Pakistan, Northern Areas of the Karakoram Mountains. A lone trekker strides over rubble on the Godwin Austen glacier towards K2 [Mount Goodwin Austen] the worlds second highest mountain 8611m high, not far from Concordia a place known to mountaineers as the Throne Room of the Mountain Gods

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Pakistan, Northern Areas of Karakoram Mountains in 1996. The image is from the era of film photography years before digital became the norm.

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Size: 6000px × 3988px
Location: Karakoram Mountains of Northern Pakistan
Photo credit: © Allan Hartley / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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