23 Aug-2 Sep 2012: Heavens of Leepa & Neelum Valley, AJK - As Never Seen Before :)

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Mini Ratti Gali Lake

You can see this trek running down to the lake and we thought that maybe it is the way to main lake as well.

1314 by Sabrite, on Flickr

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At this point, our guide did a stupid thing. He asked us to climb up straight so that we can cover more altitude in less distance and approach to lake will be easy.

But when we climbed up, he took us down to mini lake and we were again at same altitude where we started

This meant that we had to do a big climb again till main Ratti Gali Lake.

I realized this mistake when we were climbing up for the main lake again as a trek was running all the way to the main lake from the point we started coming down to mini lake.

And i was like @#!$@^^%@

Climbing up on very steep angled slope with style of locals ... zigzags of 4-5 steps right n left.

1309 by Sabrite, on Flickr

Is waqa'e kay baad Travelers k kuch comments bi add ho jatay to behtar na hota:)

My comments in red hehehehe

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A bit closer to mini lake and descending

1315 by Sabrite, on Flickr

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Some views of mini Ratti Gali Lake while descending and passing by the lake

1316 by Sabrite, on Flickr

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1317 by Sabrite, on Flickr

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1318 by Sabrite, on Flickr

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At this point, our guide did a stupid thing. He asked us to climb up straight so that we can cover more altitude in less distance and approach to lake will be easy.

But when we climbed up, he took us down to mini lake and we were again at same altitude where we started

This meant that we had to do a big climb again till main Ratti Gali Lake.

I realized this mistake when we were climbing up for the main lake again as a trek was running all the way to the main lake from the point we started coming down to mini lake.

And i was like @#!$@^^%@

Climbing up on very steep angled slope with style of locals ... zigzags of 4-5 steps right n left.

1309 by Sabrite, on Flickr

Is waqa'e kay baad Travelers k kuch comments bi add ho jatay to behtar na hota:)

My comments in red hehehehe

Can be assumed but not rightly De Coded:)
Sooooooooooo, we are about to see Ratti Gali Lake:):-#:-#:-#

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1319 by Sabrite, on Flickr

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thora ascend charhana paray ga, emmar to view ratti gali..................

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Can be assumed but not rightly De Coded:)
Sooooooooooo, we are about to see Ratti Gali Lake:):-#:-#:-#

haha ... then assume well

Yup quite close to lake already !!!

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thora ascend charhana paray ga, emmar to view ratti gali..................

It is not much actually ... only 6 shots away

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Back to the basics

At equal terms with mini lake

1320 by Sabrite, on Flickr

[Raheeln]

bhai jan six shots tu bohat ziada hain, i know at such times, even six steps are very heavy.........................
i remember when we track to FM, and first time when v have a look at Broad view huts, to reach till them was a very huge task, and those final steps feels a lot......

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It is not much actually ... only 6 shots away

After six shots, plz take a break of 5 minutes for some rest and then upload the 1st shot of ...

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bhai jan six shots tu bohat ziada hain, i know at such times, even six steps are very heavy.........................
i remember when we track to FM, and first time when v have a look at Broad view huts, to reach till them was a very huge task, and those final steps feels a lot......

So true !!!!

But this climb took around 40 min and the excitement was so much that it overwhelmed the physical tiredness.

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After six shots, plz take a break of 5 minutes for some rest and then upload the 1st shot of ...

Starting the 6 shots ... keep counting

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Here we go again

Need to climb to those top peaks

1321 by Sabrite, on Flickr

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During one of the rests, i went to the edge and took this shot of mini lake

1322 by Sabrite, on Flickr

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Back to the trek .... the other 2 were waiting for me

1323 by Sabrite, on Flickr

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Gained some more height.

The backdrop mountains of Ratti Gali can be seen now

1324 by Sabrite, on Flickr