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The photographs in this book take our spirit and our eyes to heights of captivation taller than all the peaks. This is a spellbinding tribute to Nature, to the magic of Gilgit-Baltistan and Pakistan. A summit of achievement by Irfan Mirza. Senator (r) Javed Jabbar It is mind boggling how Irfan trekked to the most difficult places to capture the beauty and majesty of Gilgit-Baltistan about which Frances Younghusband, the first foreign explorer to the area, wrote in his book, Heart of the Continent in 1896: “I lay down on the ground and gazed and gazed upon the scene, muttering to myself deep thankfulness that to me it had been [given] to see such glory … And I seemed to grow greater myself from the mere fact of having seen it. Having once seen that how could I ever be little again.” Shoaib Sultan Khan Winner of the Ramon Magsaysay Award, Sitara-e-Imtiaz, Hilal-e-Imtiaz & Nishan-e-Imtiaz