Meetings with Travellers: Pakistan, or How I Fled from the Police After Reaching Nanga Parbat Base Camp I – Lidia Radziszewska

Lidia Radziszewska shares stories from her travels across Pakistan – a country of five eight-thousanders, the Karakoram Highway, and a complex history with undiscovered corners. In her lecture, she describes both her entry to the base camp of Nanga Parbat and the military escort that entered her home with her. Authentic absurdities abound: a tent pitched on a rooftop under a jug, or a police officer asking which country the Euro currency comes from.

Lidia Radziszewska has visited more countries than she has years of age. Between her studies, she sails, rides horses western-style, and hitchhikes – covering thousands of kilometres across three continents. She wrote her degree in cognitive science in Tanzania while researching local tribes. On her travels, she values human connection most, so although she always carries a tent, she often spends nights under the roofs of people she meets along the way.