The Seven Sisters
Rupal Village gives a complete panorama of complete Nanga parbat ridge along with its sister peaks...
the deep left lip is a Rupal Peak, then the Nanga parbat peak then chongphaar peak with its chongphaar glacier in its belly visible in below picture.... the chongra peak and so on... i do not remeber other names...
the locals of rupal and trishing are very loving and welcoming, we met a personw ith home Mustansar hussain tarar spent some good time in this village as well... he was very helpful and guiding ...
from trishin village ahead most foriegn and local visitors were moving to Rupal village on foot and there stuff on donkeys and ponnies...
we did not met any bikers group we were the only that day visiting trishin..
any ways we were reported by locals that in order to reach rupal and move ahead to base camp you all will have to go on foot or on ponnies... and if we want to take bikes then only light weight small machines and dirt bikes can give it a try... with all the luggauge removed...
thr reason locals were explaining was that there is a chongphaar glacier on the way to rupal villlage, secondly the vegitable orchards and rocky streams on the way are just two dangerous for bikes...I asked for volunteeers to see how many people actually want to attempt... all declined... hahahhahah even the seasoned riders on Ba'ja XR250 type actual monster Trail bikes @RocketScience chickened out...
only @angel82, @kashifkhan and I were left... wefired up th bikes and headed towards the glacier...
If I tell you the how "hard" it was to cross that glacier... tu iska sab say asaan tareeka ye ho ga k hum sab nay bachpan men mario kheli hay game... stage end honay per aik mon ay aag nikalnay wala khawa ata hay jahan per mario koi do teen dafa lazmi shaheeed hota hay... ap us kachway or is glacier ko apas men aik jesi hardness samjhe saktay hain...
We were about half the way in side the glacier wahan gujranwala say aik 4X4 Land Cruiser per aye dost phansay howay thay or unki SUV ahista shista glacier men dhanstee ja rahi thee.... locals nay unko advise kiya k foran say neechay farms say tractor laya jaye nahi tu ye jeep ander glacier k chali jaye gee or phir ye glacier ka hisa ban jaye gee or kabi bahir nahi asaky gee...
glacier men jaga jaga baraf k koaan (wells) thay ji constantly stones slide ker k un men gir rahay thay... pora gacier is point per baray baray pathron say dhaka howa hay or neechay moving baraf hay... locals tell that at times this glacier rapidly moves and chages its comeplete structure... so next time when you guys come you will chose a different path to cross it...
is baat ki surety tab hui jab hum aik baray well k pass kharay howay that well was constantly eating the stone and nearby ice ... jisay ye make sure howa k it is really moving....
we continued and we met the tractor guy on they way jo glacier ki traf ja rha tha jeep ko recover kerny before it gets too late...
Kashif gave up very early and there was a strrong reasong for that he was on an ADV bike whch gave up... we were on dirt machines... and THEY WERE ACTUALLY HOME....
soon after rupal kashif rode pillion with uzair on his DR and we continued to base cam...
All Sister Peaks panorama:
Another shot
Met a german travller there he came down from base camp after 7 hours of hike and climb and was crying that his legs are donkey legs now...
he was very interested in our bikes and told us he owns a RoyalEnfield back in germany and loves to ride ... we showed him our rides..
another beautiful shot...