Trekking the Indian Himalayas – Summer 2012
In the summer of 2012 I was able to make the trek of a lifetime – a 13 day trek through the Indian Himalayas which included going over two passes at 18,500 feet. It was an adventure I’ll never forget! Enjoy this slide show of an amazing and remote place.
- So, where is this place?
- From Delhi to Manali
- From Manali to Trek
- The paying customers
- Sunday, Aug19: Camp 1 at 9,700 feet. It was a 7 mile drive from Udaipur
- Police Check in Tingrat
- Monday, Aug 20: Camp 2 at Khanjar. 11,400 feet in elevation. 10 mile drive. We started hiking from here.
- Leaving camp 2, we cross the river
- Photo by Archit Rakheja
- Photo by Archit Rakheja
- Tuesday, Aug 21: Camp 3 at 12,200 feet. 5 mile hike.
- Ibex horns
- Wed, Aug 22: Camp 4 at 12,800 feet. 9.1 mile hike
- Stream Crossing
- Photo by Archit Rakheja
- Thursday, Aug 23: Camp 5 at 13,100 feet. 5 mile hike.
- Our first sign of the glacier
- Archit in a stone hut
- The valley floor is filled with rock covered glacier
- Taking Shelter – Archit and Paresh with 2 porters on right
- The tongue of the exposed glacier.
- walking on ice
- Prakash – Our guide-Photo by Archit Rakheja
- Friday, Aug 24: Camp 6 at 14,600 feet. 6.5 mile hike
- Some of porters can be seen on the opposite ridge
- Photo by Archit Rakheja
- Photo by Archit Rakheja
- Photo by Archit Rakheja
- Saturday, Aug 25: Camp 7 at 16,300 feet. 7 mile hike.
- Sunday, Aug 26. Hike over Kang la pass.
- Photo by Archit Rakheja
- Photo by Archit Rakheja
- After the crevasse rescue
- Kang la pass at 18200 feet Photo by Archit Rakheja
- Kang la route
- heading down the other side
- The crevasse field
- Avoiding the crevasses track
- Sunday, Aug 26: Camp 8 at 14,500 feet. 8.6 mile hike.
- Track showing route from Kang la to Camp 8
- First sign of Poat la
- Monday, Aug 27: Camp 9 at 16,700 feet 5 mile hike.
- Photo by Archit Rakheja
- 6am on Tuesday, Aug 26: Getting ready to go over Poat la pass
- Photo by Archit Rakheja
- Track showing route from Camp 9 to Poat la
- Photo by Archit Rakheja
- Ibex Horn
- Poat la pass at 18500 feet. Photo by Archit Rakheja
- Poat la pass
- Steep route down from Poat la
- Going down the other side of Poat la pass
- Track showing route to big glacier
- Camp 10
- Wed, Aug 29: Camp 11 at 12000 feet. 11.6 mile hike
- Village of Marchail
- 12 miles! We had already hiked 9 miles!
- Friday, Aug 31: Camp 13 at 6,000 feet. 21.5 mile hike to the town of Bulab garh. End of our trek.
- The End