The covenant of eight thousand
THE 14
Fourteen mountains that rise above eight thousand metres — the highest points on the body of the Earth, the northern spine of a continent. Each one is a cathedral made of weather, gravity and greed.
Four of the fourteen stand in the Karakoram of Pakistan: K2, Gasherbrum I, Broad Peak and Gasherbrum II. Read the guide to Pakistan’s five eight-thousanders.