MOUNTAINEERING RULES & REGULATIONS

Miscellaneous

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.