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Porters wearing typical Balti attire drink from a pool on the glacier. While wages are fixed, competition to keep prices down for clients means companies frequently cut corners by not supplying adequate equipment to the men, who work in little more than cotton shalwar kameez and plastic shoes which afford them little protection from the elements.

PAKISTAN | Monday, 14 January 2013 | Views [577] | View Smaller Image

Porters wearing typical Balti attire drink from a pool on the glacier. While wages are fixed, competition to keep prices down for clients means companies frequently cut corners by not supplying adequate equipment to the men, who work in little more than cotton shalwar kameez and plastic shoes which afford them little protection from the elements.

 

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