Baltistan pioneer of print media in Gilgit Baltisatn. "Bad-e-Shimal" claims the largest daily circulation in Gilgit and Baltistan. "Nawa-e-Sufia" is a monthly magazine covering Baltistan's Nurbakshi sect. Baltistan Baltistan (, also known as Baltiyul or Little Tibet (), is a mountainous region on the border of Pakistan Controlled Kashmir and Indian Controlled Kashmir in the Karakoram mountains just south of K2 (the world's second-highest mountain). Baltistan borders Gilgit to the west, Xinjiang (China) in the north, Ladakh on the southeast and the Kashmir Valley on the southwest. Its average altitude is over . Prior to 1947, Baltistan was part of the
1953 American Karakoram expedition 1953 American Karakoram expedition The 1953 American Karakoram expedition was a mountaineering expedition to K2, at 8,611 metres the second highest mountain on Earth. It was the fifth expedition to attempt K2, and the first since the Second World War. Led by Charles Houston, a mainly American team attempted the mountain's South-East Spur (commonly known as the Abruzzi Spur) in a style which was unusually lightweight for the time. The team reached a high point of 7750 m, but were trapped by a storm in their high camp, where a team member, Art Gilkey, became seriously ill. A desperate retreat