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Happy Stone Fence Friday

Happy  Stone Fence Friday
From the remote Baltistan village of Machlu in the Hushe Valley on the treacherous dirt road to K2 trek start point. A very conservative area of remote Baltistan, but friendly and welcoming to polite visitors. Many Western mountaineers come up along here to climb K2 or one of the other multitude of 7-8000m plus peaks in this region. . But it is much quieter and less mountaineered than Nepal or Everest. A few die up here on the peaks each year.
The stone walls are their fencing here as timber is in short supply. These are poor subsistence farming villages.
Have a fab Friday and a spectacular photographic weekend!

Ernest CH, Leo W, aNNa schramm, Berny and 47 other people have particularly liked this photo


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 trester88
trester88 club
Grandiose Landschaft mit dem Dach der Welt!
HFF und ein schönes Wochenende, Diana!
5 months ago.
 Diana Australis
Diana Australis club has replied
The wood is so scarce they cannot waste it on fencing. Rocks are in superabundance so they become fences..or fulfil the function thereof….
5 months ago. Edited 4 months ago.
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Excellently composed landscape shot, Diana!
As poor as the people there may be, their adaptation to the harsh living conditions is admirable.
Have a fantastic weekend. ox
4 months ago.
 Günter Diel
Günter Diel club
Sehr schön gezeigt! Gruß Günter
4 months ago.
 Michelle Chouchou
Michelle Chouchou club
Belle photo et magnifique historie. Bravo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
4 months ago.

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