The Bublimotin, Bubli Motin, Bublimating or Ladyfinger Peak (), is a distinctive rock spire in the
Batura Muztagh
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The Batura Muztagh () mountains are a sub-range of the Karakoram mountain range. They are located in Passu ( Gojal Valley) in the Hunza District of Gilgit-Baltistan province in northern Pakistan.
They are the westernmost sub-range of th ...
, the westernmost subrange of the
Karakoram
The Karakoram () is a mountain range in the Kashmir region spanning the border of Pakistan, China, and India, with the northwestern extremity of the range extending to Afghanistan and Tajikistan. Most of the Karakoram mountain range is withi ...
range
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in
Pakistan
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. It lies on the southwest ridge of the
Ultar Sar
Ultar (also Ultar Sar , Ultar II, Bojohagur Duanasir II) is the
southeasternmost major peak of the Batura Muztagh, a subrange of the Karakoram range. It lies about northeast of the Karimabad, a town on the Karakoram Highway in the Hunza Valle ...
massif, the most southeasterly of the major groups of the Batura Muztagh. The whole massif rises precipitously above the
Hunza Valley
The Hunza Valley (; ) is a mountainous valley located in the northern region of the Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.
Geography
The valley stretches along the Hunza River and shares borders with Ishkoman Valley, Ishkoman to the northwest, Shigar Val ...
to the southeast.
Bublimotin is a sharp, relatively snowless, rock spire among the nearby peaks, although it has little
prominence
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above the saddle with nearby
Hunza Peak
Hunza Peak () lies in the westernmost subrange of the Karakoram range in Pakistan, along with the Ladyfinger Peak (Bublimating). It lies on the southwest ridge of the Ultar Sar massif, the most southeasterly of the major groups of the Batura M ...
. It provides a
rock climb
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(with a very serious alpine approach) and has been the scene of some notable
paragliding
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.
An interesting folk tale about the peak (''Bubli mo Ting'' literally means 'Bubli's peak) is that Kisar, a (magical) prince from Baltistan, came to Hunza on one of his adventures and married a princess, a ''gas,'' called Bubli. When he received news that his first wife in Baltistan, Langabrumo, had been kidnapped (by a ''phut'' or a ''deu,'' one story says, but according to Lorimer's book it is a king from another country), he immediately made preparations to set off and rescue her. He took Bubli up to this mountain, (later named after her), and handed her a sack of grain as well as a hen or chicken (a ''qarqamuts''). She must have asked whether – and when – he would be back and he told her: "Every year give this chicken a single grain to eat. When the sack is empty, I will return. Until that time, stay here." He left, and, they say, Bubli is waiting there still.
See also
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List of mountains in Pakistan
Pakistan is home to 108 peaks above 7,000 metres and 4555 above 6,000 m. There is no count of the peaks above 5,000 and 4,000 m. Five of the 14 highest independent peaks in the world (the eight-thousanders) are in Pakistan (four of which lie in ...
*
Highest Mountains of the World
Note and references
# This elevation is approximate.
''Climbs and Expeditions:Pakistan, The American Alpine Journal (1997),'' pp. 306 – 331
Sources
* Jerzy Wala, ''Orographical Sketch Map of the Batura Muztagh'', 1988.
Himalayan IndexLadyfinger Peak – Weather Forecast
Six-thousanders of the Karakoram
Mountains of Gilgit-Baltistan
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