![A view of the Southeast Face of Link Sar from base camp with the line of the first ascent. [Photo] Mark Richey](https://i0.wp.com/alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/a69-link-sar-3-1.jpg?resize=930%2C620&ssl=1)
Labyrinths of Granite and Ice
In this story from Alpinist 69–which is currently available in our online store–Graham Zimmerman writes of his adventure on Link Sar with Steve Swenson, Mark Richey and Chris Wright. They traveled to the Kaberi Glacier in the Karakoram Range of Pakistan In the summer of 2019 to climb the 7041-meter peak that they had dreamed about. For Zimmerman, the expedition was a chance to learn from some of the most experienced Karakoram mountaineers and challenge some of his own youthful assumptions about alpinism, risk and life.
![Jenny Abegg and Alix Morris look on as Forest Woodward gets enthusiastic about his morning coffee in basecamp. [Photo] Graham Zimmerman](https://i0.wp.com/alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/first-first-ascents-leaning-towers-1-scaled.jpg?resize=930%2C620&ssl=1)
