggroup:
 Gerd Nyhem (Trekking supervisor), health
care consultant
Anders Warell, Master of Engineering
Johanna Påhlstorp, student
Birgitta Nilsson, sales representative
Linda Pettersson, massage therapist
Danny Furtenheim, Computer software
developer
Lotta Södergren, system designer
Paul
Gadd, flight engineer student
Sara Sjöberg, psycology student
Mona Westerlund, occupational therapist
The hike begins at Askole,
goes through the Concordia glacier, Hidden Peak basecamp,
Godwin Austen glacier, K2 basecamp and finally arrives at
the village Hushe. From there the group returns to
Skardu.
 Preliminary schedule for the trekking
groupe
| Day 1 |
Stockholm-Copenhagen |
Fly |
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Copenhagen-Islamabad |
Fly |
| Day 2 |
Over night stay in Islamabad |
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| Day 3 |
Islamabad-Skardu |
Jeep/fly |
| Day 4 |
Skardu-Askole |
Jeep |
| Day 5 |
Trekking Askole-Paijo
...Baifo glaciären
...Korophon
...Bardumal
...Braldu river |
Trekking,
2 970 m. above sea level |
| Day 6 |
Trekking Askole-Paijo
...View of Trango Tower
...Lilligo
...Utsikt över Cathedral Peaks |
3
370 m. |
| Day 7 |
Rest in Paijo |
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| Day 8 |
Trekking continues |
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| Day 9 |
Urdukas
...View over Baltoro glacier and Trango Peaks
...Biange |
4
010 m. |
| Day 10 |
Gore
...Views of Masherbrum, Mustagh Tower, Gasherbrum
IV and Broad Peak |
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| Day 11 |
Concordia
... Views of K2, Broad Peak, Baltoro Kangri,
Chogolisa and Mitre Peak |
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| Day 12 |
Rest in Concordia |
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| Day 13 |
Trekking towards the basecamp at
Gasherbrum (Hidden Peak), 5 150 m. Next to the
South Gasherbrum glacier and the Abruzzi glacier |
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| Day 14 - 16 |
Gasherbrum (Hidden Peak) basecamp |
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| Day 17 |
Concordia
...Godwin Austen Glacier
...Broad Peak basecamp |
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| Day 18-19 |
K2 basecamp |
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| Day 20 |
Trekking towards Gondogoro LA, via
Concordia |
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| Day 21 |
Trekking
in Godogoro La |
5 900 m. |
| Day 22-23 |
Trekking
towards Hushe |
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| Day 24 |
Jeep:
Hushe - Kaplu - Skardu |
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| Day 25 |
Skardu |
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| Day 26 |
Skardu-Islamabad
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Jeep/fly |
| Day 27 |
Spare
day |
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| Day 28 |
Free
day in Islamabad |
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| Day
29 |
Departure
Islamabad-Stockholm, arrives in Stockholm apx.
8.00 pm. |
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