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Vehicle Preparations before and after a trip

Road trips don't require much preparation, but 4×4 trips off the beaten track are a different thing altogether. There is no help available off the highway, so the vehicle has to be in good shape and the driver must be well prepared to deal with any eventuality. Of course, the idea is to avoid breakdowns in the first place, so a number of things have to be looked at when setting out on a 4×4 trip out into the wild.

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April 2, 2008, by Khalid Omar & Imad Ali | Tech | Comments (0)

30 years after the Indus River Expedition

Sir, in December 2008 it will be the 30th anniversary of the historic "Indus River Expedition". This Expedition of three people started from Amb- Darband, upstream of Tarbela Dam, and covered 1,600 miles in 30 days right up to the "city of lights" - Karachi.

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March 30, 2008, by KM Ali | Blog | Comments (0)

Medical Camp at the Hingol National Park, March 14-17, 2008

Our group has been approached by the Management of Hingol National Park to help them in organizing a free medical camp at Jhal Jhau for the villagers living along the Hingol River in the Northern Part of the Park. We are going for 4 days to Hingol, Baluchistan, March 14-17, 2008 and setting up a medical camp. Read on for the details.

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March 7, 2008, by Khalid Omar | Blog | Comments (0)

Goran Gatti Jan 2008

Click here to see the complete picture gallery of the Goran Gatti trip. This trip involved hardcore 4wheeling, as we made our way to the highest mountain, Goran Gatti, which is deep inside Hingol - no vehicle has made it there before. We didn't make it there either, but it was a lot of fun trying!

February 16, 2008, by Khalid Omar | Travels | Comments (0)

Information on being 'self-sufficient' for those who would like to accompany us on one of our many off-road + camping trips.

For those of you who haven't camped out in the wilderness under the open sky, here are some helpful hints and advise.

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February 3, 2008, by Hamid Omar | Misc | Comments (1)

A day's trek to a village near Besham, Kohistan

When Hamid Omar of 4×4 Offroaders Club, Karachi recently completed the rebuilding of the 1948 Ford F1 Pickup, the family decided to take it on a long test drive from Karachi all the way to Besham on the Karakorum Highway (a part of the 'Silk Route'). The trip was, in part, influenced by the invitation of one of their domestics of long standing, Shah Aalam, to visit his ancestral home situated at a mountaintop a few kilometers off Besham in Kohistan. Hamid and his wife Sabiha drove to Lahore on the newly rebuilt Ford F1, followed by Mahera and Khalid Omar in the Toyota Prado.

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November 18, 2007, by F.D.Toor | Travels | Comments (4)

The Ford F1 Story - From California to Karachi

Soon after we got married, my wife Sabiha asked me to get a Ford F1 truck for her. I tried my best but could not find any in Pakistan. Some thirty years later, on one of her visits to America, she found one in a small town called Dry Town near Sacramento, California. She convinced the owner to sell it to her and I think she got it for $140 (exact amount she has not told me - only that it cost more to have it towed to our friend Javed Akber's house in Sacramento). Till we could figure out how to have it shipped to Karachi, for over a year the Ford truck remained parked in Javed's garage (while their own two cars remained out in the open).

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September 29, 2007, by Hamid Omar | Misc | Comments (11)

Chasing Storms in Thar Desert

A journey to Thar desert in Pakistan. The trailer is viewable here.

September 29, 2007, by Mahera Omar | Video | Comments (5)

Hingol Flood Relief

Hingol Flood Relief is a documentary about the devastation caused by the cyclone that hit the coastal areas of Baluchistan in the summer of 2007, and the relief efforts of a small group of individuals from Karachi for the scattered settlements in the Hingol National Park.

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September 28, 2007, by Mahera Omar | Video | Comments (0)

Adventures in Hingol

A recent trip of the 4X4 Offroaders Club to Hingol National Park in Baluchistan. The complete version will air on Aaj tv in the near future. The trailer is above, and the full version is below. Click here to read the article about this trip.

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September 14, 2007, by Mahera Omar | Video | Comments (8)

K2 Base camp hike planning

Like any long trip, we started planning this a long time ago. Some (Asad, me) had wanted to do a major hike for years, and Concordia was always at the top of the list of the many, many places to go hiking in Northern Pakistan. "The world's greatest museum of shape and form" is how Italian mountaineer/author Fosco Maraini described Concordia in his book, Karakoram. Galen Rowell called it the "Throne of the Mountain Gods". Come 2007, somehow or the other, 5 of us decided to finally go.

The pre-trip preparations involved a lot of research, finding hiking and cold weather equipment, and trying to get into shape for the long hike ahead. Our plan is detailed below, and hopefully anyone else looking for information on planning this hike on their own will find it helpful. The pictures of the hike are up over here, and an article about the actual trip will be up soon.

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September 6, 2007, by Khalid Omar | Misc | Comments (5)

Google search for best offroad club

Offroadpakistan is the number 1 result on Google for "best offroad clubs" and for "4×4 Offroad"!

July 29, 2007, by Khalid Omar | Blog | Comments (1)

Hingol flood Summer 2007 ...the aftermath

June 24th, 2007 saw the birth of an insignificant low pressure in the Arabian sea that took a turn for the worse as it developed into a cyclone 03B christened YEMYEN, moving towards the coastal areas of Pakistan. Drawing moisture from the sea it attracted clouds from neighboring regions and soon covered the entire province of Baluchistan with rains unprecedented in living memory. Rain catchment areas in Surab, Naal and Jhao districts overflowed while Arra and Mashkae rivers delivered their share of the deluge into the one source that would take it to the sea: The mighty Hingol.

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July 20, 2007, by Taimur & Tanya Mirza | Travels | Comments (2)

Disaster hits Baluchistan and Sindh

The year 2007 is called the 'Visit Pakistan Year'. Nature, however, seems to be against us as rainstorms and floods have hit most parts of the country leaving thousands homeless and in desperate need of assistance. The Lal Masjid issue has overshadowed the devastation in the areas and the nation sits glued to their televisions regarding the crisis. The United Nations has deployed a five member assistance team to assess the situation in the flood hit areas, according to John Homes, the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator. The greatest danger lies in the growing probability of an epidemic outbreak. According to sources, the top priority goods in need in the areas include tents, blankets and emergency medical kits but above all of water purification tablets. These tablets are known as 'Puritabs' are available at most local chemists. Besides these medicines, according to the Daily Times, more than forty victims of snake bites have been reported in Baluchistan, and the government is also making arrangements for anti-venom vials for the areas.

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July 9, 2007, by Abid Omar | Blog | Comments (0)

Hingol National Park

Leaving the warmth of my sleeping bag reluctantly, I stepped out of the tent to be greeted by a sight that prompted me to get my camera in a vain attempt to capture nature at its best. The pine needle like long leaves of "Gaz", a native plant that grows along rivers and nallahs in Balochistan, sparkled like a jewel-studded Christmas tree. Dew drops formed at the tips of millions of Gaz leaves glowed in the golden sunlight shying the most expensive and articulately cut diamonds.

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June 10, 2007, by Taimur Mirza | Travels | Comments (3)

A story from Hingol, Feb 2007

As a child in 11th Grade, we were told by our English Teacher, Mrs. Hughes, to write a book on a topic that interested us the most. While others chose to write about vacations in faraway lands, my inspiration came from a black & white photograph of my father standing in front of his Jeep with late Dr. Rizvi with a hunted Ibex spread out in front of them. This photograph was taken in the 1960's at a place called Hingol.

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May 21, 2007, by Salim Khan | Travels | Comments (2)

Gawadar Dash

A mad dash to Gawadar from Lahore and back:

The story you are about to read, is a story of self-proclaimed adventure, misery, apathy, a mix of un-daunting and daunting courage and insaneness in the literal and/or emotional sense of the words. The story revolves around three people namely myself, Adeel aka ABC and Sufyan aka corky. Together these characters attempted to drive from Lahore to Gawadar and back in 4 days.

Writeup by Umer Shah. I leave you to comment on it's madness!

May 10, 2007, by Khalid Omar | Travels | Comments (3)

Dureji Jan 2007

Salim Khan's writeup of the Dureji Expedition in January 2007.

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March 23, 2007, by Salim Khan | Travels | Comments (10)

Chasing Storms in Thar Desert video trailer

A one minute trailer of the 4X4 Offroaders Club adventure to Thar desert in Pakistan. Click below to see the video, or click here for the Google Video page for the trailer. The full version is now online.

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February 6, 2007, by Mahera Omar | Video | Comments (14)

Two-day Consultative Workshop on the Hingol National Park

The Hingol National Park, largest National Park of Pakistan, is one of the three sub projects of the Protected Areas Management Project (PAMP). The principle objective of project is to achieve the sustainable conservation of globally and nationally significant habitats and species through community participation.

The Hingol National Park Management is organizing a two-day consultative workshop
on "Scientific Surveys for Park Management" on 2nd and 3rd of February 2007 at, Karachi, in order to finalize the management plan of the Park.

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January 24, 2007, by Taimur Mirza | Blog | Comments (6)

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