Makshpuri Camping.....A REAL WINTER SURVIVAL

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Thanks Brother for the comments and honestly I liked this tour and travelogue too much among all of my threads on PW.

....hahaha aor abbhi bhi ye BABAY(1963 walay) inhi chakron mein hein;)

Lolzzzzz....:DWaisay thread ka title kuch change change sa kyoon lag raha hai ????

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Have to visit Makashpuri again but this time from Nathiagali side and with the family. Didn't want to make a thread but some shots at the top compelled me to add some selective shots in any running thread or on my previous thread. Posted a couple of shots on a running thread but without permission to hijack a freinds thread seems not good , so digged my previous thread for the purposes. I'll post only seletive photos in it and try to give the perspective of winter/autumn of both the threads in it.
As we started beside the Shangrila pine hotel for the trek

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Team for the trek
Nihal: already did Makra top in September and we were in Islamabad to attend the trekkers meet up from where Nihal also rewarded by a sheild on his Makra Summit.

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Bashar Ahmad: Done more than half the trek

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My sweetheart Zainab. Did half the trek on my shoulders and 10% on herself.

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Now some selective pictures of the trek

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Dec 07, 2013: Nathia Gali To Makshpuri
Weather was hazy on the first half of the trek

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A light snow fall's sypmtomes were there but it lasted only a few minutes then

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Some patches of the snow beside the trek

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And after the half way the sun showing its face to us in the form of its rays

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Near the top of MAkshpuri

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Near the top

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Nihal near summit

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Oh yes...I forget to enter myself into the trek

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Last Turn before the first top

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and this dominating tree on/over the trek

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After the last turn we reached the familiar view of MAkshpuri

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The trek goes towards center is Dunga Gali trek. We came from right side trek

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In Jan when we reached this place from Dunga Gali...Almost same view

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A zoomed shot of next top....

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and almost same place picture of Janury

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A view towards the other tops

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and almost same view of the pure winter