On the road to Shimshal, a hidden valley whose isolation has been broken by an adventurous shelf road built in more than 20 years by the locals themselves - finished in 2003. Before you had to trek a week through this valley before reaching the settlements. This is just a short preview clip of our climbing expedition "Gender Equality Expedition 2011" aiming at a nameless and unclimbed peak in the Karakoram of Pakistan: The Karakorum of Pakistan -- the Land of the Pure -- one of the rare few places on this planet that still offers pure culture, pure nature and pure adventure: Unspoilt Culture where traditions of centuries are still alive and preserved, untouched nature with a fascinating scenery and some of the highest mountains of the world, including nameless, unclimbed peaks in wild and unexplored areas. All this comes together with the modern struggle of a young Shimshali female climber trying to overcome social hurdles in a traditional society dominated by man. With her mountaineering success she tries to be a role model for the youth of Pakistan and to pave the way for women equality, where so far women sports was looked down on. Samina Baig´s vision is to inspire all women of Pakistan and around the world for an active participation in all fields of society. She says, „It is my intention to motivate more women to participate as this will give a message of confidence to females everywhere that if a young woman can climb a mountain, she can do anything". The focus of ...
Keywords: Pakistan, Shimshal, Northern, Areas, Karakoram, Highway, Karakorum, Krishna, Production, popcatepetl
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