In the winter season, hiking has its own special fun and when you have such friends and companions with you with whom your heart feels connected and understanding is good, those moments have their own special joy. Such gatherings are very rare but if you find it never miss the chance. After a long time, I got a chance for hiking and with such companions with whom the fun of the journey becomes double.

I have many gatherings during different times but this one was something different. A gathering where I felt truly comfortable, it was just like I am with family members. Frank with all of them and polite to everyone. Such gatherings are no doubt a blessing and you must take the best benefit of it.

The people of my city have different habits and they are totally change from other cities. If I talk about hiking on mountains, this is a best exercise which is more suitable in summer times but the people of my city prefer during winter times. I have not seen such a big crowd in summer as I have seen as soon as winter starts. More crowds are seen including Men, Women, Child and even old persons.

The reason is that people like to enjoy fire on the mountain in winter firewood, bonfire, cooking food on fire, making tea and enjoying these things. They want camping, cold wind blowing, and our camp around the bonfire, chatting, drinking tea, and enjoying hiking. This is the pleasure of the people of my city in winter season and on the mountains.

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This is exactly the reason people like hiking more in the winter season. The weather of Quetta city has changed, one week ago it was hot and the temperate was around 20 degrees but within 7 days the temperature dropped to 4 degrees and brings a proper winter season.

As soon the winter arrives we decided to go hiking in the mountains. Before this, whenever I went, there were at least 20 people with me mostly center staff and students used to be with me. That was always a difficult time for me to manage all the mountain necessaries. When there are more people it becomes difficult for management. But this time, only 6 people went for hiking.

This time I enjoyed hiking on the mountain in a totally different way. It was easy to handle and manage all the items for the hiking. On the way, we also faced a big problem, but we even enjoyed that problem. Anyway, I’ll tell about that issue later. first, let me share how this journey started.

It was 2 o’clock in the afternoon when my brother-in-law came to my house for lunch. He said to me let’s plan to climb the mountain, we will drink evening tea on the mountain, pray night prayer there, and come back down. I thought it’s a great chance, it’s Sunday and I’m free from all work and is very possible.

I told 8 of my friends about this plan and invited everyone but only 5 friends agreed, and the rest said they were busy in their works. I said, fine, it’s even better, the fewer people there are, the easier the arrangements become. We decided that we will leave for hiking at 4:30 and properly start our hike. We must not be late because all schedule will be disturbed. Therefore, I ensured all of my friends to be in time.

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The mountain we planned to hike is called Koh Murda. This is a Persian name in which Koh means mountain and Murda means dead, Koh Murda means a mountain which is totally dead. The name is given because nothing grows here, you will not find any type of greenery, only rocks everywhere, but with beautiful views and scenery.

Burma is the starting point for hiking, it is the place where the hikers took their first step towards Kotal mountain. Reaching Kotal top is just 45 minutes away from Burma. We decided that we will climb to the top of Kotal mountain, set up our camp, drink evening tea there, enjoy the night, and around 8 PM start our return to home. It was a proper schedule for our journey.

From Burma to Kotal mountain, it takes a 45minute hike. In this hiking trail, there are both easy and hard paths, some are very tough while others are flat, which makes this adventure even more beautiful. The blowing wind and a bit of heat from sun make it even more amazing.

We decided to take green tea with lemon with us and for food, we took dry fruits, dates, and apples. In the evening, we would eat dates with tea, at night eat dry fruits, and while coming down the mountain, cut apples and will eat it. which would restore energy and double the fun of the journey.

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Therefore we left home at 4:30 pm, we ride on bike to reach the Burma where we kept our bikes in stand and start our hiking. Without wasting any time, we started hiking the mountain. We had reached halfway to Kotal mountain when suddenly a stormy wind started blowing. Believe me, in just 10 minutes the whole city was covered in dust. Whenever I saw the city from the Kotal peak it was crystal clear view but today I cant even see the place where we started our hiking.

Dust everywhere, we couldn’t even see the mountain top. The strong cold wind was blowing, it felt like the cold has increased. Strange sounds were heard from blowing of the winds, this was also because of the mountains when wind hit the mountains and in reflection a strange sound was heard. I saw such a scene for the first time in my life. At first, we thought to go back to home because the weather was not much good but then decided that enjoying nature in all conditions is the real fun of an outing.

Anyway we continued our hiking and kept our journey continue. The last 15 minutes was hike was much difficult for us because of the strong winds blowing and dust everywhere. But we didn’t lose courage and kept going until we reached the top of Kotal mountain. What gave me more courage was seeing the crowd of people climbing the mountain.

We looked for a good place for camping where the wind was blowing less. We found a beautiful spot covered by mountains on three sides and open from one side. It was the best place we spread our mats there and started chatting and enjoying the best moments which we were waited for.

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The time for team come, we drank tea with dates and fully enjoyed the beauty of nature. It was good that we took teak with us because in such cold time tea was the only way to keep our bodies warm. We thought of making a bonfire, but since we had come for a short time, we canceled it.

During this journey, I took pictures from the start till the end. Different scenes and tried to capture each and every moment of the hike and gathering. I tried to show the best views and the beauty of nature. It was a memorable hike which lasted only 5 hours, but felt like half of life was spent in those few hours.

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