Capture the views of 5 lakes in Kashmir Great Lakes Trek

Get to witness a plethora of different species of flowers blooming in background of our mighty Himalayas. 8 days of arduous trekking and passing through 3 high altitude passes, it is not an easy one.

Kumaraparvatha Trek – All you need to know

Kumaraparvatha is a peak in Western Ghats, Karnataka in the Pushpagiri forest range whose elevation is 1712m. It is known to be the toughest trek in Karnataka. The trek can be done from 2 routes – Kukke side and Somvarpet side. From Kukke side it is 28 kms to and fro done over 2 days…

Basic Mountaineering Course at HMI Darjeeling – Part One

Basic mountaineering course to me was a huge learning opportunity. As they say “life is the best teacher” so I chose to go some extra mile to learn as much as possible by signing up for this course. This is a 28-day course through which we get to undergo rigorous training at the end of…

Call from the mountains – Kudremukh Trek

It was a working Thursday morning and I was busy packing clothes for my upcoming Gokarna beach trek as a trek lead with the company @plantheunplanned. Then I got an unexpected call from Jatin asking me if I would like to lead Kudremukh trek as the person who was supposed to go had cancelled for…

Why offloading your backpack during trek is not a good idea

March 2018 – Sari, Uttarakhand I had signed up with Indiahikes for my first ever high altitude trek – Deoriatal Chandrashila which is a 3 day trek. Sari is a small village from which the trek begins. First we were given a briefing by our trek leader Bhupender about the details of the trek and…