Crossed shounter pass from Shounter valley Kashmir to reach Rattu village in Astore.
Day1: Reach Kel From Islamabad. Night stay in Hotel.
Day2: Hired a jeep for 3 hours jeep road to reach Shounter. Base camp for Hari Parbat (2nd highets peak of azad kashmir). had to camp here due to bad weather. Campsite 1.
Day3: Start of Trek. after first 2 hours, its all glacial trekking. according to locals, snow fall on the mountains during the winter was more than the previous seasons so the glaciers had increased in size. and normal summer time was 15 days late. We didn't know and we had come keeping normal summertime conditions in mind.
6 hours trek. campsite 2.
Day4:
Stuck in the wilderness due to bad weathering conditions.
Day5:
Stuck in the wilderness due to bad weathering conditions.
Day6:
Trekking day 2.
Crossed Shounter Pass / top and camped near Chandwali, Astore. Campsite 3.
Day7: Trekking day 3.
Reached Mir Malik, Astore. found a jeep and drive to Astore.
drive to Rama. campsite 4.
Day8: Drive back to Astore and then to Rawalpindi.
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