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Photo Gallery:  Fairy Meadows-Base Camp Nanga Parbat,Beal Camp - Tatto
The Team:    
Sniper - Diesel - Cougar - Gladiator- Fire Man - Cobra - TwoTang



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View of Nanga Parbat From 
Beal Valley


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View of Nanga Parbat From 
Fairy Meadows


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Camp site between Beal valley and base camp

 


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END of the road - start hiking- Tatoo_ hiking starts from here 

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Equally distributing the weight ..Remember start slowly , the track is steep, save energy.

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Gladiator and Cougar crossing the Tatto bridge 

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 Track to Fairy Meadows. Gladiator looks enthusiastic at the back -(Youngest member of rockhawks)

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Diesel cutting onions&tomatoes for  lunch-Nanga Parbat completely covered in the clouds in the background

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Afternoon , 2Tango communicating Through wireless with Cobra who is some where in search for a better camping spot.

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Hawks Ready to advance towards the base camp.
(Nanga Parbat covered in clouds)

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Rockhawks leaving Fairy meadows for the Base Camp.

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 Long & Steep Track, from Tatoo to Fairy Meadows. 

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A small but beautiful lake at Fairy Meadows... U ll ve to cross big logs of trees to reach there> Beautiful camp sight...Dont miss it.

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Entering the Beal Valley (camp)

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Hanging Bridge ( view From KKH...road to Sakardu.


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Breath Taking view of Nanga Parbat.(the night was really cold)


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Cougar & Fire man
 working hard on lamb roast and mutton karrahi. 

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Roasted Leg & Karahi Gosht Can wait any more. 
Cougar you are a great.
Captain cook u cant under estimate his cooking.

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Camp site between Beal valley and base camp. Preparng our dinner before the thunder storm.
Thanx to Cougar - for the delicious lamb roast and mutton karahi

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After the dinner we had to camouflage the reaming food and used pans on the tree top in the jungle to avoid the beast invasions in our camps.

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Cobra - Strong Defense against the wind - suffering from fever but still doing his job .

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View of the camp from the  spot where  we camouflaged our food stuff on the tree, it was dark windy and rainy night .

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Baked Beans)
Tango regaining energy after the fever

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Beautiful sunny morning , Cobra relaxing after fever. Sniper & Cougar making their minds to go ahead with the team or not  

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Entering the Beal Valley (Camp)
We decided not to stay here and cross it. But this place is ultimate.

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Glaciers with Huge snow cones. you ve to cross this dangerous area to reach base camp 

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View Point _after Beal camp. To reach  base camp either descend from this opening or go up hill

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Back packing after the breakfast (Omelet & Parathas).
This is the  1st camp at Fairy meadows (We recommend 2nd camp or the lake for camping

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Leader _Two Tango advancing under the Killer Mountain

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First morning at Fairy Meadows 
(1st camp)Cougar packaging his gear ,while Diesel, Sniper  & Cobra looks little worried about the coming terrain.

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Fire man _Off course he cant stay away from woods and fire for two Long. (Fairy Meadows second camp)

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The Killer Mountain
Lush green Meadows, wild horses, Pine trees and Nanga Parbat

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Lumbs taking evening Shots of the  Parbat with his Camera. rest of the team busy in cooking Spaghettis, with sausages and tomatoo sauce

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This is the second camp at Fairy Meadows .We recommend to camp here .U can say this is the original Fairy Meadows. The view is 100 times better

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Deadly track from Rai kot To Tatoo. Its Very Dangerous especially if u are never been to northern Pakistan's  jeep tracks before

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early morning avalanche at The Parbat-it was amazing , we could hardly  capture the last moments in our movie cam

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This is the last open valley before Base camp. U can camp here cause u can find water here. If u ve enough water supplies u can camp at view point as well. which is after an hours track

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After missing the plane, we decided to go in Natco Bus .It took 20 hours to reach Gilgit - we were almost dead at the start of the expedition

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This is  a killer

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2Tango and Cobra playing cricket in Beal Valley

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Beal Valley.

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Only Place in the world

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A group photo at the track

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Junction point of Himalayas
Hindukush, Karakaram , river Gilgit and Khunjrab
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This is the place where three mightiest ranges meet together
 

 

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