Concordia: The world's greatest museum of shape and form
"The world's greatest museum of shape and form" is how Italian mountaineer/author Fosco Maraini described Concordia in his book, Karakoram. Galen Rowell called it the "Throne of the Mountain Gods". Come 2007, somehow or the other, 5 of us from Karachi ended up hiking to Concordia, and on to K2 base camp.
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July 2, 2008 | Blog | Comments (0)
Vehicle Preparations before and after a trip
Road trips don't require much preparation, but 4×4 trips off the beaten track are a different thing altogether. There is no help available off the highway, so the vehicle has to be in good shape and the driver must be well prepared to deal with any eventuality. Of course, the idea is to avoid breakdowns in the first place, so a number of things have to be looked at when setting out on a 4×4 trip out into the wild.
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April 2, 2008 | Tech | Comments (0)
30 years after the Indus River Expedition
Sir, in December 2008 it will be the 30th anniversary of the historic "Indus River Expedition". This Expedition of three people started from Amb- Darband, upstream of Tarbela Dam, and covered 1,600 miles in 30 days right up to the "city of lights" - Karachi.
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March 30, 2008 | Blog | Comments (0)
Medical Camp at the Hingol National Park, March 14-17, 2008
Our group has been approached by the Management of Hingol National Park to help them in organizing a free medical camp at Jhal Jhau for the villagers living along the Hingol River in the Northern Part of the Park. We are going for 4 days to Hingol, Baluchistan, March 14-17, 2008 and setting up a medical camp. Read on for the details.
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March 7, 2008 | Blog | Comments (0)
Goran Gatti Jan 2008
Click here to see the complete picture gallery of the Goran Gatti trip. This trip involved hardcore 4wheeling, as we made our way to the highest mountain, Goran Gatti, which is deep inside Hingol - no vehicle has made it there before. We didn't make it there either, but it was a lot of fun trying!
February 16, 2008 | Travels | Comments (0)
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JAYDEVSINH VAGHELA says in Mata Hinglaj Reception:
i want to saw this holy place please send some photographs of this holy place to my email id. i from kutch gujarat and hinglaj mataji is divine goddess of many rajput community in rajashthan and gujarat i really interesting to know about the place
jaydevsinh vaghela says in Kabir Omar:
i want photographs of hinglaj mataji temple baluchistan. please send photos on email
Nadeem says in Mahodand Lake:
I wonder why is it called a LAKE, where as it is a RIVER
I went there twice in 2005. I was depressed to see Swat, which unlike it's reputation is not beautiful or green (even Islamababd's Margallah mountains are more green), the area ahead of Swat is somewhat better but nothing worth mentioning, five hours of drive ahead of Swat takes u to Kalam. Kalam and areas are are beautiful, serene and green. I was impressed by the two hour drive and the land/area falling on the way and Maudand River's beauty. It is not a lake, but a river jutting out of the glacier ahead of Maudand and then going all acorss Swat to reach Nowshera etc
Nadeem says in Mahodand Lake:
I wonder why is it called a LAKE, where as it is a RIVER
I went there twice in 2005. I was depressed to see Swat, which unlike it's reputation is not beautiful or green (even Islamababd's Margallah mountains are more green), the area ahead of Swat is somewhat better but nothing worth mentioning, five hours of drive ahead of Swat takes u to Kalam. Kalam and areas are are beautiful, serene and green. I was impressed by the two hour drive and the land/area falling on the way and Maudand River's beauty. It is not a lake, but a river jutting out of the glacier ahead of Maudand and then going all acorss Swat to reach Nowshera etc
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