Horse, ski mountaineering.

I think the peak is about 4000m said Anna. Six hours later at 4500m I was feeling pretty exhausted. My feet were on fire and my throat drier than the sahara. 1600m assent for our first acclimatization climb. Bold. We started the day bumping on trotting horses across the river. I quickly learned when to lean forward, tense muscles and hold on tight and managed a triumphat first ride ever. We then scrambed 2 hours up to the snow line with heavy skis and ski boots in backpacks. We were in skins for four more hours to get to the peak. The view of Pakastan was worth every sweaty painful step. Skis then turned downhill and we had the most gleeful descent in good spring snow. 6 hours out for a ten minute ski down. The Yin and yang of ski mountaineering. Today was beyound a dreaam putting this trip together has been complicated, subtle, expensive and sometimes seemed impossible. Today's hourse ski mountaineering trumps all these difficulties and we have a first assent/descent of the newly names Peak Suzannah.