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Askoli village is the last human settlement on the side of the highest peak of Pakistan. After this village located at an altitude of 3000 meters, the high peaks of the Karakoram begin, on which life is impossible and the k2 the second highest mountain is in this villege
. In ancient times, the region had deep connections with Tibet and Ladakh, the effects of which can still be seen in the lives of the people living here. Caption The village looks beautiful in summer, but snow reigns here for four months of winter. The only road connecting the village to the rest of the world is closed and around a hundred families of this village are cut off from the world
.For housing, people here build two-story wooden houses with very low roofs to keep the houses warm in winter. As soon as it starts snowing in winter, these people move to the basements built in the courtyards of the houses and spend the next four months in these basements.
These four months of living in the cellars are the most difficult phase of life for these people. During this time, they subsist on dry grain and yak milk, who spend four months with them in this small basement
. Caption To pass the time in the basement, the women spin yarn and wool, while the men, according to them, Spend time sleeping. Some young people even go on Markhor hunting and spend weeks in the mountains in search of this endangered animal. Caption During the summer days, preparations are made for winter. Clothes are washed, grain is collected and firewood is collected for cooking and keeping the house warm. A small stream runs through the center of villege, the water of which is pumped out with the help of taps for people from all over the village to wash dishes and clothes.There is a dispensary in the village with a doctor available only in summer
. During the few days the doctor spends here, queues of patients can be seen outside the clinic. For the rest of the year, all the patients in the village are at the mercy of a compounder.A summer day prepares for winter. There is clothing, grain, and both are gathered together to cook and keep the house warm—a large number of dolls relate to the difference. Also the beautiful building of the ancient building of Imambargah.Food and other essentials for the locals are brought by jeep from Skrudu town twice a week which is away from 6hour from this villege. People look very happy at the arrival of these jeeps - Caption The people of Askoli are transporters by profession
. Climbing Tou and other peaks by carrying the equipment of mountaineers from far away is the livelihood of seventy percent of the people of this village. Poverty, poverty and harsh climatic conditions make the inhabitants of this place old before their time.The people of this village depend on mountaineers and adventurers for their livelihood. Every year hundreds of adventurers come here armed with valuable equipment. It is customary here that whether these adventurers and mountaineers return successfully or fail, they leave their belongings there.
Local people use this expensive equipment themselves or sell it in the markets of Skardu. Askoli people are more familiar with English language than Urdu.
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This is because the climbers going to Concordea and Baltoro speak English, so the local people as guides and porters learn their language.
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