TREK THE HIMALAYAS -(PART 2)

HEY ALL,

SO HAPPY THAT I GOT SUCH A GREAT RESPONSE FOR MY FIRST BLOG POST AND YOU ALL APPRECIATED IT, I M SUPER GRATEFUL.IT MOTIVATED ME TO WRITE FURTHER AND SO HERE I AM WITH MY DAY 2.

WE ALL HAD SLEPT NICELY IN OUR BEDS AFTER CHATTING THROUGH THE NIGHT AND SHARING SOME NICE FUN MOMENTS .

THE NEXT MORNING HAD ITS CHARM OF ITS OWN WE WOKE UP NOT BY THE NOISE OF HORNS AND SHOUTINGS BUT WITH THE COOING SOUNDS OF BIRDS AND WITH THE GUSH OF COOL WINDY AIR. IT WAS SUPER COLD AND WE WERE WAITING FOR OUR MORNING DOSE OF TEA.

DAY 2 HAD A PROTOCOL WE WAKE BY 7 AND HAVE TEA , BREAKFAST WOULD BE SERVED BY 8 AND WE START OUR TREK BY 9. WE ALL GOT READY AND OUR TREK GUIDES GAVE US CLEAR INSTRUCTIONS OF THE DAY . THE FIRST DAY WE WOULD BE TREKKING FOR APPROX 5 HOURS AND IT WOULD BE THE FOREST TRAIL WITH ROCKY MOUNTAINS AND MUDDY TRAILS. WE WERE INTRODUCED TO MICRO SPIKES AND GAITERS WHICH WE WOULD BE USING FROM DAY TWO.

WE START OUR TREK WITH FULL HIGH SPIRITS AND JOSH , WITHIN 500 METERS I M EXHAUSTED. YES YOU GOT IT RIGHT , I M DRAINED OUT IN THE START ITSELF, IT WAS NOT AS EASY AS I HAD THOUGHT. IT HAD UPS AND DOWNS WITH STEEP BIG ROCKS AND HAD AN ALTITUDE OF 45-55 DEGREES. WE DRINK IN OUR FLUIDS AND CONTINUE .WE GET MANY MAGGIE POINTS ON THE WAY WHERE WE TAKE OUR PIT STOPS TO REST AND HAVE A LOOK AT THE VIEWS. I KNOW IN START ONLY I M DRAINED BUT WITH THE VIEWS AND WITH THE WILL OF CHALLENGING ONESELF I MOVE ON . ITS THAT INNER FEELING OF PEACE THAT YOU EXPERIENCE WITHIN YOU THAT MAKES IT ALL THE MORE WORTH WHILE. AS WE PROCEED WE START TO SEE THE SNOW AND WE ARE SO HAPPY WITH JUST THE SIGHT OF IT.

OUR TREK LEADERS WERE SO HELPFUL AND CALM THEY NEVER PUSHED ME THOUGH I WAS ALWAYS THE LAST IN THE GROUP , THEY JUST KEPT ON ENCOURAGING ME . THEY HAD THEIR FIXED DIALOGUE " DHEERE DHEERE CHALO PAANI PIYO AUR AARAM SE KARO." THEY SAW TO IT THEY DIDNT LEAVE ANY SINGLE MEMBER ALONE .

SLOWLY AND STEADILY WE REACH OUR FIRST HALT FOR THE NIGHT AND THATS JUDA KA TALAB AND IT TAKES YOUR HEART AWAY. ITS A PERFECT SPOT WITH HALF FROZEN LAKE ON ONE SIDE ,WITH MOUNTAIN COVERED WITH SNOW AND WITH THE VIEW OF NEVER ENDING TREES. IT WAS OUR FIRST EXPERIENCE OF CAMPING AND IT WAS PERFECT.

WE DO SOME STRETCHES , SORT OUT OUR LUGGAGES AND CHOOSE OUR TENTS AND JUST THEN FRESHLY COOKED FOOD CALLS YOU OUT. WE HAVE A HEAVY LUNCH AND ENJOY EVERY SINGLE BITE. ITS IN THESE MOMENTS THAT WE LEARN TO APPRECIATE THE LITTLE THINGS IN OUR LIFE.

SOME HEAD IN TO THEIR TENTS TO REST BUT I CHOOSE TO STAY OUT AND ENJOY THE VIEW AND BEAUTY . I SAT DOWN NEAR THE LAKE AND SOAKED IN THE VIEW SO DEEPLY THAT EVEN TODAY WHEN I SIT DOWN TO MEDITATE I FEEL AS THOUGH I AM SITTING ON THAT VERY SPOT. IT WAS JUST SO MAGICAL AND BLISSFUL. IT ELEVATED ME IN A HIGHER ALTITUDE BRINGING ME MUCH MORE CLOSER WITH MYSELF. .

THE DAY SETS IN AND WE START TO FEEL COLD AND SO OUR GUIDES MAKE US PLAY GAMES SO THAT WE ARE CHARGED UP A LITTLE AND FEEL A BIT MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THE CLIMATE CHANGE .ITS FUN PLAYING GAMES LIKE LITTLE CHILDREN , BRINGING OUT THAT LAUGHTER WERE WE ARE NOT JUDGED AND JUST BY BEING OURSELVES. LATER THEY TAKE OUR READINGS OF OXYGEN LEVELS AND PULSE AND CHECK IF EVERYONE IS OK. WE ARE SHOWN HOW TO SLEEP IN SLEEPIND BEDS WITH THE LINERS AND ALSO OUR TREK GUIDES TEACH US THE BASICS OF HOW TO GIVE SOMEONE CPR.

WE HAVE OUR EVENING TEA SOUP AND DINNER IN DINING TENTS AND HEAD TO OUR TENTS FOR THE NIGHT AND JUST THEN THE YOUNGEST ONE IN OUR GROUP PRABHAL WHO IS STAR ADMIRER PULLS US OUT OF THE TENTS . WE WITNESS CONSTELLATIONS SATELLITES PLANETS AND ARE IN AWE OF THE SKY WHICH HAS AN ENDLESS VIEW.

SLEEPING UNDER THE STARS SO CLOSE TO NATURE WAS A DREAM COME TRUE BUT IT WAS BROKEN HALF WAY ....LOL ...YES AS NONE OF US COULD SLEEP THAT NIGHT. I GUESS WE WOULD HAVE HARDLY SLEPT FOR 2 HOURS .THE NIGHT WAS FREEZING AND WE WERE NOT USED TO SLEEPING INA BAG WITH NO COMFORT . SOME OF THEM EVEN GOT UP AND STARTED TAKING A STROLL TO KILL THE NIGHT.

WE HAD FRIENDS SLEEPING IN TENTS NEXT TO US AND WE COULD HEAR EVERYONE TALKING AND SNORING , WITH SNORING HOW CAN I FORGET OUR CHAITANYA SIR, HIS SNORES SAW TO IT THAT WE STAYED UP ALL NIGHT. AND WE ALSO HAD ABHINAV WHO COULD FALL ASLEEP ANYWHERE IN ANY PLACE.

WITH SUCH A CRAZY BUNCH OF FRIENDS AND LAUGHTER WE SLEEP THRUGH THE NIGHT .

THATS US.... ITS NEAR JUDA KA TALAB