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103. A party
shall engage porters through local administration.
104. A low altitude
porter shall carry a maximum
weight of 25 kilos. He shall cover a minimum distance of 10 kilometers and
a maximum distance of 13 kilometers and a maximum distance of 13 kilometers
per day with suitable stoppages of 5-10 minutes after every hour. If there
are some traditional night halts on the way, which are short of the said 10-13
kilometers, then a porter may stay there for the night. He shall have to make
up for the loss of mileage the next day.
105.
A high altitude porter shall carry maximum weight accordingly to the following
scale:-
| a. | Height between 5,001 to 6,000 meters. | 20kgs. |
| b. | Height between 6,001 to 7,000 meters | 17kgs. |
| c. | Height between 7,001 to 8, 000 meters | 14kgs |
| d. | Beyond 8,000 meters | 12kgs |
106.
While
carrying this load beyond a base camp a porter shall make only one trip from
one camp to another. This trip would be inclusive of going up and coming down.
Leader of a party shall use his discretion in setting up if camps beyond the
said camp by taking into consideration the location of mountains, terrain
and areas of avalanches.
107.
A
porter shall sign an undertaking of good behavior as per Annexure-J. One copy
of the said undertaking shall be deposited with a representative of local
administration. Another copy shall be handed over to the leader. The third
copy shall be provided to the porter.
108. A
party shall try to follow the date of arrival as fixed by the Government in
order to avoid pressure on transport and accommodation.
109.
As
soon as a party gets the permission letter, it shall immediately get in touch
with nearest PIA officer or an officer of any other airline for reservation
of seats and booking of equipment from Rawalpindi to Northern Area/Chitral
by giving the following information:-
i.
Number
of persons.
ii.
Total
weight of equipment to be flown.
iii.
Probable
dates of flights from Rawalpindi/Northern Areas/Chitral.
110.
Flights
to N.As and Chitral are subject to weather conditions and such as PIA or any
other airline may not be able to give firm dates of bookings. In such cases,
a party would need to request the PIA/any other airline to pass on the above
information to Officer In charge, Northern Areas, PIA officer, The Mall Rawalpindi.
111.
A
party shall come prepared to stay for period of 2-3 weeks in Rawalpindi and
N.As/Chitral, respectively, in case the weather suddenly turns bad.
112.
A
party shall have to register itself with Foreigners Registration Officer in
the Officer of Senior Superintendent of Police at Rawalpindi before leaving
for mountains. Similarly a party shall inform the said Foreign Registration
Officer before leaving Rawalpindi/Islamabad on departure from Pakistan.
113.
To
obviate language difficulty, a party coming from Non-English speaking country,
shall invariably include in an expedition an English speaking member.
114. A party shall not serve forbidden items like pork etc. to L.
O/Porters.
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