In September 2011, a six-man Norwegian team established two new routes on Nafees Cap, a 900-meter spire on the south side of K7 in Pakistan's Hushe Region. Sigurd Felde, Ole Ivar Lied, Henki Flatlandsmo and Odd-Roar Wiik spent twenty days putting up a twenty-two pitch route (A2/A3) while Jarle Kalland and Sindre Saether created a twenty pitch route (5.11d, A2) in six days alongside their teammates.
Nafees Cap was first climbed by a Belgian-Polish team of Nicolas and Olivier Favresse, Adam Pustelnik and Sean Villanueva in 2007. Their route, Ledgeway to Heaven (5.12+, 1300m), is twenty-eight pitches long and follows the spire's right side. The group christened the feature in honor of their Pakistani guide, Nafees.
The other route on Nafees Cap is Naughty Daddies (7b, 630m) created in August 2009 by Bruce Dowick Adrian Laing, Scott Staden and John Sedon.
This summer's two new routes are to the left of Naughty Daddies and Ledgeway to Heaven. The route put up by Felde, Flandsmo, Lied and Wiik took twenty days base camp to base camp. The group spent four days hauling gear to establish their first camp. The route included all types of climbing, from "long stretches of peckers to leapfrogging with big bros," reported Flatlandsmo. Weather was unstable for their entire climb and they topped out at midnight, in a snowstorm.
Saether and Kalland's route is sandwiched between Naughty Daddies and Felde, Wiik, Lied and Flatlandsmo's new route. The climb follows many offwidths and chimneys, which made hauling gear very difficult.
The group's leader, Felde, had been to Pakistan twice before, but this was the first visit for the other five members. They were inspired by photos and articles that highlighted the area, and decided that Nafees Cap would be "an interesting project."
Sources: Henki Flatlandsmo, The AAJ.