Image 1: The Indus Valley by Skardu ;Image 2: Washed out road The road between Shigar and Askole, where the K2 Base Camp trek starts, was washed out the night before by a heavy deulge;Image 3: The jeeps halted by the washout There were 5 breaks in the road which meant a 6 hour journey took us 2 days;Image 4: Damaged bridge At each break we either had to wade across the river to get to the next section of road, or use the partially collapsed bridge;Image 5: A Hoopoe in the grounds of Shigar Fort ;Image 6: Korphe, across the river from Askole ;Image 7: Waterfall above Askole ;Image 8: Askole ;Image 9: Erratics in the Braldu River valley ;Image 10: Baltoro Glacier ;Image 11: Baltoro Glacier outflow ;Image 12: Baltoro Glacier outflow ;Image 13: Trango Towers ;Image 14: Feeder glacier into the Baltoro Glacier ;Image 15: Baltoro Glacier ;Image 16: Late evening sun over the Baltoro Glacier ;Image 17: Alpine Chough ;Image 18: Baltoro Glacier ;Image 19: Baltoro Glacier ;Image 20: Yermenedu Glacier feeding into the Baltoro Glacier ;Image 21: Baltoro Glacier ;Image 22: Broad Peak (8,051m) ;Image 23: K2 (8,611m) The summit did clear for a few seconds though I didn't realise until I looked at this photo when I was home;Image 24: Broad Peak (8,051m) ;Image 25: Feeder glacier into the Baltoro ;Image 26: Baltoro Glacier ;Image 27: Baltoro Glacier ;Image 28: Baltoro Glacier ;Image 29: Braldu River valley ;Image 30: Sal crossing the Braldu River A basket had been rigged up to cross the Braldu river which saved us a few hours walking on the way back;Image 31: Bridge down over the Braldu River ;Image 32: Slopes above Korphe ;Image 33: Askole ;Image 34: Braldu River as it feeds into the Shiga Valley ;Image 35: Rashida and Sal