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Faisal mosque in Islamabad, Explorersweb files.

The dark side of Pakistan climbing: Blackmail, extortion and threats

Posted: Jul 11, 2005 09:18 am EDT

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A few weeks back we published a positive report on the state of things in Pakistan. Soon a few mails arrived, from climbers with another side to the story. It's not all rosy and happy in Pakistan, reported one - rather fed up - climber to Explorersweb. Fearing consequences, he asked ExWeb to withhold his name. But he wants to speak out loud about Pakistan bureaucracy, abusive fees and sudden fee increases, extortion and even threats to expedition organizers. Porter dies on SpantikThere were ugly scenes and a near riot at...

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