Askole

Askole is last village of NORTH and after this you can not find human settlement. Its a place of Porters (invisible footmen) who are always heading you to the mountains and they are never been counted to any achievement. You have to hire the porters and your luggage and your kitchen accessories moves for next 15 days by these men.

Askole is 6-8 hours drive away from Skardu. At some point near Shaftan (village) , you have to exchange the vehicle because at one point , road directly goes into the Baltoro river. You have to leave the first transport there and cross that area through mountain . It was a short hike and then you are close to Shaftan village.

We were a group of 8 hikers from different parts of the Pakistan. One of them was a U.S citizen known ifti.