"Baber K. Khan" (beekay)
06/02/2014 at 12:35 • Filed to: None
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"Baber K. Khan" (beekay)
06/02/2014 at 12:35 • Filed to: None | 7
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It was so hot, that even an atheist would take a break and thank God for sending the man who created A/C and bless him. It was consistently 42-44C temperature. It is also the reason why there are so little pictures of the actual off-roading when the terrain was completely broken but thankfully, the 3400cc Diesel Turbo 70 Series Land Cruiser had an aftermarket, gigantic radiator so even in steep climbs with loose rocks of different kind, the air-con remained on and the car's temperature barely got to the first quarter of the analog temp meter.
The Pajero though could get hot thus we planned the trip for the next day to get to the mountain top just before sunrise, the weather was pleasant then. We had to endure the heat when we began our journey down.
Our rest house, which is a repeater station for the local natural gas company powered by Solar Panels because there's no electricity here. No phone signals or anything.
This is us knocking at its gate:
If you can spot, that's mountain with our resting home on one top of three connected mountains:
We had forgot the trail to the main climbing-trail to the mountain. A local of a far away village saw us trying to find the trail in the wild and came to show us the way to the trail.
This is the sunset view from the tallest point of the mountain:
These are random images from our journey towards the rest house:
This was the night at the rest house. I couldn't manage to take a shot over-looking hundreds of villages far away. One or two lights were popping up every now and then, and the view they created was so beautiful, I couldn't take a time-lapse of them because my Nikon doesn't have an option to shoot time-lapse.
But, the night sky was just beautiful. First their was a crescent moon which went down the horizon in a few hours and then came the beautiful night sky with a blanket of stars and our Milky Way.
Even though we had to wake up early (leave before sun-rise) to avoid climbing to the top under the sun, still the sky kept us awake, as we were trying to capture the beauty of the milky way which was visible through the naked eye.
A broken Nikon D3100, a night with the most beautiful Milky Way and a sky full of dust.
I hadn't charged the camera and we drained the battery so couldn't take any pictures further. All, including the main image of this article is taken by my HTC One X. Good camera that phone has.
The following pictures were of our climb to the main mountain top of the actual park, within its boundaries. The terrain had drastically changed since last time we were here. From loose rocks and stones to sand and dust. But due to how much dry and hot the ground was, the 4x4s were able to find grip.
We stop near a gallery by the local wild-life protection guards, who are there to stop illegal hunting of Ibex and other rare wildlife. These guys do everything on their own, wearing nothing but sandals and old rifles, trying to stop the corrupt and influential feudal lords of the rural areas. Rare breed of Cheetahs' has already gone instinct just so the feudal lords can take some trophies home.
Parked outside the gallery:
The gallery:
View from the gallery:
Those peaks are where we are headed:
Route to the top:
Reached the top. Thankfully, it was cloudy, though they were quite thin but helped us to stay up-top for a while.
And view from the top:
And that's all folks!
HammerheadFistpunch
> Baber K. Khan
06/02/2014 at 12:44 |
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Looks like great fun. I do want to get out there sometime. I just finished a little desert tour of my own, smaller in scale but man does it feel good. Good to hear about the radiator on that 13BT, I hear they can run hot. There is supposedly the same issue with my 1fzfe in my fzj80 but so far with my new radiator so good, no AC cut out yet.
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Baber K. Khan
> HammerheadFistpunch
06/02/2014 at 12:56 |
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It had another problem. The clutch had to be pressed twice to change. Maybe because the guy was using hydraulic oil instead of brake oil for the clutch. Also, some oil leakage. It wasn't perfect. Not even close to it but these things just don't die, that's the best part.
You'll need that larger radiator when you face such heavy heat.
We're going to the Northern Areas in a week, right up to Fairy Meadows and Sust Border. Hopefully in a 4x4.
Can you provide the link to your video? I'll have to dwonload it coz youtube is blocked here.
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HammerheadFistpunch
> Baber K. Khan
06/02/2014 at 13:11 |
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http://360.sorensonmedia.com/redirector/fet…
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Baber K. Khan
> HammerheadFistpunch
06/03/2014 at 10:38 |
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Well documented trip. I enjoyed the video. But its so good to see how such places are well taken care off unlike here.
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HammerheadFistpunch
> Baber K. Khan
06/03/2014 at 11:17 |
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this trail is in a national park so it's very well taken care of, other more remote areas are a little less well maintained
SukhoiRomantic
> Baber K. Khan
08/08/2014 at 04:14 |
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Baber this is Pakistan yeah? I never really thought of it as being such a vast country. Also, is that Landie a short bodied troopy? Never seen one like that before.
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Baber K. Khan
> SukhoiRomantic
08/08/2014 at 17:20 |
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Pakistan has all four seasons. It has deserts, mountains, beaches, historical places (A LOT of them), lakes, food, it is the full package but unfortunately, corruption shrouds that and as a Pakistani, it makes me feel selfish for keeping it away from reach of the rest of the world. But one day, it'll be fixed and you all will be able to see and enjoy the vastness, and the diversity in the comfort of security that your home has to offer.
And that is an early Land Cruiser BJ70.