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ADVENTURE

TOURISM


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List of Contents

Contents Page No.

Preface (iv)Executive Summary 1

Statistical Highlights 2Definitions and Sources of Data 3Adventure Tourism in Pakistan 5Introduction 5(i) Mountaineering 5

Overall View 5 Demographic Profile Age & Gender 7 Occupation 8 Seasonality 9 Peaks Conquered by Mountaineers 10 Peaks Conquered by Expeditions 10 Royalty Paid 11 Royalty Rates 12 Deaths/Casualties 13 Expenditure 14 Manpower involved in the Mountaineering activities 14 Opinions of Mountaineering Expeditions 15 Rating of Services Provided by different Organizations 15 Popular Peaks in terms of Heights 15 Overall Quality of Environment of Mountains of Pakistan compared to

Nepal, India and China16

Weaknesses for promoting Adventure Tourism in Pakistan 17 Environmental conditions of Mountains in Pakistan after five years 18 Rating the Mountaineering Routes in Terms of Pollution. 18 Main Causes of Environmental Degradation in Pakistan. 19

Suggestions by Mountaineers 20 Peak-wise sussessful Expeditions during 2005 with brief profile of theleaders

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Country-wise Successful Expeditions during 2005. 26(ii) Trekking 28

Open Zone 28 Restricted Zone 28 Overall view 28 Long Term Trend. 29 Structural Features 29 Nationality 29 Trekking Rate and Fee Paid by Trekkers 31

Treks Used by Trekkers 32

Conclusions 33Annexures 35Annex-I Hazardous Rescue of Mr. Tomaz Humar on Nanga Parbat 37Annex-II Mountaineers & Trekkers in Pakistan in 2005, get certificates by

Alpine Club of Pakistan.39

Annex-III Baltoro gets cleaned up 41


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LIST OF TABLES

Table 1 Response Ratio during 2004 2005 4Table 2 Overall View in respect of Mountaineering Expeditions thatVisited Pakistan 1986 through 2005

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Table 3 Age and Gender Composition of Mountaineers during 2004 2005

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Table 4 Occupational Classification of the Mountaineers during 2004-2005

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Table 5 Indices of Seasonal Variation in Mountaineering Expeditionsduring 2004-2005

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Table 6 Peaks Attempted/ Conquered by Mountaineers during 2004-2005

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Table 7 Success Ratio of Main Peaks Conquered by Expeditions during2005

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Table 8 Royalty Paid by Expeditions 1986 through 2005 11Table 9 Historical Perspective of Royalty Rates for Scaling Peaks of

Various Heights during 1975 to 200512

Table 10 Deaths due to Mountaineering during 1990-2005 13Table 11 Item-wise Average Expenditure per Mountaineer during 2004-

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Table - 12 Opinion of Expeditions on Services provided by differentOrganizations of Pakistan

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Table 13 Popular Peaks in Terms of Height. 16Table 14 Overall Quality of Environment of Mountains in Pakistan

Compared to Nepal, India and China.17

Table 15 Opinions of Mountaineering Expeditions on Weaknesses of

Adventure Tourism in Pakistan.

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Table 16 Opinions on Environmental Conditions in Mountains in Pakistanafter five years.

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Table 17 Opinions on Mountaineering Routes in Terms of Pollution 18Table 18 Opinions on Main Causes of Environmental Degradation. 19Table 19 Nationality-wise Problems Identified by Mountaineers during

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Table 20 Trekking Parties and Trekkers A Long Term Analysis 1990through 2005 29

Table 21 Nationality-wise Trekkers distribution during 2004-2005 30Table 22 Trekking Fee Paid by Trekkers during 1986 through 2005 31Table 23 Position of Treks used by Trekkers during 2005. 32


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STATISTICAL APPENDIX

Table - 1 Response Ratio 1996 through 2005 45Table - 2 List of Mountaineering expeditions those visited Pakistan

during the year 2005. 46Table - 3 Age & Gender Composition of Mountaineers 1996 through

2005 54Table - 4 Indices of Seasonal Variation of Mountaineering Expeditions

1999 through 2005 55Table - 5 Main Peaks Attempted/Conquered by Mountaineers 1996

through 2005. 56Table 6 Deaths during Mountaineering from1986 through 2005. 57Table - 7 Item-wise Average Expenditure per Mountaineer 1996 through

2005. 58Table 8 Occupational Classification of the Mountaineers 1996 through

2005. 58Table 9 Seasonality Trends 2001 through 2005 in respect of

Mountaineering Expeditions. 59Table 10 Peak-wise number of Porters Engaged 2004

vs 2005. 60Table 11 Nationality and Occupations of Mountaineers 2004 through

2005 61Table 12 Nationality-wise Peak Attempted/Conquered by Expeditions

during 2005 63Table 13 Nationality-wise Peak Attempted/Conquered by Mountaineers

during 2005. 64Table 14 Major Peaks of Pakistan. 65Table 15 Comparative statement of Mountaineering Regulations in

China, India, Nepal & Pakistan. 69Table 16 Nationality-wise Trekkers distribution 2001 through 2005. 76Table 17 Terms and Conditions for Grant of Permission to Trekking

Parties for Undertaking Trekking Tours in Pakistan. 78Table 18 Detail of some Treks in Pakistan 80Table 19 Some Important Organizations and their activities 85Table 20 List of some Important Tour Operators 90Table 21 PTDC Motels 95Table 22 PTDC Tourist Information Centres (TICs) in Pakistan 98Table 23 Brief History of Mountaineering in Pakistan 99Table 24 Profile of the Highest Peaks in Pakistan 103Table 25 The Top Five Peaks in Pakistan and their Heights, Latitude and

Longitude.

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Suggestions and Comments. 109


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PREFACE

Northern Pakistan is dominated by some of the highest mountains in the world.Three most spectacular and lofty mountain ranges, namely the Karakoram, the

Himalayas and the Hindukush meet in Northern Pakistan. These ranges offer endlesspossibilities for the professional mountaineers and trekkers.

The Report on Adventure Tourism in Pakistan produced annually by the Ministry ofTourism, presents information on mountaineering and trekking activities in Pakistan.The publication gives information about foreign expeditions, their distribution bynationality, age, gender, peaks conquered, royalty earned, item-wise averageexpenditure and casualties etc. The data has been compiled for report based onMountaineering & Trekking activities in the mountaineering and trekking zones for whichGovernment permits are required.

It is hoped that the Report will meet the requirements of national and internationaltour operators engaged in promotion and development of Adventure Tourism inPakistan. Comments for the improvement of publication may be addressed to theEconomic Analyst, Ministry of Tourism, 9th Floor, Green Trust Tower, Jinnah Avenue,Blue Area, Islamabad.

September 2006:Salim Gul Shaikh

SecretaryMinistry of Tourism


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Executive Summary

Pakistan is gifted with one of the richest and unique collection of majestic andrugged mountains on the earth with three spectacular mountain ranges;Karakoram, Hindu Kush and Himalayas meeting in Pakistan. These ranges have700 peaks above 6000 meters with as many as 160 peaks rising above 7000meters. These include five peaks out of the total fourteen peaks on earth, risingabove 8000 meters. Pakistan offers immense opportunities for nature andadventure tourism.

The average size of mountaineering expedition in year 2005 was relativelysmaller comprising seven members as compared to nine members in 2004.

Following the trend of mountaineering expeditions the average size of trekkingparty comprised six members as compared to seven members in year 2004.

Pakistan received 67 mountaineering expeditions in 2005 coming from 27different countries for scaling various peaks located in Northern Areas and Chitralas compared to 69 expeditions in 2004 showing a decrease of 2.9 percent. The

number of members of expeditions also decreased and received 475mountaineers in 2005 showing a decrease of 21.2 percent over previous year.Spain and France were the leading countries with 7 expeditions each 40 and 30members respectively that visited Pakistan for mountaineering in 2005.

Pakistan received 251 trekking parties in 2005 as compared to 255 in 2004showing a slight decrease of 1.6 percent while number of trekkers decreasedfrom 1776 in 2004 to 1443 in 2005 showing a decrease of 18.8 percent.

In 2005, the amount of royalty earned from mountaineering expeditions was US $0.309 million, reflecting a decrease of 19.1 percent, over 2004. The amount oftrekking fee earned, was US $ 75700 in 2005, as compared to US $ 89950 in2004, showing a fall of 15.8 percent. The main reason of fall in adventure tourismcould be attributable to no major event was held in 2005 like 51st Anniversary ofNanga Parbat and Golden Jubilee Celebration of K-2, held in 2004, whichattracted more mountaineers.

Mountaineering/trekking being labour intensive activity provides jobs to largenumber of local people. During 2005, 8703 high altitude and low altitude porterswere engaged by mountaineers and trekkers of which 4099 high altitude and lowaltitude porters were engaged in mountaineering while 4604 low altitude porterswere engaged in trekking.

Some of the suggestions put forward by the expeditions are: (i) The condition ofroad from Skardu to Ashkole should be improved, (ii) Helicopter evacuation fee

be reduced, (iii) All human and animal waste must be removed from approachMarch route every year, (iv) Heights and location of various unknown peaks anddifferent glaciers may be provided on tourism website..


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The statistical highlights of adventure tourism are as follows:

Statistical Highlights 2005

YearSl.

No.

Activity Unit2004 2005

PercentageChange

Over

previousear

1) Mountaineering

i) Expeditions. (Nos) 69 67 (-) 2.9

ii) Members of Expeditions (Nos) 603 475 (-) 21.2

iii) Sex composition of mountaineermale as % overall

(Percent) 92.2 89.1 (-) 3.4

iv) Seasonality Ratio of:

Expeditions -- 2.6 3.3 26.9

Members -- 2.5 3.5 40.0v) Peak-Month for Expeditions -- June June --

vi) Lean Month for Expeditions -- August October --

vii) Over-all success ratio ofconquering the Peaks.

(Percent) 46.4 34.3 (-) 26.1

viii) Average Expenditure permountaineer.

(US $) 2708 3839 41.8

ix) Deaths due to Mountaineering. (Nos) 6 4 (-) 33.3

x) Job to the local people. (Nos) 5108 4099 (-) 19.8

2) Trekking

i) Trekking Parties (Nos) 255 251 (-) 1.6

ii) Trekking members (Nos) 1776 1443 (-) 18.8

iii) Job to the local people. (Nos) 3295 4604 39.7

3) Foreign Exchange Earned fromMountaineering/ Trekking &Wild Board.

i) Royalty paid by Mountaineers US$ 3,82,175 3,08,550 (-) 19.3

ii) Pollution Fee US$ 13,600 13,600 --

iii) Trekking Fee Paid by Trekkers US$ 89,950 75,700 (-) 15.8

iv) Hunting Fee US$ 10,300 1,100 (-) 89.3

Total Earnings US$ 4,96,025 3,98,950 (-) 19.6


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Definitions & Sources of Data

Definitions:

The terms used in this report are explained as under:

Adventure Tourist:

The adventure tourist is defined as a person, irrespective of race, gender, age,

nationality, creed and colour, who takes part in mountaineering and trekking as an

active player and whose stay outside his usual place of residence exceeds 24 hours but

remains less than 180 days.

Mountaineer:

A person irrespective of nationality, gender, age, creed and colour who takes

part in any mountaineering expedition to any peak exceeding 6500 meters in height and

whose stay away from his/her usual place of residence is more than 24 hours but less

than 180 days.

Mountaineering:

An act of climbing any peak above 6500 meters height located in any mountain

range of Pakistan by any expedition with the intention of reaching to the summit.

Trekker:

A person who irrespective of his nationality, race, colour, gender and creed takes

part in a trekking trip at an altitude of less than 6500 meters height in open restricted,

regulated or closed zone and whose stay outside his/her usual place of residence is

more than 24 hours but less than 180 days.

Trekking:

The act of traveling on foot to a maximum height of 6500 meters with the

purpose of sight seeing and recreation at various natural and cultural sites in places

where means of modern transport are not available.

Low Altitude Porter:


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A porter who carries the materials/ equipments/ supplies of mountaineering/

trekking expeditions upto an altitude of 5500 meters (usually base camp).

High Altitude Porter:

A porter who carries essential materials beyond the height of 5500 meters.

Source of Data:

For mountaineering and trekking in restricted zones, information is collected from

the records of the mountaineering expeditions and trekking parties maintained in the

Ministry of Tourism. Information on mountaineering and trekking tourism, in the open

areas where mountaineering or trekking permits are not required, is not included in this

Report.

Response ratio as a result of efforts made for collection of data on Adventure

Tourism is presented in table No.1.

Table No.1 : Response Ratio During 2004-2005(Nos)

Adventure Tourism

YearFrame size

(a)

Contacted

(b)

Response

(c)

% of

Response

2004 79 79 69 87

2005 84 84 67 80

Source: Extracted from the files of Ministry of Tourism.

Note: a) Applications received.

b) Parties/Organizations Contacted.

c) Parties/Organizations Responded.


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ADVENTURE TOURISM IN PAKISTAN 2005

Introduction:

Nature has blessed Pakistan with unique topography, the high mountains,

plateau, plains, deserts and the luring sunny beaches are all found here. However,

more than fifty percent of its area is mountainous, particularly its Northern and NorthWestern regions which possess the most fascinating mountains on earth. The mighty

ranges of the Karakoram, the Himalayas and Hindu Kush make a rendezvous here.

Magnificent wreckage of continents in collision fifty million years ago, an immense

island collided with mainland Asia to create the Indo Pak Sub-continent and pushed the

Himalayas skyward. There are five peaks above 8000 meters out of total fourteen on

earth including K-2 (8611 m), the second highest in the world. There over 150 peaks

with summits above 7000 meters and 728 peaks above 6000 meters. This unique

characteristics offer immense opportunities of adventure tourism including

Mountaineering and Trekking.

I - Mountaineering:

Mountaineering tourism showed a slight decline in year 2005. As many as 84

expeditions from 27 different countries applied for booking of various peaks, however

only 67 expeditions visited Pakistan for mountaineering, resulting into 17 cancellation.

The following main important aspects of mountaineering tourism are explained:-

i) Over-all View.ii) Demographic profile.

iii) Age, Gender and Nationality.

iv) Occupation.

v) Peaks Conquered.

vi) Royalty Paid.

vii) Deaths/Casualties.

viii) Expenditure.

Over-all View:

Pakistan received 67 mountaineering expeditions in 2005 coming from 27

different countries for scaling various peaks located in the Northern Areas and Chitral,

as compared to 69 expeditions in 2004, showing a decrease of 2.9 percent. The

number of members of expeditions also decreased from 603 to 475 mountaineers in

2005, showing a fall of 21.2 percent over previous year. The reason for small decline in

mountaineering expeditions was that no major event was held in 2005 like 51st

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which attracted more mountaineers. Spain and France were the leading countries with

seven expeditions each comprising 40 & 30 members respectively that visited Pakistan

for mountaineering in 2005.

Table No.2 : Over-all View in Respect of Mountaineering Expeditionsthat Visited Pakistan 1986 through 2005

(Nos)Year Mountaineering

Expeditions

% change Over

previous year

Members of

Expeditions

% Change Over

Previous year

1986 52 (-) 1.9 422 3.2

1987 47 (-) 9.6 325 (-) 23.0

1988 54 14.9 400 23.1

1989 41 (-) 24.1 299 (-) 25.3

1990 48 17.1 397 32.8

1991 52 8.3 393 (-) 1.0

1992 58 11.5 426 8.4

1993 59 1.7 431 1.2

1994 50 (-) 15.3 393 (-) 8.8

1995 59 18.0 384 (-) 2.3

1996 56 (-) 5.1 422 9.9

1997 57 1.8 500 18.5

1998 50 (-) 12.3 313 (-) 37.4

1999 64 28.0 461 47.3

2000 67 4.7 407 (-) 11.7

2001 70 4.5 485 19.2

2002 29 (-) 58.6 210 (-) 56.7

2003 61 110.3 466 121.9

2004 69 13.1 603 29.42005 67 (-) 2.9 475 (-) 21.2


The long-term trend in the above table shows that there is an irregularmovement in expeditions and it fluctuated in the range of 29 and 70. Themaximum expeditions (70 Nos) and (69 Nos) visited Pakistan in 2001 and2004 where as the minimum number of expeditions (29 Nos) came in2002. Similarly there is an irregular movement in number of members ofthe expeditions during the last 20 years. The highest number i.e. 603

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Demographic Profile Age and Gender:

The age and gender composition of the mountaineers who visited Pakistan in theyears 2004 and 2005 are given in the following table:

Table No.3: Age & Gender Composition of Mountaineers during 2004-2005

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Age & Gender 2004 200515 30 124 81Male 114 69Female 10 12Male as % of Overall 91.9 85.231 40 254 215Male 236 190

Female 18 25Male as % of Overall 92.9 88.441 50 154 105Male 140 98Female 14 7Male as % of Overall 90.9 93.351 & above 71 74Male 66 66Female 5 8Male as % of Overall 93.0 89.2Total 603 475

Male 556 423Female 47 52Male as % of Overall 92.2 89.1Source: Extracted from the files of Ministry of Tourism.

It would be seen from the above table that:- Mountaineering is a male dominated activity. Mountaineering expeditions

overwhelmingly consisted male members comprising as high as 89.1percent in 2005. The highest numbers of mountaineers were in the agegroup of 3140 years (45.3 percent), followed by age group 41-50 years(22.1 percent), 1530 years (17.1 percent) and 51 & above (15.6 percent).

Occupation:The occupational distribution of members of the mountaineering

expeditions is shown in the table No.4:

Table No.4 : Occupational Classification of the Mountaineers During 2004-2005(Nos)

Occupation 2004 2005 % Share in 2005Professionals 54 102 21.5Technicians 4 13 2.7Executives 10 19 4.0Teachers 15 28 5.9Businessmen 4 16 3.4Un-Classified 516 297 62.5

Total: 603 475 100Source: Extracted from the files of Ministry of Tourism.

It would be seen from above table that:-

In 2005, 21.5 percent mountaineers were professionals, followed byteachers (5.9 percent), executives (4.0 percent), businessmen (3.4percent) and technicians (2.7 percent).


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Seasonality:

The indices of seasonal variation in respect of mountaineering activities inPakistan is shown in the following table:

Table No.5 : Indices of Seasonal Variation in Mountaineering

Expeditions during 2004-2005(Base year 1991 = 100)

Peak Month 2004 2005

May

Expeditions 118 82

Members 147 79

June

Expeditions 237 195

Members 262 209

July

Expeditions 71 114

Members 51 88

August

Expeditions 17 33

Members 144 40

Seasonality Ratio

Expeditions 2.6 3.3

Members 2.5 3.5Source: Extracted from the files of Ministry of Tourism.

The above table indicates that:-

In 2005, the most popular months for expeditions were June and July withindex being 195 and 114 respectively. The seas0020onal ratio is obtainedby dividing the highest monthly arrivals with the average arrivals duringthe year. It was 3.3 for expeditions and 3.5 for members.

Peaks Conquered by Mountaineers:The position on success rate peak-wise in 2005 is shown in the following table:

Table No.6 : Peaks Attempted/Conquered by Mountaineers during 2004-2005(Nos)

Name ofPeaks/year

K-2 NangaParbat

Gasher-brum-I

BroadPeak

Gasher-brum-II

OtherPeaks

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2004Attempted 98 34 42 51 112 151 488Conquered 46 13 14 10 23 59 165% of Success 46.9 38.2 33.3 19.6 20.5 39.1 33.82005Attempted 39 57 48 27 71 105 347Conquered -- 37 14 8 15 21 95

% of Success -- 64.9 29.2 29.6 21.1 20.0 27.4Source: Extracted from the files of Ministry of Tourism.

It would be seen from the above table that:

In 2005, the most popular peak was Gasherbrum-II, which attracted thehighest number of mountaineers, followed by Nanga Parbat, Gasherbrum-I, K-2 and Broad Peak.

The overall 27.4 percent of mountaineers were successful in reaching thepeaks during 2005. The most successful attempts were made on NangaParbat with success ratio of (64.9 percent), followed by Broad Peak (29.6

percent), Gasherbrum-I (29.2 percent) and Gasherbrum-II (21.1 percent).

Peaks Conquered by Expeditions:In 2005, 67 expeditions attempted different peaks of various altitude.

Gasherbrum-II, located in Karakoram, received maximum number of expeditions,followed by Nanga Parbat and K-2 as reflected in the following table:

Table No.7 : Success Ratio of Main Peaks Conquered by Expeditions during 2005(Nos)

Peaks RangesExpeditionsAttempted

ExpeditionsConquered

Successful%

K-2 (8611 M) Karakoram 08 Nil NilNanga Parbat (8125 M) Himalayas 12 09 75.0Gasherbrum-I (8068 M) Karakoram 06 02 33.3Broad Peak (8047 M) Karakoram 05 02 40.0Gasherbrum-II (8035 M) Karakoram 14 6 42.9Others (Less than8000 M)

Karakoram/Himalayas/Hindu Kush

22 04 18.2

Total: 67 23 34.3Source: Extracted from the files of Ministry of Tourism.

The data in the above table shows that:-

Out of 67 expeditions, 14 teams attempted Gasherbrum-II, 12 teamsNanga Parbat, eight teams K-2, six teams Gasherbrum-I, five teamsBroad Peak, while 22 teams attempted other peaks less than 8000 meter.

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Gasherbrum-I and Broad Peak whereas four expeditions conquered lessthan 8000 meters.

Royalty Paid:

The Royalty paid by expeditions during 1986 through 2005 are given in thefollowing table:

Table No.8 : Royalty Paid by Expeditions 1986 through 2005

Average Royalty Per (US$)Year Royalty Paid(US$ Million) Expedition Mountaineer

% change

1986 0.065 1250 154 (-) 48.31987 0.069 1476 213 6.71988 0.104 1924 260 49.81989 0.080 1961 269 (-) 22.61990 0.101 2114 256 26.3

1991 0.114 2189 290 12.11992 0.153 2633 358 34.21993 0.178 3008 412 16.21994 0.407 8144 1036 129.41995 0.390 6606 1015 (-) 4.31996 0.402 7177 952 3.11997 0.706 12385 1412 75.71998 0.396 7925 1266 (-) 43.91999 0.461 7208 1001 16.42000 0.547 8168 1345 18.62001 0.555 7933 1145 1.5

2002 0.136 4700 649 (-) 75.52003 0.293 4807 629 115.12004 0.382 5539 634 30.42005 0.309 4605 650 (-) 19.1



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It would be seen from the above table that:-

In 2005, royalty received from expeditions decreased from US $ 0.382million in 2004 to US $ 0.309 million in 2005, reflecting a decrease of 19.1percent over the previous year.

The long-term trends reflect that there is irregular movement in royalty

earned from mountaineering during the last 20 years. The maximumroyalty (US $ 0.706 million) was earned in 1997, whereas the minimumroyalty (US $ 0.065 million) was earned in 1986.

Royalty Rates:

In the wake of environmental awareness, royalty rates for attempting peaks werefirst introduced in 1975. These were revised upward in 1983, 1985, 1990, 1992, 1994and 1999, whereas the royalty rates were reduced by 50% during the calendar year2002 and are currently effective since then.

The royalty rates are shown in the following table:

Table No.9 : Historical perspective of Royalty Rates for Scaling Peaks of Various Heightsduring 1975 to 2005

(US $)

Years Royalty rateof K-2

(8611 M)

Royalty rate ofpeaks of a height of

8000 M & above(8001-8500 M)

Royalty rate ofpeaks of height of

7500 M & above(7501-8000 M)


7000 M & above(7001-7500 M)


6000 M & above(6001-7000 M)

1975 1364--

909--

727--

636--

545--

1983 2360(+ 73.0)

1574(+73.2)

1180(+62.3)

944(+48.4)

551(+1.1)

1985 2970(+ 25.8)

2310(+46.8)

1650(+39.8)

1320(+39.8)

990(+79.7)

1990 3032(+2.1)

2332(+1.0)

1632(-1.1)

1306(-1.1)

933(-5.8)

1992 3000(-1.1)

2500(+7.2)

1800(+10.3)

1500(+14.9)

1000(+7.2)

1994 9000(+200.0)

7500(+200.0)

3000(+66.7)

2000(+33.3)

1200(+20.0)

1999 12000(+33.3)

9000(+20.0)

4000(+33.3)

2500(+25.0)

1500(+25.0)

2002 6000(-50.0)

4500(-50.0)

2000(-50.0)

1250(-50.0)

750(-50.0)

2003 6000--

4500--

2000--

1250--

Exempted

2004 6000

--

4500

--

2000

--

1250

--

Exempted

2005 6000 4500 2000 1250 Exempted

Source: Extracted from the files of Ministry of Tourism.Note: Figures in parenthesis show percentage increase/decrease in royalty rates.

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Mountaineering and Trekking are high-risk activities and sometimesinvolve fatal accidents. While climbing high altitude mountains, land slides,adverse weather, extreme cold and avalanches pose danger to mountaineers.The data on tragic fatal accidents is presented in the following table:-

Table No.10 : Deaths due to Mountaineering During 1990-2005(Nos)

Average Death PerYear Deaths Expedition Mountaineer1990 06 0.125 0.0151991 05 0.096 0.0131992 06 0.103 0.0141993 13 0.220 0.0301994 08 0.160 0.0201995 14 0.237 0.0361996 11 0.196 0.0261997 10 0.175 0.0201998 06 0.120 0.019

1999 08 0.125 0.0172000 03 0.045 0.0072001 04 0.057 0.0082002 03 0.103 0.0142003 06 0.098 0.0132004 06 0.087 0.0102005 04 0.060 0.008



In the year 2005, four mountaineers lost their lives while attemptingdifferent peaks in Pakistan, showing a decrease in death causalities in2005.

During the last 16 years, 113 mountaineers or on average sevenmountaineers per year lost their lives while attempting different peaks inPakistan.

Expenditure:

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The details are exhibited in the following table:

Table No.11 : Item-wise Average Expenditure Per Mountaineer During 2004-2005(US$)

Items 2004 2005 % ChangeInternational Fare. 1033 1107 7.2

Luggage Freight 165 360 118.2Local Transport 247 477 93.1Accommodation 335 262 (-) 21.8Food 254 341 34.3Shopping & souvenir 416 320 (-) 23.1Sight Seeing 29 136 369.0Others 229 836 265.1Total Average Expenditure 2708 3839 41.8


The above table reflects that:-

The total average expenditure per mountaineer during 2005, increasedfrom a level of US $ 2708 in 2004 to US $ 3839, showing an increase of41.8 percent, compared to previous year. In respect of item-wiseexpenditure the maximum increase was observed in sight seeing (369.0percent), followed by luggage freight (118.2 percent), local transport (93.1percent), food (34.3 percent), international fare (7.2 percent), whiledecrease was noted in shopping (23.1 percent), followed byaccommodation (21.8 percent).

In 2005, mountaineers spent about five times on sight seeing compared in

what they spent in 2004. On luggage freight and local transport,mountaineers spent about two times in 2005 as compared to previousyear. They have also spent more in 2005 on international fare and food,compared to 2004. However, shopping and souvenir were performed lessin 2005 compared to 2004. It appears that accommodation was relativelycheaper in 2005 as compared to 2004.

Manpower involved in the Mountaineering activities:

In 2005, the mountaineering expeditions hired 4099 porters. Out of this, 60 werehigh altitude porters while 4039 were low altitude porters.

Opinions of Mountaineering Expeditions:

Opinions of mountaineering expeditions on services provided by differentorganizations, status of mountain peaks, environment of mountains, weaknesses forpromoting adventure tourism in Pakistan were obtained as detailed below:-

Rating of Services Provided by Different Organizations:


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Mountaineering expeditions were asked to rate the services provided by thedifferent organizations of Pakistan. The replies are presented in the following table:

Table No. 12: Opinions of Expeditions on services provided by differentOrganizations of Pakistan.

(Nos)

Rating Satisfactory Un-satisfactory

Pakistan Missions Abroad 50 10Immigration/Customs 58 5Ministry of Tourism 58 1Airline/PIA 49 5Alpine Club of Pakistan 54 1Adventure Foundation of Pakistan 32 1Local Administration/ Police 52 2Tour Operator/ Travel Agents 60 2Liaison Officer/Tourist Guide 60 4

High Altitude /Low Altitude Porters 64 4Helicopter Evacuation 52 8Availability of Ration/funds 47 1



Most of expeditions were satisfied with the services of High Altitude/ LowAltitude Porters followed by Tour Operators/ Travel Agents and LiaisonOfficers/ Tourist Guides, Immigration & Customs, Ministry of Tourism andPakistan Mission Abroad.

Popular Peaks in Terms of Height:

The mountaineering expeditions were asked to indicate mountaineering peaks inPakistan which carry high appeal. The detail of the responses are given in table No. 13.


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Table No. 13: Popular Peaks in Terms of Height.(Nos)

Name of Peak Above8000 M

Above7000 M

Above6000 M

K-2 47 -- --Nanga Parbat 34 -- --Gasherbrum-I 30 -- --

Gasherbrum-II 35 -- --Broad Peak 26 -- --Gasherbrum-III -- 8 --Gasherbrum-IV -- 27 --Distaghil Sar Main -- 5 --Kuynyang Chhish/ Main -- 6 --Masherbrum NE (K-I) -- 19 --Raka Poshi -- 22 --Tirich Mir (Main) -- 17 --Chogolisa -- 2 --Spantik -- 23 --

Latak-I -- 1 --Latok-III -- -- 19Ogre-III -- -- 18Dir Gdgom -- -- 4K-7 -- -- 19Phuparash-I -- -- 3Liala Peak -- -- 2Trango Tower -- -- 1Ludukush -- -- 1


The above table indicates that:-

According to the mountaineering expeditions, among the peaks above8000 M, K-2 carries the highest appeal.

Among above 7000 M peaks, Gasherbrum-IV has the highest appeal.

For above 6000 M peaks, Latok-III and K-7 were rated most appealing.

Overall Quality of Environment of Mountains of Pakistan compared to Nepal,

India and China.

Mountaineering expeditions were asked to rate the overall quality of environmentof the mountains of Pakistan as compared to Nepal, India and China and theirresponses are presented in the table No. 14.

Table No. 14 : Overall Quality of Environment of Mountains in Pakistan Comparedto Nepal, India and China.

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Very Good Better Poor

Pakistan 34 17 10Nepal 18 22 5India 5 11 10China 7 19 9


The above table shows that:-

Most expeditions have viewed that overall quality of environment ofmountains in Pakistan is very good, compared to Nepal, India and China.

Weaknesses for Promoting Adventure Tourism in Pakistan.

Mountaineering expeditions were asked to identify the weaknesses forpromoting adventure tourism in Pakistan. The replies are presented in the following

table:-

Table No. 15: Opinions of Mountaineering Expeditions on Weaknesses ofAdventure Tourism in Pakistan.

(Nos)

Weaknesses Response

(i) High Mountaineering Royalty/ Trekking Fee 31(ii) No precise tourist image 18(iii) High prices in Comparison to the region 8(iv) Unsafe destination 9

(v) Inadequate air link 14(vi) Poor quality accommodation 9(vii) Lack of publicity material/ weak marketing. 22(viii) Lack of entertainment facilities 13(ix) Ground tour operators are not well trained/ non-availability of

trained porters4

(x) No requirement of liaison officer 2(xi) Alcohol should be allowed within Hotel 1(xii) Entry visa 1(xiii) Commercial Helicopter. 1


According to opinion of expeditions, the main weaknesses for promotingadventure tourism in Pakistan are high mountaineering royalty/ trekkingfee, followed by lack of publicity material and weak marketing, no precisetourist image, inadequates air link and lack of entertainment facilities.


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Environmental Conditions of Mountains in Pakistan after Five Years.

The expeditions were asked to indicate the conditions of mountains in Pakistanafter five years. The opinions are presented as follows:-

Table No. 16: Opinions on Environmental Conditions in Mountains in Pakistan after fiveyears

(Nos)Remarks Response

(i) Significantly Improve 17(ii) Improve slightly 20(iii) Generally remain the same 21(iv) Decline slightly 3(v) Decline Significantly 6

Total 67Source: Extracted from the files of Ministry of Tourism.

According to most expeditions the conditions of mountains environment inPakistan will remain same or it will improve slightly, whereas 17expeditions considered that it would significantly improve, six have opinedthat it will decline significantly and three expeditions considered it woulddecline slightly.

Rating the Mountaineering Routes in Terms of Pollution:

The mountaineering expeditions were asked to indicate the rating of themountaineering routes in terms of pollutions. The responses are presented in table No. 17.

Table No. 17: Opinions on Mountaineering routes in terms of pollution.

(Nos)Route Lightly

PollutedPolluted Extremely

Pollutedi) Skardu Askole Baltoro Glacier-

Godwin Austen Glacier(K-2, Broad Peak, Gasherbrum-I andGasherbrum-II)

25 32 14

ii) Nanga Parbat-Diamir Face-BunerDas-Diamorai-Upper Jail-Kachal-KotGali.

6 3 --

iii) Nanga Parbat, Rupal Face-Tashring

Rupal-Polish Camp

2 2 --

iv) Mashbrum : Skardu Khaplu Hushe 1 1 --v) Spantik : Skardu Shigar Dhoku-

Arandu Chogolugma GL6 2 1

vi) Trango Tower : Chilas Skardu,Askok-Jhola

2 2 1

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Route LightlyPolluted

Polluted ExtremelyPolluted

viii) Trichmir: Chitral-Lasht Zundrangram-Shangram- Shugar, Biyasan, LowerTrinch Glacier-Upper Trinch Glacier.

1 -- --


Above table shows that:

According to most of the expeditions the most polluted mountaineeringroute is Gasherbrum-I, Skardu-Askole-Paiju-Urdukas-Concordia, followedby Gasherbrum-II - Skardu - Askole- Paiju-Urdukas- Concordia whilelightly polluted mountaineering route is K-2, Skardu-Askalo-BaltoroGlacier-Godwin Austen Glacier.

Main Causes of Environmental Degradation in Pakistan:

The mountaineering expeditions were asked to indicate the main causes ofenvironmental degradation. The responses are tabulated as follows:-

Table No. 18: Opinions on Main Causes of Environmental Degradation.(Nos)

Causes Negligible Low Moderate High VeryHigh

i) Human and Animal Waste 3 9 8 12 13ii) Discarded Mountaineering

Gear/ Containers6 11 12 6 5

iii) Damage to Wild Life 13 8 5 2 1iv) Cutting of Forests 4 11 8 9 3

v) Soil erosion 5 6 9 6 2Source: Extracted from the files of Ministry of Tourism.

According to above table the main causes of environmental degradationare very high due to human and animal waste, discarded mountaineeringgear/ containers, cutting of forests and soil erosion.

Suggestions by Mountaineers:

The nationality-wise suggestions taken from the briefing and debriefingproformas filled in by the adventure tourists are presented in the following table:-

Table No.19 : Nationality-wise Problems Identified by Mountaineers during 2005

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Norwegian Condition of road from Skardu to Askole should be improved.

There should be an all weather landing facility available atSkardu Airport,

German Liaison Officer should have authority to do briefing at thebeginning except special cases.

Swiss Arranging the visit of private tour operators out side countrieswith financial assistance from Government.

Carrying out competition at some big ceremony like14th August or 23rd March.

Japanese Helicopter registration fee is too expensive.

Italian Heights and location of various unknown peaks arounddifferent glaciers may be provided on tourism website.

Visa may be issued in Pakistan on arrival and not at

respective countries.

Spanish Salary of porters to be re-scheduled.

Chinese All human and animal waste must be removed from approachmarch route every year.

Georgian There should be a clear rule for porter wages.

Lithuanian Porters should not move on route with out full equipment.

Porters should be educated on medicine administration.

Argentinean Every tour company should hire porters to bring everythingback to Askole/ Hushe.

Education/ awareness of low altitude porters about garbageshould be improved.

Peak-wise successfull expeditions during 2005 with brief profile of the leaders

K-2 (8611M)

No Expedition Summit the Peak

NANGA PARBAT (8125M)

1 French Nanga Parbat (8125 M)Expedition 2005

Name/Height of Peak: Nanga Parbat (8125 M) Date/Time of Conquering Peak: 20-7-2005 at 1200 hrs


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Name of the Leader: Mr. Arvis Philippe Nationality: French Date of Birth: 16.6.1962 Address: 20 rue du Moulin 92160 Antony2 Georgia ATP Nanga Parbat (8125 M)

Expedition 2005 Name/Height of Peak: Nanga Parbat (8125 M) Date/Time of Conquering Peak: 15-7-2005 at 1500 hrs

20-7-2005 at 0930 hr25-7-2005 at 1200 hrs

Name of the Leader: Mr. Gia Tortladze Nationality: Georgian Date of Birth: 12-6-1960 Address: 119-7, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia3 Japan Gumma, Nanga Parbat

(8125 M) Expedition 2005 Name/Height of Peak: Nanga Parbat (8125 M) Date/Time of Conquering Peak: 15-7-2005 at 1430 hrs. Name of the Leader: Mr. Kemmochi Noriyuki Nationality: Japanese

Date of Birth: 17-6-1969 Address: 370-0105 Gumma-Ken, Isesaki City

Sakaimati Iyoku 3227-6, Japan4 Republic of Korea, Nanga Parbat

(8125 M) Expedition 2005 Name/Height of Peak: Nanga Parbat (8125 M) Date/Time of Conquering Peak: 14-7-2005 at 2241 hrs Name of the Leader: Mr. Lee Sung Won Nationality: Republic of Korea Date of Birth: 1-1-1961

Address: 506-1004, Hyundae A.P.T., Joe-rae dong,

Sun-Chon-S1, Jeonnam, Korea.


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5 Spanish Nanga Parbat (8125 M)Expedition 2005

Name/Height of Peak: Nanga Parbat (8125 M) Date/Time of Conquering Peak: 15-7-2005 at 1500 hrs Name of the Leader: Mr. Jorge Egocheage Rodriguez Nationality: Spanish Date of Birth: 11-7-1968 Address: C/Hermanos Pidat 24-1-D, Oviedo

6 Spanish Nanga Parbat (8125 M)Expedition 2005

Name/Height of Peak: Nanga Parbat (8125 M) Date/Time of Conquering Peak: 20-7-2005 at 0845 hrs &1100 hrs

21-7-2005 at 0845 hrs Name of the Leader: Mr. Edurne Pasaban Nationality: Spanish Date of Birth: 1-8-1973 Address: Edificiq Moviolas Prado, Del Rey 28223

Pozuelo de Lavcon Madrid, Spain7 Spanish Nanga Parbat (8125 M)

Expedition 2005 Name/Height of Peak: Nanga Parbat (8125 M) Date/Time of Conquering Peak: 20-7-2005 at 0900 hrs,

1000 hrs, 1030 hrs,1100 hrs, 1200 hrs & 1500 hrs

Name of the Leader: Mr. Carlos Pauner Nationality: Spanish Date of Birth: 9-6-1964 Address: Lorente 32, 4-Zaragoza,Spain8 Switzerland Nanga Parbat (8125 M)

Expedition 2005 Name/Height of Peak: Nanga Parbat (8125 M)

Date/Time of Conquering Peak: 26-6-2005 at 1500 hors Name of the Leader: Mr. Andre Georges Nationality: Swiss Date of Birth: 20-9-1953 Address: Suen 1969 St. Martin, Switzerland9 USA Nanga Parbat (8125 M)

Expedition 2005 Name/Height of Peak: Nanga Parbat (8125 M) Date/Time of Conquering Peak: 7-9-2005 at 1745 hrs Name of the Leader: Mr. Steven House Nationality: USA Date of Birth: 4-8-1970 Address: 2679 NW Shields Drive, Bend OR, 97701 USA

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1 Japan JWAF GB-I (8068-M),Expedition 2005

Name/Height of Peak: GB-I (8068 M) Date/Time of Conquering Peak: 28.7.2005 at 1210 hrs & 1240 hrs Name of the Leader: Mr. Kondo Kaz uyoshi Nationality: Japanese Date of Birth: 22-11-1941 Address: Tokyo Suginami-Ku, Igusa 1-4-16-307, Japan2 Korean Gyeonggi GB-I (8068 M),

Expedition 2005 Name/Height of Peak: GB-I (8068 M) Date/Time of Conquering Peak: 28.7.2005 at 0450 hrs

10.8.2005 at 0615 hrs Name of the Leader: Mr. Nam Sang IK Nationality: South Korean Address: 134-2, Gyo-Dong, Pattol, Gu, Suwon City,

Gyeonggi province.

BROAD PEAK ( 8074 M)

1 Italian Broad Peak (8047-M),Expedition 2005

Name/Height of Peak: Broad Peak (8047 M) Date/Time of Conquering Peak: 21-7-2005 at 1530 hrs,

1630 hrs & 1730 hrs Name of the Leader: Mr. Roberto Piantoni Nationality: Italian Date of Birth: 2-6-1977 Address: Via Giardini 464/N, 41100, Modena, Italia2 Newzealand/USA Broad Peak

(8047-M) Expedition 2005 Name/Height of Peak: Broad Peak (8047-M) Date/Time of Conquering Peak: 21-7-2005 at 1430 hrs & 1440 hrs Name of the Leader: Mr. Martin Walter Schmidt, Nationality: Newzealand Date of Birth: 10-6-1960 Address: 2/632 Nelson Street, North Hastings,

Newzealand.

GASHERBRUM II (8035 M)1 German Amical Alpine Club,

GB-II (8035-M), Expedition 2005 Name/Height of Peak: GB-II (8035-M) Date/Time of Conquering Peak: 21-7-2005 at 1530 hrs Name of the Leader: Mr. Stephen Keck, Nationality: Austrian Date of Birth: 25-9-1973 Address: Friheit Ssied Lung 22 Schwaz, Austria2 German Summit Club, GB-II (8035-

M), Expedition 2005 Name/Height of Peak: GB-II (8035-M) Date/Time of Conquering Peak: 15-8-2005 at 1300 hrs Name of the Leader: Mr. Thomas Laemmle Nationality: German


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Date of Birth: 11-7-1965 Address: Edensbach 190/D-88289, Waldburg, Germany3 Italian International GB-II

(8035-M), Expedition 2005 Name/Height of Peak: GB - II (8035 M) Date/Time of Conquering Peak: 21-7-2005 at 1330 hrs Name of the Leader: Mr. Ennio Antonello Nationality: Italian Date of Birth: 3-4-1962 Address: Via Giardini 464/N, 41101,Modena-Italia4 Russian International GB-II (8035-

M), Expedition 2005 Name/Height of Peak: GB-II (8035-M) Date/Time of Conquering Peak: 22-7-2005 at 1200 hrs

23-7-2005 at 1700 hrs Name of the Leader: Mr. Shripko Viacheslay Nationality: Russian Date of Birth: 1-8-1952 Address: Moscow Zelenograd, 336-13, Russia5 Turkey GB-II (8035-M), Expedition

2005 Name/Height of Peak: GB-II (8035-M) Date/Time of Conquering Peak: 22-7-2005 at 1730 hrs Name of the Leader: Mr. Serhan Pocan Nationality: Turkish Date of Birth: 11-4-1970 Address: Bu day Sokak 13/9, Kavakl dere, Ankara,

Turkey6 USA and Canada GB-II (8035-M)

Expedition 2005 Name/Height of Peak: GB-II (8035-M) Date/Time of Conquering Peak: 21-7-2005 at 1400 hrs

Name of the Leader: Mr. Charles Duncan Fowler Nationality: USA Date of Birth: 18-2-1954 Address: 1240 Spruce Street, Norwood Colorado, USA

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SARAGHRAR (7208 M)

1 Switzerland Saraghrar

(7208-M) Expedition 2005 Name/Height of Peak: Saraghrar (7208-M) Date/Time of Conquering Peak: 27.7.2005 & 29.7.2005 at

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Date of Birth: 17.6.1970 Address: CH-2208 Les, Hauts-Geneveys Switzerland

SPANTIK ( 7027 M)

1 U.K. Jagged Globe Spantik

(7027 M), Expedition 2005 Name/Height of Peak: Spantik (7027 M), Date/Time of Conquering Peak: 21-8-2005 at 0700 hrs & 0830 hrs Name of the Leader: Ms Pamela Chaire Narvin Nationality: British Date of Birth: 8-7-1949 Address: 67 Castle Road, Hartshill Nuneaton,

Warwickshire, CV 10,0SG UK2 German Spantik (7027-M)

Expedition 2005 Name/Height of Peak: Spantik (7027-M)

Date/Time of Conquering Peak: 15.8.2005 at 1400 hrs Name of the Leader: Mr. Kern Bernard Hermann Nationality: German Date of Birth: 13.2.1955 Address: Jacob-Burckhardt-Str.1, D-78464

Konstanz Germany3 Switzerland Spantik (7027 M),

Expedition 2005 Name/Height of Peak: Spantik (7027-M) Date/Time of Conquering Peak: 16-9-2005 at 1100 hrs

17-9-2005 at 1330 hrs

Name of the Leader: Mr. Alexander Gisler Nationality: Swiss Date of Birth: 1-4-1973 Address: Pappelweg 21, CH-3013, Bern, Schweiz,

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Country-wise Successful Expeditions during 2005

FRANCE Nanga Parbat (8125 M) , Expedition 2005

GEORGIA ATP Nanga Parbat (8125 M) Expedition 2005

GERMANY GB-II (8035-M), Expedition 2005

GB-II (8035-M), Expedition 2005

Spantik (7027-M), Expedition 2005

ITALY Broad Peak (8047-M), Expedition 2005

GB-II (8035-M), Expedition 2005

JAPAN Nanga Parbat (8125 M) Expedition 2005

GB-I (8068-M), Expedition 2005

KOREA Nanga Parbat (8125 M) Expedition 2005

GB-I (8068 M), Expedition 2005

NEWZEALAND/USA Broad Peak (8047-M) Expedition 2005

RUSSIA GB-II (8035-M), Expedition 2005

SPAIN Nanga Parbat (8125 M), Expedition 2005

Nanga Parbat (8125 M), Expedition 2005

Nanga Parbat (8125 M), Expedition 2005

SWITZERLAND Nanga Parbat (8125 M) Expedition 2005

Saraghrar, (7208 M) Expedition 2005Spantik (7027 M) Expedition 2005

TURKEY GB-II (8035-M), Expedition 2005

U.K. Jagged Globe Spantik, (7027 M), Expedition 2005

U.S.A. Nanga Parbat (8125 M), Expedition 2005

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Pakistan has unique landscape for trekking. The trekking areas are divided into

two zones (i) Open Zone and (ii) Restricted Zone.

(i) Open Zone:

It includes districts of Rawalpindi, Abbottabad, Mansehra, Kohistan, Dir, Swat

and Diamir.

(ii) Restricted Zone:

The restricted zone for which a permit is essential includes; Chitral, Gilgit and

Skardu. The information presented in the following pages is in respect of restricted

zone only, because information on trekking in the open zone is not made available by

the handling agents.

The analysis of trekking tourism in Pakistan during 2005 is presented below:

Over-all View

Structural Features.

Nationality

Trekkers Fee.

Overall View:

Pakistan has unique landscape for trekking. Its trekking ranges are spread

throughout the Northern Areas like mountaineering (list of treks see at table No.18 of

appendix). The trekking in Pakistan showed an accelerated growth in 2004 after setback met in 2002 and 2003 due to 9/11 incident. For the first time in the last 20 years of

Trekking history of Pakistan the trekking tourism had set a new record in 2004. A

number of members of the trekking parties also showed remarkable increase in 2004

i.e.1776 but in 2005 there is a small decline in trekking parties and number of trekkers.

In 2005, Pakistan hosted 251 trekking parties as compared to 255 in 2004,

showing a slight decline of 1.6 percent while number of trekkers coming down from

1776 to 1443 showing 18.8 percent drop over previous year. The attribute for small

decline in trekking was that no major event was held in 2005 like 51st Anniversary of

Nanga Parbat and Golden Jubilee Celebration of K-2 held in 2004 which attracted more

trekkers.

Long Term Trend:

Long term trend is presented in the following table:

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1990 through 2005(Nos)

Year Parties % Change overprevious year

Trekkers % change overprevious year

1990 69 27.8 400 47.11991 64 (-) 7.2 343 (-) 14.31992 89 39.1 557 62.4

1993 97 9.0 631 13.31994 128 32.0 697 10.51995 129 0.8 823 18.11996 166 28.7 912 10.81997 197 18.7 1102 20.81998 165 (-) 16.2 950 (-) 13.81999 181 9.7 803 (-) 15.52000 168 (-) 7.2 889 10.72001 245 45.8 1318 48.32002 43 (-) 82.4 99 (-) 92.52003 106 146.5 377 280.8

2004 255 140.6 1776 371.12005 251 (-) 1.6 1443 (-) 18.8

Source: Extracted from the files of Ministry of Tourism .

The long term trend shows that movement in number of trekking partiesand trekkers during the last 16 years, fluctuated between 43 and 255. Thehighest number of trekking parties (255 Nos) visited Pakistan in 2004while minimum number of trekking parties (43 Nos) came in 2002.Similarly the maximum number of trekkers (1776 Nos) came in 2004,while minimum (99 Nos) number of trekkers were received in 2002.

Structural Features:

The main features of trekking in restricted zones are given below:

Nationality:

Trekking parties from 34 different countries visited Pakistan during 2005. Detailsare given in the following table:

Table No.21 : Nationality-wise Trekkers Distribution during 2004-2005

(Nos)2004 2005Sl.#. Nationality

Parties Trekkers Parties Trekkers

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6. Brazilian 01 04 -- --7. British 19 102 27 1648. Bulgarian 01 06 02 039. Canadian 03 09 06 1710. Chinese 01 02 -- 0111. Cubic -- -- 01 0512. Czechoslovak 04 30 05 37

13. Danish 01 01 -- --14. Dutch 04 25 05 2815. French 11 55 22 12316. Georgian 01 01 -- --17. German 27 137 25 13118. Greek -- -- 01 0119. Gutemala -- -- -- 0120. Hong Kong -- -- 01 0621. Hungarian -- -- -- 0122. Iranian 01 03 01 0223. Irish 01 05 -- 0924. Italian 59 885 18 14325. Japanese 26 109 24 151

26. Kazak -- 01 -- --27. Kenya -- -- -- 0128. Kuwaiti -- 02 -- --29. Kyrgyzstan -- 01 -- --30. Lithuanian 01 04 -- --31. Malaysian -- 01 -- --32. Mexican -- 06 03 0933. Namibian -- 01 -- 0134. Nepalese -- 01 02 0435. New Zealander 02 06 03 2136. Norwegian 03 04 01 0737. Polish 02 04 05 2038. Portuguese -- -- -- 0239. Russian 01 05 02 2040. Singaporean -- 03 01 0641. Slovakian 04 26 03 2642. Slovenian 05 13 01 0543. South African 02 18 05 2044. South Korean 05 30 14 10545. Spanish 31 154 25 15646. Swedish 01 08 03 0547. Swiss 10 33 10 3648. Taiwan -- -- 01 0449. Thai -- -- 01 0350. Ukrainian -- -- 01 08

Total: 255 1776 251 1443Source: Extracted from the files of Ministry of Tourism.


Out of 251 trekking parties, the highest number i.e. 27 trekking partiescame from Britain, followed by 25 each from Germany and Spain, 24 fromJapan, 22 from France, 18 from Italy, 17 from USA, 14 from South Korea,Seven each from Australia and Austria, six from Canada, Five each from


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Czechoslovak, Netherlands, Poland and South Africa, three each fromMexico, Newzeland, Slovakia and Sweden, two each from Bulgaria, Nepaland Russia, one each from Belgium, Cuba, Greek, Hong Kong, Iran,Norway, Slovenia, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan and Ukraine.

Trekking Rate & Fee paid by Trekkers:

Upto 1992 a nominal trekking fee of US $ 7 or equivalent in Pakistani Rupeesused to be charged from each trekker in restricted zone which was revised upward toUS $ 20 or equivalent in Pakistani Rupees in 1993; and was again revised to US $ 50or equivalent in Pakistani Rupees in 2000. Trekking in open areas is allowed freewithout official permit and fee. The details of the trekking fee earned in 1985 through2004 is given in the following table:

Table No. 22 : Trekking Fee Paid by Trekkers during 1986 through 2005

Average Amount PerYear

Trekking Fee Earned(Rs .in Million)

Trekker(Rs.)

Party(Rs.)

% change overprevious year

1986 0.025 100 633 (-) 66.71987 0.021 100 558 (-) 14.21988 0.030 100 610 41.01989 0.270 100 50.4 (-) 9.01990 0.040 100 580 47.11991 0.030 100 558 (-) 10.81992 0.057 102 636 58.51993 0.429 680 4423 658.01994 0.534 766 4172 24.51995 0.732 980 5677 37.11996 0.648 711 3905 (-) 11.5

1997 1.105 1003 5610 70.51998 0.985 1037 5969 (-) 10.91999 0.849 1058 4693 (-) 13.72000 2.591 2916 15428 205.02001 3.936 2986 16064 51.8

Average Amount Per

Year

Trekking Fee Earned(Rs .in Million)

Trekker(Rs.)

Party(Rs.)

% change overprevious year

2002 0.304 3069 7067 (-) 92.32003 1.110 2945 10475 265.12004 5.244 2953 20564 372.42005 4.494 3114 17903 (-) 14.3

Source: Extracted from the files of Ministry of Tourism.*Average rate during calendar year 2005 = 1US$=Rs.59.36

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The earnings from trekking fee for trekking in the restricted zone during2005, was Rs.4.494 million equivalent to US $ 75700 compared toRs.5.244 million equivalent to US $ 89950 in 2004, showing a decrease of14.3 percent. The main reason of decrease in royalty fee is decrease innumbers of trekkers.

Long term trend indicates several ups and down in trekking fee earned

during the last 20 years. The maximum trekking fee of Rs.5.244 million,was received in 2004, whereas lowest trekking fee of Rs.0.021 millionwas received in 1987.

Treks used by Trekkers.

Position of Treks used by trekkers during 2005 is presented in the following table:-

Table No. 23 : Position of Treks Used by Trekkers during 2005:

Serial Number

of Trek

Name of Trek Number of Trekking

Parties visited1 Baltoro Gondo Kodro Hushe 2243 Panmah Glacier Simpass 1

12 Hushe Valley 1226 Shamshal Chapchingal Pass 235 Asumsar & Ishkoman Pass 150 Turkhow Valley 151 Shah Junali Chillui Pass 256 Chilinji Trek 657. Tirich Valley 2

Total 251Source: Extracted from the files of Ministry of Tourism.

The above table shows:-

The most popular trek was Baltoro Gondo Kodro Hushe, whichreceived 224 parties, followed by Hushe valley trek, 12 trekking parties,two each from Shamshal-Chapclingal pass, Shah Junali Chilluipass andTirich Valley, one each Panmah Glacier Simpass, Asumsar & IshkomanPass and Turkho Valley.

III Conclusions:

Mountaineering:

In 2005, the number of mountaineering expeditions to Pakistan decreasedfrom 69 to 67, reflecting a small decline of 2.9 percent over 2004, andexpedition members showed a decrease of 21.2 percent.


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The most popular peaks for mountaineering during 2005, wereGasherbrum-II and Nanga Parbat attracting 14 and 12 teams respectively.

The Nanga Parbat peak was the most successful peak with 75 percentexpeditions conquering it.

The amount of Royalty paid by mountaineering expeditions in 2005 camedown from US $ 0.382 million in 2004 to US $ 0.309 million, showing adecrease of 19.1 percent.

Mountaineering expeditions hired 4099 porters in 2005 as compared to5108 porters in 2004, showing a decrease of 19.8 percent.

During 2005 in all 23 teams and their 95 members were successful inreaching the summits.

The most popular mountaineering range was Karakoram.

Popular months for expeditions were June and July.

Trekking:

In 2005 Pakistan received 251 trekking parties, as compared to 255 in2004, showing a decrease of 1.6 percent over the previous year. Thenumber of trekkers also decreased from 1776 in 2004 to 1443 in 2005,

showing a decrease of 18.8 percent over the previous year.

Trekking fee received from trekking decreased from Rs.5.244 million in2004 to Rs. 4.94 million in 2005.

Trekking parties hired 4604 low altitude porters during 2005.

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Annex- IHAZARDOUS RESCUE OF MR TOMAZ HUMAR ON NANGA PARBAT

Perhaps the most famous of the mountaineer in 2005 was renowned Slovenian TomazHumar, whose story dominated the international electronic and print media in thesecond week of August 2005. A living legend, he is the most exciting and sensationalnames in the world of mountaineering today. Born to climb vertical walls after achieving

epic climb on the south face of Dhaulagiri in November 1999, the most difficult face ofhis career, solo and in alpine-style, unfortunately fell while building his home severelydamaging both his legs. After a series of operations and finding his legs working he setout to challenge Shisha Pangma in 2002 and took on the Killer Nanga Parbat in 2003,where he was forced back by bad weather.

He returned to the mountains in 2005 and started his ultimate challenge up the highestwall in the World Rupal Face in Nanga Parbat on 1st August in an attempt to establish anew route. He had planned to complete the ascent in 3-5 days and trying to be lighteron the difficult ascent had not carried much food and gear. However, he was forced tohalt his further climb by a bad weather spell which found him trapped high on the wall

on August 4 at about 6000 meters. Everyone waited for a respite in the weather butwas not granted. He sent a SOS message to Ministry of Tourism and Nazir Sabir,President ACP on 5 August. A helicopter requisition for Tomazs rescue was placedwith Askari Aviation. On opening up of the weather the Allouette arrived in Rupal Basecamp and after necessary briefing flew closer to the Rupal Face with another memberof Topmazs team Mr Ales. However, they could not close on to the stranded Tomazbut in the process photographed and shot movie to Tomazs location on the icy RupalWall. The pressure was mounting and Slovenian Foreign Minister called PakistansForeign Minister Mr Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri on 7 August.

On 8 Aug Foreign Minister after obtaining briefing from Ministry of Tourism and ACPofficials Nazir Sabir and Lt Col (Retd) Manzoor Hussain contacted the concerned Armyauthorities to accelerate the rescue efforts. He also contacted the Interior Minister forallowing any assistance which may come from abroad to augment the rescue efforts.He emphasized that all resources from within Pakistan and abroad must berequisitioned to save the precious life. Mr Kasuri while speaking to Slovenian ForeignMinister assured him fullest support in the rescue efforts of Mr Tomaz.

On 9 August the organizer of Tomazs expedition in Slovenia informed that a transportaircraft loaded with a Lama Rescue helicopter along with expert Swiss Rescue team isstanding by at Geneva airport waiting for clearance to Fly to Islamabad. The DefenceSecretary and DG Civil Aviation accorded immediate landing permit to the rescueaircrafts at Islamabad Airport and further allowed Rescue helicopter to operate in

Northern Areas.

The same day one Army Lama flew out from Rawalpindi to Jaglot and was joined in bythe locally based Lama and support MI 17 helicopter. The weather, however, preventedtheir subsequent rescue bid made on the afternoon of 9 August wherein both thehelicopters closed into the stranded Tomaz. The Army Aviation crew included Lamahelicopter pilots Lt Col. Ubaid, Lt Col. Rashid Ullah Baig, Maj. Naeem, Maj. Khalid andtwo pilots of the support MI 17 helicopter.


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On 10 August early in the morning this heroic Rescue operation came to its finale by theArmy Aviation dare devil pilots and the Swiss Rescue experts landed at Islamabad. Inone of the unique and hazardous rescue attempts ever made at such high altitude,courageous and brave aviators especially Lt Col Rashidullah Baig and Maj Khalid AminRana, risking their lives, snatched Humar from death jaws with all to chances of hittingtheir chopper blades with the vertical wall of the rock and ice; barely a metre away. The

rescue was further compounded by the rope which anchored Tomaz with the ice wall.As Tomaz got hold of the rope hanging from the Lama with his ice axe, he failed to openlocked carabiner and later cut the rope with a knife. He found himself being pulled byboth helicopter rope and the anchor rope. The pilot realizing the predicament appliedmore power to chopper engine already operating at 100 percent power. Lucky forTomaz and the pilots at that moment the 5 mm rope broke with Tomaz catapultingtowards the helicopter and later swinging around. The pilots drawing upon all their skillsand cool, stabilized the aircraft thus averting a tragedy out of this rescue.

Mr Tomaz had spent six days at this high altitude sitting cramped on a small table sizeledge and a small cave. He was exhausted and frozen. ACP member Javed Hussain

was the guide with Tomazs expedition who played an important role in whole of thisreal life drama. On 12 August Tomazs expedition returned back to Islamabad.

On 13 Agust Tomaz accompanied by ACP officials and both the pilots called on MrKhurshid Mehmood Kasuri, the Foreign Minister to thank him for the excellent supportprovided by Government of Pakistan and for his personal keen interest and pursuancein the matter. Later the team called on Secretary Tourism and addressed the largegathering of international and domestic Media at 2:15 pm at Holiday Inn Hotel,Islamabad.

Paying his rich tributes to the Army pilots Mr Tomaz said The Pakistan Army helicopterpilots seemed to work magic and the coordination of the entire rescue was absolutelyoutstanding. No Hollywood film could go any where near what these men did on thedeadly Rupal Face today, for which I congratulate them. They make you a proudPakistani. He pledged to celebrate August 10 as his new birthday as the thought hewas reborn on this day at the Rupal Base Camp. He also announced construction of ahospital for the people of Tershing.

The dramatic episode of Tomazs rescue underscores the will and capabilities ofGovernment of Pakistan in rescuing the stranded mountaineers utilizing all possibleresources

Source: Alpine Club of Pakistan,


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Annex II

Mountaineers & Trekkers in Pakistan in 2005get certificates by Alpine Club of Pakistan

This year due to various incentives announced by Ministry of Tourism on the advice ofthe ACP there was substantial increase in mountaineering and trekking activities inNorthern Areas. A total of 84 expeditions were permitted to climb high mountains inNorthern Areas and Chitral as compared to 69 in 2004. out of these 43 visited Baltoroarea, whereas 14 expeditions attempted Nanga Parbat. This year there were twoexpeditions to Hindukush in Chitral attempting Noshaq and Saraghrar Peaks. Inaddition there were reports of many mountaineers climbing numerous peaks below6500 meters. Highest numbers of such expeditions were reported to have attemptedTrango tower and adjoining spires/Towers. Similarly there was also increase in numberof trekkers as well. The total number of permitted trekking in 2005 was 251 with 99percent traversing Baltoro glacier going upto K-2 Base Camp and many returning

Skardu via high Ghondoghoro Pass and Hushe. There were total of four deaths on themountains beside, of several injuries. Due to heavy snow fall during the winter in 2005the weather and snow conditions in Northern Areas in general and Baltoro in particularremained unfavourable to the climbers. There were long spells of persistent badweather.

This year ACP awarded Summit Certificates to all the 95 summiteers who climbedpeaks above 7000 meters and reported to ACP. The certificates were duly signed bySecretary Tourism, President and Secretary ACP. An analysis of the mountaineeringactivity on the major peaks is as under:-

K-2 Back to Its Might and Fury

Although in 2004 K-2, on the occasion of the golden jubilee of its forst ascent was kindin allowing a record number of 46 climbers to reach its summit in a single year.However in 2005 K-2 resumed its full might and fury and did not allow anyone to reachits summit.

Nanga Parbat Stormed By Summiteers

This year was unique for the Killer Mountain Nanga Parbat which otherwise enjoysreputation of a fierce mountain with fairy queen dwelling near its summit wreaking death

and destruction to anyone approaching its icy slopes and a diverse history of tragedies,tribulations and riumphs. This year, however the fairy queen was more than benevolentand let 37 climbers reach Nanga Parbat summit-a record in itself. There were total of12 expeditions attempting the peak, eight attemping from Diamer face, three from Rupaland one from Rakhikot face with total of 57 climbers. 15 Spaniards from threeexpedition including famous climber Ms Edurne pasban topped the list of summiteerswhereas 20 climbers reached summit on the same day ie, 20 July 2005, from Diamerface setting new records on Nanga Parbat. Four Pakistani climbrs namely Ali Raza (26


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June), Hassan Jan, Qurban Muhammad and Mehrban Kareem (all on 20 July ) alsoreached Nanga Parbat summit in the company of foreign expeditions via the Diamerface. American climbers Steven E. House and Vincent R. Anderson accomplishedoutstanding mountaineering feat establishing a new route on Rupal side climbing thehighest vertical wall on Earth nearer to the route earlier attempted by Tomaz Humar, inAlpine style in six days descending from the same route in two days. Koreans KimChange Ho and Lee Hyun Joo repeated the mountaineering feat of Reinhold Messnerof 1970 by climbing the Rupal face on Messner route and descending from the Diamerside.

Broad PeakFive expeditions attempted to climb the Broad Peak. The strong Kazakhs Denis

Urubko and Sergry Samoliov were able to reach the main summit through a new directroute. Other summiteers included Mario Merelli, Iranian climbr Kazem Faridian andPiotr Pustelink (all rocky summit)

Gasherbrum I

Six expeditionsattempted Gasherbrum I with total of 48 climbers out of which 14 wereable to reach its summit. All summits were made on 28 July 05 which included tenKoreans and three Nepalese and one Japanese climber. The Korean expedition led byMr Nam Sang IK later attempted Gasherbrum II and succeeded in reaching its summiton 10 August 05. A Nepalese member of the Japanese expedition was Killed afterreaching the summit when the cornice he was climbing broke plunging him down 300meters on the rocky patches of the Mountain.

Gasherbrum II

Gasherbrum II as usual was attempted by a large number of mountaineers from theworld over. There were total of 14 expeditions with 71 climbers, out of which only 15managed to reach the summit. These included all the six young members of the firstTurkisth expedition ever launched on an 8000 metre high peak. The expedition whichincluding two women climbers, was led by Serhan Pocan. Earlier prior to their departurethe team addressed a Press Conference in Rawalpindi which was attended by Ministerfor Tourism, Turkish Ambassador, ACP President, other ACP officials and members.The leader said that their climb will be a real challenge and they were exceptionallyhappy for being able to share this climb with the brotherly country Pakistan.



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Annex III

BALTORO GETS CLEANED UP

Visiting mountaineering expeditions and trekking parties accompanied by large number

of local porters on the Baltoro glacier, especially during the previous and current yearhas resulted in large accumulation of waste in the various camping areas on the glacier.

The returning visitors are reporting increased deposits of garbage and human bodywaste lying on these glacier camps, which decides seriously damaging the localecology, are becoming a hazard to the visitors health.

ACP functioning under the aegis of Ministry of Tourism, therefore, launched BaltoroClean Up Expedition 2005 commencing from 10 September to undertake clean up ofcamps on the Baltoro glacier including Concordia, Base camps of K2 and Broad Peak.

The team collected about 100 porters loads of all burnable and non burnable garbageto include packing tins, cartons, polythene bags, food stuff etc and carry it out of thearea for its correct disposal below Astole, the last village enroute to Baltoro glacier. Afterburning the burnable material the expedition buried the ashes into the disposal areanear Paiyu. The tins and other non burnable non biaodegradable material was ferriedback to Skardu.



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Table No.1 : Response Ratio 1996 through 2005

(Nos)Adventure Tourism

Year Frame size(a)

Contacted(b)

Response(c)

% ofResponse

1996 78 63 56 891997 73 62 57 921998 71 58 50 861999 64 64 64 1002000 67 67 67 1002001 70 70 70 1002002 40 40 29 732003 65 65 61 942004 79 79 69 872005 84 84 67 80


Note: a) Applications receivedb) Parties/organizations contacted.c) Parties/organizations response.


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Table No. 2 : List of Mountaineering Expeditions those Visited Pakistan During the Year2005

S.# Name of Expedition/Name of Peak

Leaders Name andAddress

Number ofMembers

PeriodAvailed

Result

Argentina

1 GB-I (8065-M) and GB-II(8035-M) Expedition 2005

Mr. Damina AlbertoRedmond C/o Hushe Treks& Tours, P.o. Box 471, G-9,Markaz, Islamabad.

10 11.06.2005to 12.8.2005

Un-success

2 Broad Peak (8047-M)Expedition 2005

Anibal Maturano ArrabalC/o Adventure ToursPakistan, P.O. Box 1780,Islamabad.

15 22.6.2005 to09.8.2005

Un-success

Austria

3 Spantik (7027-M)Expedition 2005

Mr. Gruber Ignaz C/oHunza Guides Pakistan

P.o. Box 468, G-9,Islamabad.

06 7.7.2005to

9.8.2005

Un-success

Britain

4 Khurrat Peak (6824-M)Expedition 2005

Mr. Nicholas Dean CarterC/o Hushe Treks & ToursP.O. Box 471, G-9, I,abad.

07 25.07.2005to 18.8.2005

Un-success

5 Spantik (7027-M)Expedition 2005.

Mr. Stuart ChristopherPeacock C/O Hushe Treks& Tours P.O. Box 471Islamabad.

05 18.6.2005 to11.7.2005

Un-success

6 Jagged Globe Spantik(7027-M) Expedition 2005

Ms. Pamela Claire MarvinC/o Himalaya Treks &Tours, 112, Rahim Plaza,Murree Road, Rawalpindi

12 28.7.2005 to27.8.2005

Successful

7 Muztagh Tower(7284-M) Expedition 2005

Mr. Bruce Normand, C/oAdventure Tours PakistanP.O. Box No. 1780Islamabad

07 30.6.2005 to13.8.2005

Un-success

8 Jagged GB-II (8035-M)Expedition 2005

Mr. David Hamilton C/oHimalaya Treks & Tours,112, Rahim Plaza, MurreeRoad, Rawalpindi.

05 04.06.2005to 23.7.2005

Un-success

CZECH Republic

9 K-2 (8611-M)Expedition 2005

Mr. Leopold Sulovsky C/oNorth Pakistan Treks,Tours and Expeditions, P.o.Box No. 463, Islamabad.

09 23.05.2005to 29.7.2005

Un-success


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Number ofMembers

PeriodAvailed

Result

10 Nanga Parbat (8125-M)Expedition 2005

Mr. Pavel Matousek C/oKarakurum Treks & ToursN.A. (Pvt) Ltd, 21-B, G-9Markaz, P.O. Box 2803,Islamabad.

06 5-7-2005to

17-8-2005

Un-success

France

11 Broad Peak (8047-M)Expedition 2005

Mr. Remi Escoffier C/oNazir Sabir Expeditions,H.No. 28/B, NazimuddinRoad, F-8/1, P.O.Box 1442,Islamabad.

07 16.06.2005to 2.8.2005

Un-success

12 GB-V (7321-M)Expedition 2005

Mr. Jean Pierre Revoil C/oNorth Pakistan Treks,Tours and Expeditions P.O.Box No. 463, Islamabad.

11 25.7.2005 to27.8.2005

Un-success

13 Magic Spantik (7027-M)Expedition 2005 Mr. Pievve-FrongoisEtchegoyhen C/o NorthPakistan Treks, Tours andExpeditions, P.o. Box No.463, Islamabad. 9

25.7.2005 to19.8.2005 Un-success

14 Mohmil Sar (7343-M)Expedition 2005

Mr. Olivier ObertC/o Hunza Guides PakistanTours Trekking &Expeditions,P.O. Box 468, G-9 Markaz,Islamabad.

04 11.7.2005 to20.8.2005

Un-success

15 Diran Peak (7254-M)

Expedition 2005

Mr. Carrel Francois C/o

North Pakistan Treks,Tours and Expedition,P.O. Box No. 463,Islamabad.

03 5.9.2005 to

25.9.2005

Un-success


Mr. Arvis Philippe C/oNippa Travels, Islamabad

06 21.6.2005 to5.8.2005

Successful

17 Ultar-II (7388-M)Expedition 2005

Mr. Yannick Graziani C.oNorth Pakistan Treks,Tours & Expedition,P.O. Box No. 463,Islamabad.

02 8.10.2005 to8.11.2005

Un-success

Georgia


Mr. Gia Tortladze C/oAdventure Tours Pakistan,P.O. Box 1780, Islamabad.

06 25.5.2005 to26.7.2005

Successful

Germany


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Number ofMembers

PeriodAvailed

Result

19 GB-II(8035-M) Expedition2005

Mr. Stephen Keck C/oAdventure Tours Pakistan,P.O. Box 1780, Islamabad.

13 27.5.2005 to13.6.2005

Successful

20 Spantik (7027-M)

Expedition 2005

Mr. Kern Bernard Hermann,

C/o Hunza Guides PakistanP.o. Box 468, Islamabad. 7

29.7.2005 to

27.8.2005

Successful

21 GB-II (8035-M)Expedition 2005.

Mr. Thomas Laemmle C/oAdventure Tours Pakistan,P.O. Box 1780, Islamabad.

06 13.7.2005 Successful

Hungary

22 K-2 MOL (8611-M)Expedition 2005.

Mr. Mecs Laszlo C/oKarakurm MagicMountains, P.O. Box 1017,GPO, Islamabad.

07 29.6.2005 to24.8.2005

Un-success

Ireland


Mr. Terence BanjoBannon C/o AdventureTours Pakistan, P.O. BoxNo. 1780,Islamabad

08 7.6.2005to 15.8.2005

Un-success

Italy

24 Broad Peak (8047-M)Exped. 2005

Mr. Roberto Piantoni C/ohushe Treks & Tours,P.O.Box 471, G-9,Islamabad.

09 25.6.2005 to04.08.2005

Successful

25 Rakaposhi (7788-M)Expedition 2005

Mr. Peruffo Alberto C/oAdventure Tours Pakistan,P.o. Box 1780, Islamabad.

07 19.07.2005to 27.8.2005

Un-success

26 GB-II (80035-M)Expedition 2005

Mr. Gian Battista Bissi C/oHushe Treks and Tours,P.O. Box No. 471 (G-9Markaz), Islamabad

09 15.7.2005 to1.9.2005

Un-success


Mr. Ennio Antonello, C/oHushe Treks and Tours,

P.O. Box No. 471 (G-9Markaz), Islamabad

12 16.6.2005 to30.7.2005

Successful

Japan


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Number ofMembers

PeriodAvailed

Result

28 GB-II (8035-M)Exped. 2005

Mr. Hosoda Ichiro C/oNippa Travel, H.No. 22,Bazar Road, G-6/4,Islamabad.

01 16.5.2005 to19.8.2005

Un-success

29 Nanga Parbat (8125-M)Expedition 2005 Mr. Kemmochi Noriyuki,C/o Nippa Travel H.No.22Bazar Road, G-6/4,Islamabad

07 4.6.2005 to26.7.2005 Successful

30 Summa Peak (7263-M)Expedition 2005

Mr. Koichi Ezaki, C/o NippaTravel H.No.22 BazarRoad, G-6/4, Islamabad

08 23.8.2005 Un-success

31 GB-I (8068-M)Expedition 2005

Mr. Kondo Kazuyoshi C/oNazir Sabir Expeditions,House No. 28/B,Nazimuddin Road, F-8/1,Islamabad.

09 11.6.2005 to19.8.2005

Successful


Mr. Takeshi Ono, C/o NazirSabir Expeditions, H.No.28/B, Nazimuddin Road, F-8/1,P.O. Box No. 4142,Islamabad.

02 28.5.2005 to18.8.2005

Un-success

Kazkistan


Mr. Maxut Zhumayev C/oAdventure Tours Pakistan,P.O. Box 1780, Islamabad.

05 23.7.2005 to7.9.2005

Un-success

Netherlands

34 Spantik (7027-M),Expedition 2005

Mr. Kool, Arjen C/oMountain Travels Pakistan507 Poonch HouseComplex, Adam Jee Road,Rawalpindi

04 13.6.2005 to27.5.2005

Un-success

Norway


Mr. Simen Modre C/oMountain Travels Pakistan507 Poonch HouseComplex, Adamjee Road,

Rawalpindi

'06 15.5.2005 Un-success

36 Noshaq Peak (7492-M)Exped.,2005

Mr. Glenn Seljasen C/oJasmin Tours, GPO BoxNo. 859, Rawalpindi.

03 18.06.2005to 26.7.2005

Un-success

Republic of Korea


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Number ofMembers

PeriodAvailed

Result

37 GB-1 (8068-M)Expedition 2005

Mr. Nam Sang IK, 134-2Gyo-Dong, Pattal-Gu,Suwon City, GyeonggiProvince, Korea.

14 16.6.2005 to18.8.2005

Successful

38 G-II (8035-M)Expedition 2005 Mr. Lee Jeong Hyun C/oHimalaya Treks & Tours,112, Rahim Plaza, MurreeRoad, Rawalpindi

06 4.6.2005to4.8.2005

Un-success


Mr. Lee Sung-Won C/oHimalaya Treks & Tours,112, Rahim Plaza, MurreRoad, Rawalpindi.

12 13.4.2005 to22.7.2005

Successful


Mr. Nam Sang IK, C/oTrango Adventures, 606Poonch House Complex,P.O.Box 623, Rawalpindi.

07 16.6.2005 to18.8.2005

Success

Russia


Mr. Skripko Viacheslav C/oAdventure Tours Pakistan,P.o. Box 1780, Islamabad.

14 18.6.2005 to6.8.2005

Successful

Slovenia


Mr. Humar Tomaz C/oNazir Sabir ExpeditionsH.No. # 28/B, NazimuddinRoad, F-8/1,P.O. Box 1442, Islamabad. 6

04.07.2005to 13.8.2005

Un-success

Spain

43 Baintha Brakk (7285-M)Expedition 2005

Mr. Jose Carlos TamayoGegundez C/o Hushe Treksand Tours, P.O. Box No.471 (G-9 Markaz),Islamabad

03 14.6.2005 to30.7.2005

Un-success


Mr. Edurne Pasaban C/oHushe Treks and Tours,P.O. Box No. 471 (G-9Markaz), Islamabad

06 11.6.2005 to28.7.2005

Successful

45 GB-1 (8068-M)Expedition 2005

Mr. Manuel Gonzalez DiazC/o Hushe Treks andTours, P.O. Box No. 471(G-9 Markaz), Islamabad

07 20.6.2005 to20.8.2005

Un-success


Mr. Juan Cardona TarresC/o Hushe Treks andTours, P.O. Box No. 471(G-9 Markaz), Islamabad

05 15.6.2005 to9.8.2005

Un-success


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Number ofMembers

PeriodAvailed

Result


Mr. Jarge Egocheaga C/oHunza Guides PakistanTours Trekking &Expeditions, P.O. Box 468,G-9 Markaz, Islamabad.

07 13.6.2005 to23.7.2005

Successful


Mr. Jose Carlos PaunerGotor C/o Hushe Trek &Tours, P.O. Box No. 471,G-9, Markaz, Islamabad.

15 02.06.2005to 28.7.2005

Successful

49 Orgre Brakk (7285-M)Expedition 2005

Mr. Juan Vallejo Iianos C/oHushe Treks & Tours,P.O. 471, G-9, Islamabad.

6

4.7.2005 to9.8.2005

Un-success

Sweden

50 GB-II (8035-M)Expedition 2005 Mr. Christian DanielssonC/o Karakorum Treks andTourism (Pvt) Ltd. P.O. Box2803, Islamabad

05 23.6.2005 to6.8.2005 Un-success

Switzerland


Mr. Andre Georges C/oHunza Guide Pakistan P.O.Box 468, G-9 Markaz,Islamabad.

03 27.7.2005 to5.7.2005

Successful

52 Saraghrar (7208-M)

Expedition 2005

Mr. Jean Michel Zweiacker

C/o Vista TourismManagement Services FlatB, Block 20, G-8 Markaz,Islamabad.

09 15.6.2005 to

11.8.2005

Successful

53 Spantik (7027-M)Expedition 2005.

Mr. Alexander Gisler C/OHushe Treks & Tours P.O.Box No.471 Islamabad.

10 29.8.2005 to24.9.2005

Successful


Mr. Jean Troillet, C/o NazirSabir Expeditions, HouseNo. 28/B, NazimuddinRoad, F-8/1, Islamabad.

03 11.5.2005 to25.6.2005

Un-success

Turkey

55 GB-II (8035-M)Expedition. 2005

Mr. Serhan Pocan C/oNazir Sabir Expeditions,H.No. 28/B, NazmiuddinRoad, F-8/1, Islamabad.

06 22.6.2005 to8.8.2005

Successful

United Arab Emirates


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Number ofMembers

PeriodAvailed

Result

56 Emirates Spantick (7027-M) Expedition 2005

Mr. Peter R. Forbes C/oConcordia Exped.,Pakistan, P.O.Box 1800GPO, Rawalpindi 2

20.5.2005 to17.6.05

Un-success

U.S.A.

57 K-2 (8611-M),Expedition 2005

Mr. Fabrizio Zangrilli C/oJasmine Tours, GPO BoxNo. 859, Rawalpindi

06 2.06.2005 to24.8.2005

Un-success

58 GB-I (8068-M)Expedition 2005

Mr. Higinio Gonzalez C/oJasmin Tours, GPO BoxNo. 859, Rawalpindi.

03 22.06.2005to 13.8.2005

Un-success

59 Latok-1(7151-M)Expedition 2005

Mr. Damian Benegas C/oHunza Guides PakistanP.o. Box 468, G-9, Markaz,Islamabad.

03 13.6.2005 to2.8.2005

Un-success


Mr. Steven House C/o BlueSky Treks & Tours, LinkRoad, Girls High School,Kushu Bagh, P.O.Box 642,Skardu.

05 29.07.2005to 15.9.2005

Successful

Combined Expeditions

61 China Tibet PakistanMountG-I (8068-M)Expedition 2005

Mr. Sam Drug,C/o Alpine Club of Pakistan509, Kashmir Road, R.A.Bazar, Rawalpindi.

13 19.5.2005 to3.6.2005

Un-success

62 CZECH/POLISH/USAInternationalBroad Peak (8047-M)Expedition 2005

Mr. Tomas KolomaznikC/o Adventure ToursPakistan,P.o. Box 1780, Islamabad.

16 22.6.2005 to9.8.2005

Un-success

63 Italy/USABatura-II (7762-M)Expedition 2005

Mr. Simone Moro C/oAdventure Tours Pakistan,P.O. Box 1780, Islamabad.

02 16.6.2005 to16.7.2005

Un-success

64 Lithuania Estonia theFirst Baltic statesKarakorumGB-II (8035-M)Expedition 2005

Mr. Saulius Vilius C/oKarakurm Treks & tours NALtd., 21-B, G-9, Islamabad.

5

6.6.2005to 28.7.2005

Un-success

65 New Zealand/USABroad Peak (8047-M)Expedition 2005

Mr. Martin Walter SchmidtC/o Adventure TourPakistan,P.O. Box No. 1780,Islamabad. 8

01.06.2005to

01.08.2005

Successful


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Number ofMembers

PeriodAvailed

Result

66 Polish BulgariaK-2(8611-M)Expedition 2005

Mrs. Anna Czerwinska C/oHunza Guides Pakistan,P.O. Box No.468, G-9,Markaz, Islamabad.

07 9.6.2005 to26.8.2005

Un-success

67 USA and CanadaG-II (8035-M)Expedition 2005

Mr. Charles Duncan FowlerC/o Adventure ToursPakistan P.O. Box No.1780 Islamabad

08 9.6.2005to 1.8.2005 Successful


Table No.3 : Age & Gender Composition of Mountaineers 1996 through 2005

Age &

Gender

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

15 - 30 167 156 92 139 122 141 22 128 124 81

Male 154 148 82 123 107 130 21 117 114 69

Female 13 8 10 16 15 11 1 11 10 12Male as % of

Overall

92.2 94.87 89.13 88.5 87.7 92.2 95.5 91.4 91.9 85.2

31 40 162 205 95 138 122 198 78 171 254 215

Male 156 192 87 124 109 173 72 146 236 190

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Male as % of

Overall

96.30 93.66 19.58 89.86 89.3 87.4 92.3 85.4 92.9 88.4

41 50 73 101 73 106 94 104 72 113 154 105

Male 67 97 67 102 90 94 72 106 140 98

Female 6 4 6 4 4 10 -- 7 14 7

Male as % of

Overall

91.78 96.04 91.78 96.22 95.7 90.4 100 93.8 90.9 93.3

51 & Above 20 38 53 78 69 42 38 54 71 74

Male

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