Day 7 – Goodbye Sankri

I wanted to explore the village when we had reached here but couldn't do so due to lack of time. So I got up early today and went down to the village. Anyways our cab was supposed to come at 8 AM. I had plenty of time. The first thing that striked me when I …

Day 6 – Puani Garaat to Sankri

The final day of the trek had come. We had a small photo session where the entire IH staff came out. All the kitchen staff, porters, guides, everyone was present. Each one of them introduced themselves. We thanked all of them for their immense support to us in helping complete the trek. These are the …

Day 5 – Har ki Dun to Puani Garaat

We woke up today a bit early since we had a lot of distance to cover. Basically the distance we covered in Day 2 and Day 3 was going to be covered in 1 day. Thanks to gravity 🙂 On a trek, time to taken to descend is almost half of that of ascent. Because …

Day 4 – Maninda Tal

About 9 of us along with Prahlad started towards Maninda Tal. Our plan was to come back by noon so that we don't have to carry packed lunch. The distance was not much (~4-5 kms). But it was ascent all the way. We reached to the top by 10.30. The first feeling that I got …

Day 3 – Kalkatiyadhar to Har ki Dun

Altitude gain: 8,956 ft (2,730 m) to 11,768 ft (3,587 m) Today was the D-Day. The final few miles to Har ki Dun! Since the distance to be covered was less today, we had a lazy start. There was no 6, 7, 8 call. Instead it became 7, 8, 9 🙂 While we were packing our campsite, …

Day 2 – Puani Garaat to Kalkatiyadhar

Altitude gain - 8280 ft (2524 m) to 8956 ft (2730 m) When I woke up today morning, I had no intention to get out of my sleeping bag. I had tried a sleeping bag couple of years back when I went to Antargange with friends. But this one was very different. It was so …

Day 1 – Sankri to Puani Garaat

Altitude gain - 6397 ft (1950 m) to 8280 ft (2524 m) Prahlad had briefed us about today's plan yesterday night. It was going to be a tough 20km journey. Thankfully, half of it was in a jeep ride. Everybody ran to grab the windows seats to enjoy the views. I thought why not sit …

My First Himalayan Trek – Reaching the base camp

Finally the day I was waiting for from many weeks had finally come. 29th September 2017. We had to reach the base camp by 30th evening. So I decided to take a flight and a train the day before to reach in time. The base camp, Sankri, is a small village situated in Uttarakhand in …