well from Aug 25, 2007 to around 11 days i am going to trekking to gosaikunda - helambu

ok bye friends have nice weekend :-) tc cya :-)

巴基斯坦－Gilgit-Baltistan地区－喀喇昆仑中央国家公园－徒步地图

Detailed trekking map for CKNP (Central Karakoram National Park), located in Gilgit-Baltistan region, northern Pakistan.

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Fields of flowers at Kunsha. Kunsha is the Gaddi herdsmen camp and no locals put their tents here. Its a vast field of aromatic herbs, wildflowers and pure streams. Only nature's true companion would deserve such a reservation, who else better than the Gaddi herdsmen !

Shot enroute Shrikhand Mahadev

Southern Kullu (Outer Seraj).

PS: As we walked on towards the base camp Bheemdwaar, the sunset got close-by and to welcome it there seemed no harm in stopping for tea at Kunsha. I must have been eager to get off my backpack, that i messed up with the DOF here. Its off the mark, but i guess the gradation of green & yellow in foreground obscures the fact in first look.

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Vill. Chhatrari (right in the centre of map).

Located around 45 kms from Chamba, Vill. Chhatrari is 8kms upwards on a link road from Luna, a station on left bank of Ravi on Chamba-Bharmour road. The road half-way from Chamba to Chamera Hydro Project (Stage-II) (not shown on map) is fine, but gets rough beyond that. Drive Carefully. The village houses one of the most unique idols of Goddess Shiv Shakti which dates back to 7 Cent. AD

The place can even be accessed via a trek from Naddi in Dharamsala which passes from closeby (Check map above). Its aptly named as Ghasturi Jot: Sliding Pass :)

Besides the passes that lead from Dhauladhar ranges ( e.g. Minakani Pass, Ghasturi Pass and the most popular Indrahar Pass) into this side of Chamba valley, three important routes lead through Pir Panjal into Lahul. These passes are comparatively tougher than those on Dhauladhar side, their names being : Kugti Pass, Chobia Pass and Kalicho Pass (see top right on map)

In August 2011, with the grace of Mahadeva & divine interventions, i crossed into Lahul via Kugti Pass. This was the first time i entered this country hidden beyond the habitable worlds. The pass is definitely one of the toughest i have come across till now. Its a ruthless terrain which demands lot of things to go in your way, especially the weather & time. In August 2011 most of things weren't on our sides. It took us 8 hours to reach Bharmour from Chamba (normally its 4 hours). Major road blocks meant that we had to walk our way towards Kugti village as well (though vehicles ply half-way). We made it quite easily to the base. And the local friends from Kugti village, we'd persuaded to go with us, were overwhelmed seeing the amount of snow on the top of Pass.

Actually only one of them 3 had crossed the pass few times & was a trained guide in mountain rescue. The other two were not as experienced as us, but definitely were more strong owing to their routine at the village. Surprisingly we caught up with a local Gaddi fellow at the base, who was attempting to go to the other side past two days to fetch his livestock, but piles of fresh snow had left him with bloodshot eyes & more faith in the power of mountains.

We stayed at the base for 2 more nights along with that Gaddi fellow. And on the second morning made our way to the top of pass early morning.

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This is the trekking map painted by our trek organiser, Awenk. This is also the map he used to brief us on the route to be taken and what to expect - Take the trek to the right, rest stops all the way, camp on the crater rim, go down the rim, stop at the lake for the hotspring and waterfall, veer left and hike up to base camp, head up to summit at 2am and then back down and out of the mountain.

Looking at this, I thought...Great! Looked like it will be a fun and easy trek. Boy was I wrong....so so so so completely and utterly wrong.The map was pretty accurate though.

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