Try Try Again leading to Success - How We Reached On The Top Of Musa Ka Musalla

[ism1]

Congrats for the successful summit and Hats Off to all of YOU all-time great trekkers (y) (y)

Beautiful teaser shots Rashid bhai (Y) (Y)

[chill2kill]

Awesome photography, beautiful captures scenes, wonderful tour bro,

[usmanshafqat]

Kion tang kartay ho yar Rashid bhai ko

Go to any flickr photo which you want to share.

Click the Share button and a drop down appears with many social media site icons and three text which say, 1) Link 2) HTML 3) BBCode

Click on BBCode, Select Medium 800 x 600 and then copy the code and paste it on PakWheels.. kaam hojay ga

thanks sufian... jald he try kr k feedback deta hun tumhain

[Huazifa]

Very nice and detailed description Rashid bhai. Congrats to my team

[usman126]

great starting Rashid bhai..... bus aap k thread ka intzaar tha ta k apni pix mil jaen

[nomi700]

Zabardast effort boys. I kept on calling you people the whole three days but unfortunately couldn't get connected. Alhamdolillah you people have scaled it finally. Awaiting a lot of pics, WITHOUT DELAY.

[Shahbazzain]

Nice opening Rashid Bhai- hun ag'gey turo

[engineermali]

Zabardast Rashid Bhai

[aukhan75]

Congratulations on your success and pics are really awesome...

[arfanmahmood1]

Nice tour description and great pics.

[aghaabbas]

Rashaid Bhai,

Another Excellent thread......Zabardast effort and congrats to all whole team member....... Excellent picture's.....

Nice talking with you on phone, You are very nice Person..... Selute for you....

[imarshad]

Finally the thread has started...... Good.... BTW I have not done any post processing to my pictures yet.....

[emmaar]

zabardast and mubarak ho sir ge....... great effort....................

Thanks Sir...aor shukar he Allah Pak ne izzat Rakh li

Very nice description Rashid Bhai and the opening shots are awesome...Really enjoyed the trek and now going to enjoy the thread

Thanks Boss

rashid bhai nice shots as well.................

i also got some good shots from this side of trek when i went on 1 may also in 2009 i guess

Thanks...and it means 1st May not always a bad luck for treks

finally
behtareen shots rashid bhai
looking forward to alot of mesmerizing pictures
aur @waseem14pk amer bhai two weekends two trips, good going

Thanks Usman Dear

question question. rashid bhai ye flickr ki picture PW pay post kaisay kartay hain? meine ek dafa link paste kia tha tou picture ka icon bana hua aa gaya tha

Thanks @xoofi for the detailed reply on my behalh

Zabardast effort and congrats to the whole team

Thanks Boss for your many TWO CENTS in planning phase

Amazing effort. Kudos to all the gang. Excellent shots and waiting for much more.

And it was nice to read detailed narration Hope to hear more in coming posts.

Thanks Sufian for your good words

Very nice and I guess one the best tours of 2014 so far by all means. Waiting for pictures and description.....

Thanks Dear for showing your likeness

Congrats for the successful summit and Hats Off to all of YOU all-time great trekkers (y) (y)

Beautiful teaser shots Rashid bhai (Y) (Y)

Shukria, Meharbani, nawazish

Awesome photography, beautiful captures scenes, wonderful tour bro,

Thanks dear

Very nice and detailed description Rashid bhai. Congrats to my team

Thanks to team members for making such a team

great starting Rashid bhai..... bus aap k thread ka intzaar tha ta k apni pix mil jaen

So, you have to wait more till the completion of thread

Zabardast effort boys. I kept on calling you people the whole three days but unfortunately couldn't get connected. Alhamdolillah you people have scaled it finally. Awaiting a lot of pics, WITHOUT DELAY.

"Boys" :D...thanks for encouraging words. Signal were on and off (telenor/ ufone) there.

Nice opening Rashid Bhai- hun ag'gey turo

Achha achha thora sabr yaar

Zabardast Rashid Bhai

Thanks Ali Bhai

Congratulations on your success and pics are really awesome...

THanks dear for visiting the thread

Nice tour description and great pics.

Thanks Arfan Bhai

Rashaid Bhai,

Another Excellent thread......Zabardast effort and congrats to all whole team member....... Excellent picture's.....

Nice talking with you on phone, You are very nice Person..... Selute for you....

Thanks Abba bhai for your kind words

Finally the thread has started...... Good.... BTW I have not done any post processing to my pictures yet.....

Same here yaar and I have started the thread . Now try to run it with some slow/moderate speed:-#

[emmaar]

Some information about the Musa Ka Musalla from Wikipedia. and same information is known everyone who belongs to trekking in Pakistan.
Musa Ka Musala stands at an altitude of 4080 meters at the junction of Siran and Kaghan Valleys in Himalaya. The name translates to ?Moses? Mat? which has different stories associated with it. While some believe it to be named after a local shepherd with the name of Musa who used to pray at the peak, some even attribute it to the prophet Moses. At the top, there is a Shrine made up of different stones and marked with colorful flags. Its? status has always been debatable whether, it is a peak or plateau.[SUP][/SUP]

It is situated 150 kilometres (93 mi) north of the city of Abbottabad in Himalayas, Pakistan. A road from Shinkiari, a tehsil of District Mansehra, leads up to Mandakucha the most frequently used trek is Mandakucha, Jacha, Bikhi, Jabbar, Khorri (Gali) and Choti ZiaraGali.[SUP][/SUP][SUP][/SUP]

The mountain is 4,076 metres (13,400 ft) above sea level and can be seen from places 200 kilometres (120 mi) away. The mount has the appearance of a prayer mat is and is thus named Musa Ka Musala, meaning Moses' prayer mat. The mountain is icescaped all year long. The mountain top is considered a ziarat {Islamic shrine} by the localites, as a shepherd, in old times, used to offer his daily prayers at the peak. The mountain is surrounded by Khunda (Gali) Peak, which very much resembles K2.

Here is the approximate google earth map of MKM Routes made by @faraz74 in our last attempt
Red : Shinkiari-Munda Gacha-Gali Route (our recent trek route)
Blue : Shinkiari-Kund Bangla-Shaddal Gali Route
Yellow: Balakot-Nadi Bangla-Maidan-Shaddal Gali Route
Pink : Balakot-Nadi Bangla-Kachal Katha Route ( The one which we opted in last november)
Green : Our descend route to Nadi Bangla via Bagheer meadows.(The one which we opted in last november)

[emmaar]

Team Member's Intro
Mr Faraz @faraz74 . He was the tour manager of our team and as per team he tremendously did his job (Y). He was also the member and tour manger of our last attempt to MKM from Nadi Bangla side. Fraz already completed the treks of Ganga Peeak(winter), Meeran jani(winter), Mushkpuri(many times in summer winter), Nanga Parbat BC, Makra and many others. He is also the leader of SSG Group on this trek
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/83515974@N07/14101838536" title="faraz by hmrashid, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7402/14101838536_d07b11af90_c.jpg" width="800" height="640" alt="faraz"></a>

[emmaar]

Mr Amer Waseem Raja @waseem14pk
He was also the part of our last attempt to MKM from Nadi Bangla side. Smarter from the team. Always ready to go on a trek. I have the honor to have a Kandol lake trek with him too. He also made a solo summit to Ganga Peak too. He smiles when trek is easy and more smiles when it going to be a hard one
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/83515974@N07/14125026075" title="Amer by hmrashid, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7403/14125026075_8ab723d9cb_c.jpg" width="800" height="640" alt="Amer"></a>

[emmaar]

Mr Imran Arshad @imarshad
He was too the part of the team on last attempt to MKM. After every trek he took a complete rest and then on very next trek he determined to have a regular walk:-#. Have a remarkable stamina on the trek. Imran have done many treks before like Ratti Gali, Ganga peak, Meeran Jani, Mushkpuri(pure wilderness in last winter), Jahaz Dand lake, Makra etc etc
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/83515974@N07/13938359078" title="imran by hmrashid, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7306/13938359078_b2f92e1887_c.jpg" width="800" height="640" alt="imran"></a>

[emmaar]

Mr Tauqeer @huazifa
He was the main planner of our previous attempt to MKm but on eleventh hour he have to quit the trek due to some emergency work. He is one of the leading member of our team, although in this trek he tried to remain in the middle. Always happy with challenges(Y). Most challenging trek he did were Raikot Bridge to Fairy Meadow and BC. IN naran side From Lamba Naka(a new destination) to Mahnoor Valley, Makra from Paya side as well as from Kashmir side, Mushkpuri etc
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/83515974@N07/14101801796" title="tauqeer by hmrashid, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2909/14101801796_09cd09ddf9_c.jpg" width="800" height="640" alt="tauqeer"></a>

[emmaar]

Mr Shahbaz Zain @shahbazzain
I think every one on PW can know about him and his pace on the trek. We called him a runner instead of a trekker. All the team is worried to take up with his pace :(. We have done many treks in a team like Kandol lake, Jahaz Dand Lake, Makra, Meeranjani trek. In addition to this he have done many short time treks too
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/83515974@N07/14101807686" title="shahbaz by hmrashid, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7342/14101807686_38b25b1b84_c.jpg" width="800" height="640" alt="shahbaz"></a>

[emmaar]

Mr Usman @usman126
A young and enegetic one trekker. a regular companion of Tauqeer @huazifa. He was also the team member of our Harsh weather winter trek of Makra which we did at the end of 2013. He also did both the challenging treks like trek from Raikot Bridge to FM, Trek from Lamba Naka to Mahnoor Valley and trek to Mushkpuri in last Fb in extreme snow falling
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/83515974@N07/13938297157" title="usman by hmrashid, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2909/13938297157_22ca690d07_c.jpg" width="800" height="640" alt="usman"></a>