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Laila Peak rises to 6,096 meters (20,000 feet) in the Hushe Valley, Karakoram Range, Pakistan. It looks like a needle pointing straight into the sky. Its northwest face drops at 45 degrees for over 1,500 vertical meters one continuous, sustained, mixed rock-and-ice wall. Skiers have tried