Happy New Year! More Ghar Pictures....

My very first post had several pictures of the top of the mountain I climbed a few weeks ago. However, I don't think I gave you a good enough idea of how big this thing is and how high it takes you up. These pictures show you the ascent and some interesting features along the way.


At the very beginning. The pic is dark and blurry as it is 6am.

More of the early ascent. Muy steepo.

Probably about 3/4 of the way up. You can see a guy taking a break below, as I was likely doing when I took this picture. You can see the road that we drove in on below.

We're way up now. See the bunker? That used to be a Taliban defensive position. It would have been difficult to attack this uphill. Not sure what happened here. You would think that we would have used a helicopter to take them out, but I saw no signs of that kind of destruction. Maybe we just let them freeze up here instead. I did, however, see a lot of small arms shell casings.

Almost to the top. I think I was trying to take a picture of the jet that was flying BELOW us.

Really beautiful from way up here.

Another defensive position.

Me at the bunker with the view that the gunner must have had. I am trying to smile but my face is frozen.

Another beautiful picture facing the sunrise. The pictures really can't depict how pretty it was up there. Happy New Year's Day everyone.