British alpinist Fay Manners has just completed an expedition to the Karakorum mountains of Gilgit Baltistan in the north of Pakistan, where she made six first ascents alongside Basque brothers Iker and Eneko Pou, including a major new mixed route on Trango II (6,327m) called Waa Shakil (6b/70º/M.5/2,200m). Four of the five rock routes were on new unclimbed spires between 4,500m and 5,100m.