Base Camp
The KHC concept is a joint initiative of Mahmood Ahmad Shah and Garry Weare.
Mahmood Ahmad Shah
Mahmood Ahmad Shah is currently Director Handicrafts for J & K and former Director Tourism for Kashmir and Ladakh. Mahmood is the Chair of the venerable J & K Mountaineering & Adventure Club who has amassed an impressive trekking CV while exploring the remote valleys, lakes and passes of Kashmir. Mahmood is ideally placed to promote the KHC.
Garry Weare
Garry Weare is an Australian adventurer and author. He is a Founding Director of the Australian Himalayan Foundation and former director now Himalayan consultant to the adventure travel company World Expeditions. He wrote all editions of Lonely Planet’s Trekking in the Indian Himalaya as well as his acclaimed Long walk in the Himalaya that concludes in Kashmir. Garry offers a lifetime of experience to help promote the KHC.