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Shimshal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Shimshal is a small village located in Gojal, in the Northern Areas of Pakistan. The village remained cut-off from the Tehsil Headquarter Gulmit for centuries and only in 2003 for the first time a jeep went there after the new road from the Karakoram Highway was constructed. The famous Shimshal River comes from this area and then transforms the shape of Hunza River, which mixes with the Indus River below the capital city Gilgit. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shimshal   (183 words)

Shimshal Nature Trust Shimshal is one of the mountainous villages of Pakistan, situated at the Sino-Pakistan border. Shimshal environmental education is aimed at strengthening the relationship between people and the physical and spiritual environment in the perspective of their culture and traditions. Shimshal is one of Pakistan's few mountain communities that retains a strong commitment to environmental beliefs, knowledge and practices that have been lost elsewhere. www.mockandoneil.com /shimsnt.htm   (1504 words)

Mountain Voices: oral testimonies from the Karakorum mountains, Pakistan Shimshal village lies at 3100m and most of the cultivatable area lies between 3000 and 3300 metres. Shimshal is one of the few communities in Pakistan's Northern Areas that grows enough agricultural produce to feed itself. The Shimshal Nature Trust is a community-based organisation which was originally established to formally respond to the plans to include most of Shimshal's territory in the Khunjerab National Park. www.mountainvoices.org /pakistan.asp   (1026 words)

Shimshal Nature Trust Shimshal is a farming and herding community of some 1100 inhabitants, situated at the north-eastern extreme of both the former principality of Hunza (now part of Gilgit Administrative District), and the modern state of Pakistan (see Figure 1). Granting legal recognition to the Shimshal Nature Trust would be a productive way for the Northern Areas administration to recognise both our committed stewardship of Shimshal territory and our devotion to the greater glory of Pakistan, to which we are united in loyalty. Shimshal's Nature Stewardship Programme reflects the conviction that our transhumant herding economy is complementary, not destructive, to the health of those wildlife populations environmentalists are most concerned to save. www.brocku.ca /geography/people/dbutz/shimshal.html   (5478 words)

Home Shimshal River flows in to the west of Shimshal village. Shimshal Village is situated on 75* 19' 073 East Longitude and 36* 26' 994 North latitude at an altitude of 10,142 ft (Source-GPS) above sea level. In the South of Shimshal is Passu, Hussaini and Gulmit (the headquarters of Gojal magistracy - tehsil).in the northof Shimshal isfamous Verzhrav and Yaz Ghail glacier. www.shimshal.20m.com   (125 words)

LAS Articles > Shimshal 2001 by Yasir Khokar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-04) Shimshal is a place that I am convinced I shall never ever be able to compare with another. We were very near Shimshal village, perhaps half an hour away and I was lagging behind; the last one actually. Shimshal is endless, entwined in its labyrinthine gorges we headed north, towards the Pakistan-China border. ravi.lums.edu.pk /las/articles/7.html   (5185 words)

[No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-04) The park lies in the upper Khunjerab and Shimshal valleys in the extreme north-east of the Northern Areas. The Shimshal population had declined to an alarming extent because of hunting (Rasool, 1981), but it has responded to subsequent protection measures and a total of 170 was tallied in 1986 (Rasul, 1986). In the Shimshal catchment, there are an estimated 8,000 goats, 2,000 sheep, 1,500 cattle and 500 yaks at a density of 10 animals per sq.km during the three-month summer (Wegge, 1988). sea.unep-wcmc.org /sites/pa/0218v.htm   (1926 words)

Mountain Voices: oral testimonies from the Karakorum mountains, Pakistan: local themes: identity This apparently conscious presentation of Shimshal by Shimshalis should be seen in the context of Shimshalis' experiences of misrepresentation by outsiders. An overriding aim of the Shimshal Nature Trust (SNT) is for Shimshalis themselves to communicate with the external world, and to present in their own words their ideas for development and sustainable management of their environment. Muzaffer, one of the coordinators of the project (Pakistan 29), explained that prior to the construction of the Karakoram Highway (KKH) Shimshal's identity was of a relatively prosperous place with access to the precious commodity of salt, and with plenty of pasture and livestock, and many good hunters. www.mountainvoices.org /pa_th_identity.asp   (1202 words)

TrekEarth | River curves in Shimshal valley Photo Shimshal is the home land of ismaelian people (the more famous of them is the Aga Khan). Shimshal village is located in the north of Pakistan close to the chinese border. The Shimshal river is wide and sometimes wild and the glacier valley is wider and wider. www.trekearth.com /gallery/Asia/photo216569.htm   (118 words)

Northern Areas Development Gateway - What's New   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-04) Shimshal -- the amazingly pristine high altitude mountain valley in the Karakoram -- has just been connected with the outside world through a jeep road completed in 2003/4. The colorful tradition, festivals, tradition and the collaborative efforts for survival are an integral part of life in Shimshal, but so are the miseries of the poor yeelban at the hands of the rich lopans. Many of them explain how their pasture rights and means of livelihood were threatened, when parts of Shimshal were incorporated in Khunjerab National Park without consulting the communities, and how they went on establishing Shimshal Nature Trust to protect their natural heritage by themselves. www.northernareas.org.pk /Article11.htm   (1046 words)

Panoramic Pakistan: Trekking: Shimshal & Pamir Pastures Shimshal Valley was used to imprison the people against the policies of the State of Hunza and for criminals etc. Due to its difficult approach, Shimshal has emerged as one of the rarely visited permanent villages and the place has produced the top quality climbers, with Rajab Shah, the only Pakistani to climb all five ‘eight thousanders’ in Pakistan. We cross the Shimshal Pass at 4735m, a rewarding and scenic pass and descend to Shuwart, the summer shepherd's settlement of Shimshalis. panoramic.com.pk /eng/10.htm   (796 words)

EPB abstract   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-04) In this paper recent changes in the regula tkm of portering opportunities in Shimshal are interpreted as a tentative outcome of ongoing iruggles among villagers over the ideological power of two integrated and competing conceptual isations, or discourses, of political legitimacy. Specifically, an 'authoritative' position in Shimshal perpetu ates a tradition of elite privilege developed by the kings of Hunza to justify their penetration of community-level political, social, and economic life. A 'discursive' position draws from an alter native tradition of equity and solidarity which originated in the consensual clan (and later, community) assemblies of commoners, and which was used historically to resist the infiltration of royal prerogative into everyday life. www.envplan.com /epd/abstracts/d13/d130381.html   (281 words)

Shimshal Shimshal village is located along the Shimshal River, approximately 50 km upstream from/east of its confluence with the Hunza River near Passu. Shimshal used to be a five-day walk from the Karakoram Highway near Passu, but now a narrow jeep road threads its way through the impressive Shimshal River gorge, enabling visitors to reach Shimshal in less than half a day's drive. Shimshali villagers wrote an article about their Shimshal Nature Trust in early 2000, and asked that it be made available through the Internet. www.mockandoneil.com /shimshal.htm   (259 words)

Trekking in Pakistan's Pamir Mountains The reason why Shimshal was located in such an out-of-the-way place is because this is where the Mir (ruler) of Hunza used to send his people who were found guilty of crimes and also those who he just did not like! The trek from Shimshal to Kuksel takes us into a very remote area and gives us a chance to see some of the endangered wildlife in the Khunjerab National Park. Shimshal is the heart of Gojal region of Hunza. www.concordiaexpeditions.com /shimshal_trip.htm   (1148 words)

KARAKORUM EXPLORERS ......The Adventure Experts - Karakorum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-04) The 60 km trek from PASSU to Shimshal village follows the polished sandstone of the Shimshal River gorge due east from the Hunza River. Shimshal is the oldest of the Wakhi-speaking villages in Gojal. Shimshal high pastures are right in the middle of the Khunjerab National Park (KNP). www.karakorumexplorers.com /karakorum.html   (1175 words)

EXPLORE PAKISTAN (Shimshal Pamir Trek Page) Shimshal is the most virgin part remains amongst the Whole Hunza region. The beautiful Shimshal village is located on three and half hours driving distance from the KKH (accessible for the first time in October 2003 by jeep).This valley holds attractions for various kinds of tourists. Trekking to Zardgarben.the yellow cliff are the source of it’s name which means the base of yellow rock.the entire enormous valley is an old lake bed formed by a huge rock slides. www.explorepak.com /shimshal_pameer_trek.html   (224 words)

Baltoro - Ghondhogoro - La - Trek   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-04) Shimshal is one of the oldest settlements of Wakhi people in the Hunza region. This trek attracts and provide great opportunities to the trekkers to explore many glaciers, several peaks, passes, meadows, streams, lush green land, wild flower pastures and you will see the wild-life in Shimshal national park. Drive to Shimshal Valley up to the road ahead 2-hrs (BOI) and trek to the Kuk (2600m) 5-hrs/camp. www15.brinkster.com /mairapakistan/trek16.asp   (180 words)

Shimshal: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-04) Shimshal is a small village located in Gojal Located in the upper hunza region, gojal is geographically the largest tehsil of the northern areas of pakistan and borders the xinjiangxinjiang-uighur region of china.... The famous Shimshal River comes from this area and then transforms the shape of Hunza Hunza is the northernmost part of a region known as the northern areas of pakistan.... Most of these grasslands are located within what has been declared as the Khunjerab National Park.The people of Shimshal are Wakhi[For more info, click on this link] and they speak the Wakhi Language[For more, click on this link]. www.absoluteastronomy.com /s/shimshal   (284 words)

TrekEarth | The Shimshal area Photo A view from the Shimshal region taken when climbing the Mingli Sar (little summit at 6000 m high). Shimshal is the land of Ismaelian people (the third islam family). The village of Shimshal is located at 3200 m high in the north of Pakistan, not far from the Kunjerab pass (the chinese border). www.trekearth.com /gallery/Asia/Pakistan/photo176574.htm   (161 words)

Man and Rock in the Shimshal Valley In that exhibition are some photographs that I took in the Shimshal valley. The Shimshal valley is a remote cleft in the Karakoram range, lying in Northern Pakistan, in the area disputed with India. I spent three days walking in the valley, and was struck by the desolation of a landscape made entirely of rock, yet bearing the signs of centuries of human occupation. www.andrewsenior.com /gallery/landscape/shimshal   (939 words)

SummitPost - Sonia Peak -- Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-04) Shimshal's long mountaineering history is partly due to shimshal's remote location. Long before the Shimshal's access road was bulit travel to the KKH from Shimshal was by way of the Qarun Pass, 4873m, which involved an ascent up 2100m of treacherous scree. Further, it is not uncomon for the 50km trip from Shuwerth to Shimshal via the two passes to be completed in a day by locals. www.summitpost.org /mountain/rock/155001/sonia-peak.html   (2103 words)

*** Shimshal Minglik Sar & Chapchigal Pass Trek - Adventure Tours Pakistan *** It is situated in the heart of Karakoram Range in Shimshal, the remotest valley in the whole range. We will start the trip from Islamabad and drive on the legendary Karakoram Highway to Passu towards upper Hunza, from where we take 4x4 jeeps to enter the valley. It takes a two-day trek to reach the main village Shimshal. www.atp.com.pk /treks/shimshal-mingilik-sar.htm   (195 words)

Snow Leopard Conservancy -- Myths and Legends (Pakistan) Currently, in the Wakhi community of Shimshal, villagers are engaged in a process of integrating their concept of mergich with a modern conservation ethic through the Shimshal Nature Trust. SLC has established partnerships with both communities, whose actions are important examples of cooperative efforts to integrate old and new knowledge into a framework that can be shared between people inside and outside the Wakhi community to develop a new significance for the mountain landscape. Here is a Wakhi story from Shimshal of how mergichan assumed the guise of a pes and became the protective spirit partner of a Wakhi man. www.snowleopardconservancy.org /pakmyths.htm   (1218 words)

Thamserku Trekking - Shimshal Minglik Sar & Chapchigal Pass :: Pakistan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-04) Thamserku Trekking - Shimshal Minglik Sar and Chapchigal Pass :: Pakistan This trek will be through one of the remotest part of Karakoram. Its mountains are some of the toughest, with some high virgin peaks with this background we take you to an ascent of a 6,050 meters high trekking Peak, which has been climbed many times by our guides from the valley. www.thamserkutrekking.com /pakistan/shimshal-mingilik-sar.htm   (202 words)

Trekking and Mountaineering in Pakistan, essays, photos and resources--Karakorams.com June 30 Shimshal Village Rest day at Shimshal village We climb a small hill for better shots of the village and a glimpse of Khurdopin naala Kill many flies while listening to Ghazal's and a concoction of mixed music on Yasir's quirky walkman and speaker July 03 Shimshal Pass Set out towards the Pamirs with the intention of camping at Shimshal pass (4,900m) base camp Hasan is on a roll, and pulls Yasir who is having a tough time onwards to Minglik Sar base camp. A full moon rises from behind the Pamirs; an unreal sight in its own We are unable to descend the same night due to extremely steep and broken descent route. www.karakorams.com /Essays/summary_2001.htm   (995 words)

AN ADVENTURE IN PAKISTAN Gullies divide the 3 and it is probably a distance of 7 km end to end. However, sadly, the aftermath of 9/11 has seen a 90% reduction in tourism and has had a severe impact, not only in Shimshal but in the whole of the Northern Areas.We were only the second group visiting the valley in 2003. We made good time however and by early afternoon were down at the mouth of the canyon, in the Shimshal Valley basking in the warm sunshine and waves of relief! www.luxtreks.com /AN-ADVENTURE-IN-PAKISTAN.htm   (3102 words)

Trek - Shimshal Valley | Trekking | camping | Pakistan You are here: Home » Asia » Pakistan »; Trek - Shimshal Valley Depart Malunguti for three to four hour trek to Shimshal. Depart Shimshal for four to five hour trek to Ziarat. www.infohub.com /TRAVEL/SIT/sit_pages/7305.html   (253 words)

HELI: Battura Glacier - Shimshal Valley Heli Trip Contact Us KARAKORAM AIR SAFARI Started from 14th August, 2005 GOOD NEWS 6500m PEAKS ARE FREE... Heli trip over Battura glacier and Shimshal Valley and land at Gulmit. In case of cancellation of heli flight due to bad weather then excursion to Khunjerab Pass and back to Gulmit. www.nazirsabir.com /heli   (191 words)

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