How quickly time passes. It has already been one year and I did not even realize how quickly it passed. Around these same days last year, I went with my friends to visit and enjoy the mountains. Those were very memorable moments for me.
I always try to make a gallery album of my best pictures and keep it saved with me. So today I was looking at these pictures and I started remembering those moments a lot. Fortunately I had also posted this content on Hive before which I really liked and enjoyed so I thought I would refresh those memories again.
These are the pictures from the 2nd of September when I went with my friends to visit Kotwal Mountain. It is a very good hiking tour and people from our Hazara community really like this place.
People go there for breakfast in the morning, lunch in the afternoon and dinner at night. Some people are so interested in it that they spend the whole night camping there. Some people even spend two or three days there and fully enjoy the beautiful views of nature.
The best thing I like about these mountains is the peace and silence here. Here you can find real peace of mind. You become disconnected from the world for some time.
Whatever stress, difficulties, worries and family problems you have, you forget all of them and become separated from all those things. You start feeling natural peace and comfort.
You only have some friends with you and you stay busy with your activities together. And whenever I go to the mountains I try to spend some time alone in the mountains at least for half an hour.
When you sit alone in the mountains you can hear the silence, the sound of birds singing, the wind blowing and hitting the mountains and the different sounds of nature around you. It feels very peaceful and beautiful.
I am going to plan for this weekend for hiking. Will talk with my friends and if they agree we will head towards Kotal mountain once again. I will surely share the images with you guys as well.
In the group picture, there are my friends starting from left (Irfan, Nasrullah, Hussain, Haji, Dawlat, Zulfiqar, Murtaza) from left side 2nd row (Ali, Sharafat, Mudasir, Shujat, Adil) and for sure I was the photographer :)
The best weather for hiking is the winter season but it depends on a hiker which time they select. If they want for night camping then summer season is the best time for them but if they want day camping then surely winters season is the preferred one.
September is one of my favorite weather and mostly we spend this beautiful weather outside in the nature. Specially best season for hiking and spending time in the mountains.
The good thing about this weather is that there is no harsh cold and hot during this time. You will have the greatest weather to enjoy your time and the beautiful nature.
In this hiking we were about 18 people who decided to go to KOTAL mountain. My city "Quetta" is famous for its mountains and if you see on the map this city is surrounded by mountains from all four sides. All of the mountains have its special name such as Kohi Murdar, Zarghoon mountain, Chiltan mountain and Shaldara mountain.
The nearest one to us is the Koh Murdar, the first and closest peak is known as the Kotal mountain which was our destination. After Kotal peak there are other more peaks such as Anjeer Dara, Kaftar Dara, Boko and then 4 Shakh mountain which is the highest peak.
This hike was towards the Kotal mountain which is the closest one and we chose this because along with us there were small kids of Centre who desired for hiking with us. That is why we choose the nearest peak for to summit.
To be honest its a difficult task to manage the foods and camping items for about 18 people. But we accepted this challenge and manage it properly.
It was breakfast program there we choose Paratha, Omlette, Kocha and Milk tea for the breakfast. Also we had arranged portable stove so that to make breakfast. It is difficult to manage all of them but its also interesting and fun to do so. It keeps on adding experience in your life and will make you a responsible guy.
The best hiking time always remain at 6am. A time when sky was little bit bright with the sun and the darkness vanished. It is the perfect day for hiking which will help you protect from the sunshine.
We always plan to reach the Kotal mountain before the rise of sunshine or there are sometimes when we reach the kotal mountain and sun rises from behind the other mountains which is a lovely scene.
Its around 1-1.5 hours of hiking which depends on the hiker style and rythm. After reaching to the Kotal mountain the first thing you have to do is to find the better place for camping. There you need to have some rest and start making your breakfasts.
Mountains are always relaxing. The moment to see all friends busy, was enjoying the beautiful nature, the gorgeous mountains are all fun.
These pictures are memories from when we went there one year ago and it was really amazing and a lot of fun. It has been quite a long time since we went out for hiking and this time we are planning to make a program and go towards Kotal this weekend.
For the next hiking, I will make a complete album from the beginning to the end so that I can also show you what the journey is like along the way. Most of the hiking path is easy but there are also some hurdles that are quite challenging and interesting.
Here are some pictures for you all. I hope you will all enjoy them.
I hope you guys will like this post and is interesting as well. If you find it informative then dont forget to give me a support. Share you reviews in the comment section below. Thank you all for your time reading the content.
PICTURES DETAIL
| Detail | Specification |
|---|---|
| INFINIX NOTE 40 | 108 Megapixel |
| ISO Range | AUTO |
| Modes | Portrait & Landscape |
| Auto Focus | AUTO |
| Photographer |  @asgharali (Thumbnail image edited in canva) |