Thieves, Liars and Mountaineers: On the 8,000m peak circus in Pakistan

By Mark Horrell

This is the tale of Mark Horrell’s not-so-nearly ascent of Gasherbrum in Pakistan; of how one man’s boredom and frustration is conquered by a gutsy combination of exhaustion, cowardice, and sheer mountaineering incompetence. But that’s enough about his attempt; there were talented climbers on the mountain as well, and this story is also about them.