"النقل الآلي الطرق في بلاد فارس. المجلد ١ - الطرق الرئيسية. ١٩٤٢" [ظ‎‎٨‎٨] (٤٩٨/١٨١)

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Route V—Section A— contd.
Miles.
Classification, Inter. Total,
meat is plentiful but there is no trans
port for collecting duties nearer than
KAZERUN.
Immediately after leaving the camp the
road bends to the left and ascends
gently for three miles over the stony
lower slopes of the main range.
B. 1 2£ 116^ Short break of 30* in the ascent—road
dips to cross side nullah.
B. 1 £ 116| Start of ascent of the DUKHTAR pass at
first in wide sweeps of an average
gradient of 1 : 12.
C. 1 l£ 118i Very narrow on a ledge overhanging cliff
face on left, precipice on right—road
surface very rough with rock outcrops
projecting as much as 6 "—two bad blind
corners, occasional short stretches of
1: 6 gradient.
C. 1 li 119£ Summit of the DUKHTAR pass—gendar
merie post. Very gentle descent to
B. 1 2 121 £ DASHT-I-BARM—a deep trough-like
valley 1-2 miles in width filled with oak
trees of considerable size some being as
high as 30'—except after rain the valley
is waterless which spoils an otherwise
ideal camping site.
1 5 126£ The road leaves the BARM valley and
starts the ascent of the PIR-I-ZAN pass
ascent of 3,000' in 1\ miles. This
pass despite the height of the ascent
actually offers fewer obstacles to fully
laden M. T. than either the DUKHTAR,
TURKHAN, KAMARIJ or RUDAK
passes. The gradient is nowhere severe
and there are but two awkward hairpin
bends (just below MIAN KUTAL). Its
surface is better and there are no blind
corners. Its only difficulties are its
altitude which causes snow to lie on it
more than on the others in midwinter,
f nd its great length which is dreaded
by civilian lorry drivers in charge of
overloaded vehicles which are stopped
by overheating engine several times
during the ascent.