India: 100 Peaks Opened in Kashmir Despite Unrest

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | July 14th, 2010 | Trackback

The government opened nearly 100 previously off-limits peaks in Kashmir to trekkers and mountaineers in an effort to spur tourism to the troubled region. The move comes in the face of recent violent protests against Indian rule and curfews imposed in Srinagar by the Indian army. Tensions remained high. The greater context, however, is that since the beginning of a peace process between India and Pakistan in 2004, insurgent violence has significantly declined. The newly opened peaks range in altitude from 9,840 feet to 26,246 feet and most are located in Ladakh, a Himalayan region within Kashmir.

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