Salam PW Fellows!
Makra?..Again but in Winter now:)
Trek Dates: Dec 27 to Dec 30, 2013.
The Package Include: It was a toughest Winter trek which took about 12 hour trekking from Paya- 2 to Makra(to and fro). When there was ?ALL MINUS ?right after Shogran, the whole night Snow Fall in Paya before the big day, Snow Blizzard on the way just like TORNADOES, Air speeds forced us to be ?down to the ground? to avoid from flying into the air, Dehydration due to Freezing water in the water Bottles on the trek, 3 to 5 feet snow on the places in between, Zero visibility on and off and all the way to return leg, abandoned some where due to visibility problem and how to come up/out from abandoned pitfall, presence or spotting of some wild life by some members and a long long never ending trek in winter ??so, all these challenges may help any one to deliver a statement of TOUGH WINTER TREK if we can?t say it a TOUGHEST ONE. Yes it was a real challenge and team enjoyed the out come of the challenge after a great teamwork and struggle?..Because all the team know that PROVERB ?LIFE STARTS AT THE END OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE?
Adeel Liaqat @adeel976 was our group leader on the trek who is also running a well known tour operating company in Naran. We were 11 members on the trek and we started our trek from Shogran.
The Team: Will be introduced on the trek:)
Go, Went , Gone of the trek:First Day: 28[SUP]th[/SUP] Dec 2013: Reached Shogran and start trek at about 12:00. Trekked 6km till Siri, 3km of Paya and camped at Paya-2 after a further one km. It took about 06 Hours to Trek this 10 km distance from Shogran to Paya -2.
Second Day: 29[SUP]th[/SUP] Dec 2013. We have the plan to leave early but it couldn?t happened to start before 7:45 of the morning. Team reached at top at 15:00 to 15:15 and reached back to Paya-2 at 19:30. So, it took almost 12 Hours to cover the to and fro distance of Makra which is about18/20km. Camps at Paya-2.
Third Day: 30[SUP]th[/SUP] Dec 2013. Start trekking to Siri and covered about 4km in 1.5 Hours. From Siri we took a jeep ride to reach shogran and have our Breakfast there. Reached FSD late at night.
So, hopefully will try to do the justice with this virtual tour and expect your as usual company on the virtual tour too.
Regards
emmaar

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