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For more than one hundred and forty years of grandeur, excellence and prestige GC University Lahore is serving as a beacon house of knowledge and wisdom. Adding to that, it has become one of the most acknowledged study spots of South Asia. As an institution of historical significance, it has produced a number of prestigious and influential personalities in almost all walks of life.

GC University Lahore provides students with distinct and huge set up of Extra-Curricular activities. There are more than fifty departmental and university level societies and clubs. Hiking & Mountaineering Club constitutes a prestige designation among the university level societies due to its active participation and unique nature of activities. The Club was established in 1900. Since then it has been working under Sports Board and has been affiliated with Rovers Club. But now the Club has constituted separate and independent identity as a university level society.

Since the inception of mankind, man has been engraving his fate on the stones of hardship and despair. The great and perpetual endeavor on man's past is actually an outlet of his innate curiosity to know and explore. This is what the objective of the Club to guide and train the students of the University to meet any adventure and challenge to know and explore things in Nature!

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Office Bearers 2011-2012

(11-01-2011)

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H&MC holds Digital Photographic Exhibition

Hiking and Mountaineering Club organized a Digital Photographic Exhibition at the Salam Hall. GCU Nazir Ahmed Music Society Incharge Tariq Farani and Agha Rizwan Ali were the chief guests at the exhibition. The GCU HMC members displayed on projector the digital photographs of historical and recreational places which they have visited during the last two years.

(18-05-2011)

HMC holds ANNUAL Award Distribution Ceremony

The Hiking and Mountaineering Club organized its Annual Award Distribution Ceremony to acknowledge the efforts of students which they have exerted through out the year in the arrangements of different events. Prof. Dr Ikram-ul-Haq Dean Faculty of Science and Technology distributed the awards among the students.

 (21-07-2010)

HMC holds ANNUAL photography exhibition

The Hiking and Mountaineering Club (GCU HMC) organized its Annual Photography Exhibition “Exploring Pakistan” wherein students put on display personal photographs of historical and recreational places of the country. Prof Mirza Ather Baig Chairman GCU Societies Board inaugurated the exhibition.

The exhibition houses the photographs of Noor Mahal, Sadiq Garh Palace, Shrines in Uch Sharif, Margalla Hills, Rawal Lake, Azad Kashmir, Derawar Fort, Lal Suhanra, Safari National Park, Banjosa Lake, Tooli Peer, Salt Mines, River Poonch, Tatta Pani, River Neelam, University of Azad and Jammu Kashmir and Rawalakot Airport.

(15-07-2010)

HMC ORGANIZES THREE DAYS TOUR TO RAWALAKOT AZAD KASHMIR

A group of thirty students of Hiking and Mountaineering Club organized a three days hiking training tour to adventurous mountains of Rawalakot Azad Kashmir from 25th  to 27th June, 2010. Dr Hamid Mukhtar, Advisor Hiking and Mountaineering Club accompanied the team. The group also visited Banjosa Lake, Tooli Peer, River Poonch, Tatta Pani, River Neelam, Lipa Ghaz, University of AJK and Rawalakot Airport. They also met with Deputy Commissioner District Rawalakot.

(30-06-2010)

A group of students visited MARGALLA HILLS AND RAWAL LAKE

Hiking and Mountaineering Club organized a hiking tour to Margalla hills and Rawal lake a place located at 2200 feet above the sea level on April 24, 2010. About 49 students participated in this hike. All the hikers completed the hike of about 15 km. Dr Hamid Mukhtar In-charge encouraged the active participation of all the hikers.

(10-05-2010)

HMC ORGANIZES THREE DAYS TOUR OF CHOLOSTAN

Hiking and Mountaineering Club GC University Lahore organized a three day trekking training tour to Cholistan desert during 26 to 28 March, 2010. Fifteen Members of the Club participated in the training program in Cholistan Desesrt. Dr Hamid Mukhtar, Advisor Hiking and Mountaineering Club accompanied with the team during the tour.

The team members also visited Noor Mahal, Sadiq Garh Palace, Shrines in Uch Sharif, Derawar Fort, Lal Suhanra, Safari National Park and various other places of historical places in Bahawalpur. They also met the Prince of former Bahawalpur State, Prince Usman Guzain Abbasi.

(12-04-2010)

109 artists take part in competition on ‘Climb the Mountains & Discover the Nature’ at GCU 

The amateur artists explored the joys of mountaineering and beauty of nature in their art works at paintings and posters competition on the topic of ‘Climb the Mountains & Discover the Nature’. As many as 109 amateur artists various educational institutions including National College of Arts, Punjab University, Kinnaird College University, Queen Marry College, Fatima Jinnah Medical College University Govt. College of Samnabad College Lahore took part in competition organised by the GCU Hiking and Mountaineering Club at the Salam Hall. A large number of schoolchildren including of Crescent Model School, Beconhouse, The Educators and Garrison Academy also participated in the competition. Prof. Mian Ijaz-ul-Hassan was the Chief Guest. He appreciated that most of the artists have successfully created a difference between foreground and background despite using dark shades in their paintings. Prof. Ms Rukhsana lauded the imagination and art skills of schoolchildren, saying that many of them have left the university students behind.

Later, prizes were given to the winners of the competition. In school category, Ali Bin Abid of Garrison Academy for Boys secured the first prize while Hira Tahir of Resource Academia and Sayed Ali of Garrison Academy stood second and third respectively. In the university level category Miraj Muhammad topped the competition, while Amna Baker and Razia Hammed got second and third positions.

(04-02-2010)

Useful  Links

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Adventure Foundation

Alpine Club

Google Earth

Google Maps

Hiking Organizations and Usenet Newsgroups

List of Lakes in Pakistan

Mountaineering Clubs of the World

NASA World Wind

Pakistan Tourism 

Pakistan Trekking

Peaks of Pakistan

Punjab Tourism

World Wide HMC Directory 

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