It was 2 o'clock in the morning when Chee Keong, Jean-Philippe, the driver of the jeep and I 
been awakened by men at the door tombourinant . The door opens on two men machine gun in hand, long Palestinian scarf and beard. Fatigue of three days of intense walking under a blazing sun we did not have enough time to worry, the two characters have settled to sleep in this big room where we had been received by the head of a village where no tourist stops. 
We were at the foot of Nanga Parbat a few kilometers from Gilgit, a town at the crossroads of the major valleys of the north, the commercial center of the KKH, all goods will converge, carpets from Iran or Turmenistan, stones valuable to Afghanistan, Buddhist statues from Nepal or the Chinese junk.
women have disappeared from the streets, few who venture there are completely veiled. We are far from moderate Islam the Ismailis.
is a few miles south of Gilgit, knew the road to Nanga Parbat, there is a point where we can observe the three highest mountain ranges in the world, the Himalayas, Karakoram and Hindu Kush. Mount Nanga Parbat, one 
beyond 8000m summit overlooking the KKH is the last summit of the Himalayas. It is a veritable wall of ice that emerges vertically over 4000m above the base camp, it ignites the sun and illuminates at night. The Hindu Kush is
border with Afghanistan and the Karakoram with china, higher the Pamir Mountains are also cast. It does not get more legendary and great mountains ...
beyond 8000m summit overlooking the KKH is the last summit of the Himalayas. It is a veritable wall of ice that emerges vertically over 4000m above the base camp, it ignites the sun and illuminates at night. The Hindu Kush is border with Afghanistan and the Karakoram with china, higher the Pamir Mountains are also cast. It does not get more legendary and great mountains ...
I think I'll leave the mountains of Nepal in the monsoon season already for another trip ...
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