Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Tour - Profile

Gilgit (Pakistan) - Kashgar (China)

Our idea is cycling from Gilgit(Pakistan) to Kashgar(China) via the Karakoram Highway.The Karakoram Highway (KKH) is the highest international road in the world. It connects China to Pakistan across the Karakoram mountain ranges, through the Khunjerab Pass at a altitude of 4,693 metres (15,397 feet). The highway runs about 1,200 km from Kashgar, China to Havelian in the Abbottabad District of Pakistan.

History

The KKH was built by the governments of Pakistan and China, and was completed in 1978, after about twenty years of work. Several hundred Pakistanis and Chinese workers lost their lives, mostly in landslides and falls, while working on the highway. The route of the KKH traces one of the many paths of the ancient Silk Road. Owing to the extremely sensitive state of the Kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan, the Karakoram highway has strategic and military importance.

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