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Concordia & Beyond in The Karakoram. Concordia is in the Karakoram mountain range of Pakistan. It is a wider area where glaciers coming down from K2 meet those from the Gasherbrums and Chogolisa. Sir Martin Conway, the famous explorer and alpinist, placed the name Concordia. It is undoubtedly one of the most spectacular places on the planet, and here you can stand within 24 kilometres of no fewer than four eight-thousanders and ten of the world's thirty highest peaks! All trekking groups camp here at approximately 4500 metres on a moraine ridge surrounded by jagged peaks, including Gasherbrum IV, Mitre Peak, Chogolisa, Crystal Peak, Marble Peak, Baltoro Kangri, Broad Peak and K2. The best view of K2 is from Concordia and beyond. A Panoramic View of Four of the World’s Fourteen 8,000m Peaks. Four of the world’s 14 eight-thousanders are located in the Karakoram mountain range: K2, Broad Peak, Gasherbrum I and Gasherbrum II. Above is a panoramic view of the latter 2 (yellow and 1 white colour) from a 4,570m / 15,000ft lookout near Urdukus campsite. K2, the world 2nd highest, can be view ed from Concordia, a campsite two days away from Urdukus. Snow and ice from the four feed into the Baltoro Glacier, one of the longest outside the polar region, which has many tributary glaciers such as the Mandu Glacier. Concordia & Beyond (1 of 2). If weather cooperates, one can peek at K2 from the comfort of one’s tent at Concordia (4,600m / 15,092ft), the confluence of the Baltoro Glacier and Godwin Austen Glacier, the getaway to K2 base camp. And watch sunrise over K2’s peak at one’s leisure in the early morning. The best view, however, is found beyond Concordia, from Broad Peak base camp. A night stay at Broad peak base camp provides a close up view of K2. Following day,