This is in continuation with my previous blog of BMC. If you have missed do read this first – Part 1. So on the next day we had breakfast at HMI and then we boarded our Tata Sumo vehicles to get to Yuksom which is the base camp of our trek. We were singing in…
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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…
My first High Altitude Trek: Deoriatal – Chandrashila – Part 5
Date: 27 March 2018 I woke up at 3am in the morning even though we were to leave at 6.30am. First of all, I did not want to leave the place and return back to the over populated city. So I came out of the tent, roamed around a bit in the moonlight and noticed…
My first High Altitude Trek: Deoriatal – Chandrashila – Part 4
This blog is all about my journey to the Chandrashila summit via Tungnath- one of the world’s highest Shiva temple.
My first High Altitude Trek: Deoriatal – Chandrashila – Part 2
Read about my adventures and learnings on the first day of my first ever high altitude trek – Chandrashila Trek, Uttarakhand by Indiahikes
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…
5 things you must know before buying a tent
Here in this blog I have explained different kinds of tents available in the market and the factors which must be kept in mind before buying one
Rash Travel Musings 