- Samina Baig is the first Pakistani woman who scaled Mt. Everest on 19 May 2013.
- Mirza Ali is the 3 rd Pakistani who scaled Mt. Everest on 19 May 2013.
- The meaning of Karakoram (A Turkish Word) is “Crumbling Rock”.
- The Karakoram Mountains are extending from Tibet in the east to the Hindu Kush Mountain in the west.
- The Karakoram Mountains lie to the north of the Indus River and extend north ward beyond the borders of Pakistan.
- The water dividing the Hunza River and the Gilgit River is taken as the boundary between the Karakoram and the Hindu Kush mountains.
- The Karakoram mountains are about 240 km wide.
- There are more than 20 mountains higher than 7000 metres in Karakoram Range.
- K-2 was discovered and measured by the Himalayan Surveyor, Henry Godwin Austin in 1851, due to this reason K-2 is also known as ‘Godwin Austin’.
- Gasherbrum-I at 8080 m (26,510 ft) is ranked 11 th highest peak in the world.