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Hampta Pass10th Oct- 14th Oct, 2010

Organized by: www.Indiahikes.in Photographs & Comments :Prashanth UC ([email protected])


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Doctors

Mayukh & Partha

Sales Trainer

Prashanth UC

Web Specialist

Vandana

Route Guide

Shyam Sharma

Software Developer

Lakshmi

Jeweler & Philatelist

Abraham

Stem Cell Researcher

Megha

Software Specialist

Prashanth K

Trek Leader

Rakesh

Team Hampta


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Manali- Hamta Pass- Chandertal

Chandertal

4300M


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2.45 Pm, 2660M, Near Hamta Village, road breaks, we begin our

walk


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Slimness checked ! Passed between barbed wires !


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Sign of times@ SethanVillage (2830M) : Roti Kapda aur TV


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PanduRopa Village :

Pandavas cultivated this paddy field, ever since it has not stopped


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A tree

The world a blur to most

Most see a tree as a tree

The day you actually see

When the world is not the same world

A tree is no longer a tree

A tree is something that bears fruit

A tree is something beautiful

Even in the harshest winds

A tree stands its ground

A tree with leaves of majestic green

No longer just a tree

But a tree that is a work of art

That is the day you see the world

That is the day the world comes into focusThat is the day you truly see the tree

- Laura Green


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Trees that give shelter Nature that gives streams to wet our feet


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Using it for bridges to keep our feet dryMan cuts it down for development


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End of Day 1 : Jawadi ( 2945 M) As sun sets- kitchen gets active


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Roti- Subji-Dal-Chaaval diet begins


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Day 2: Sign of things to come- Green to Barren


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9.00 Am- Destination Bhalu-ka-Ghera Via Chika


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Musafir Hoon Yaaron Na Ghar Hai Na Tikhana

Mujhe Chalte Jaana Hai Bas Chalte Jaana


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Leaves are floating softly down; Some are red and some are brown.

The wind goes swish through the air; look back, there are no leaves there.


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Getting creative in creativity


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Huge boulders

and rock

formations;

Some with distinct

shapes and

features,

Others takeimagination.


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Just 30 Min in scorching morning sun, our bottles are out


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Sight ahead orsight behind

its

Natures canvas

Never has it won

any award; nor hasit bothered !


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Sapno mein trekking; Naino pe trekker; trekking ka mazaa aagaya !

hoo trekking ka mazaa aagaya ! HIMMATWALA song adapted to HIMALAYWALI


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10.15 Am: Dr Partha, tries Dhanuraasan for his tired legs


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We always take pride in going up while water always flows down, why I wonder


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For photography lovers view at 18mm and view at 135mm; either way a sight to behold


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Who crosses first ? Goats won ! At Chika 10.30 Am


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Little drifting clouds can turn into storms had warned the book Into thin Air; So did our guides


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Umbrella- Owners envy; fellow trekkers pride


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We always started together; stayed together ; till our breathing ability forced us apart


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Any shadow was natures invitation to rest


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From Green to barren- Notice how big and dark clouds have become


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Very fishy ! For there are no fishes here !


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Sun may be scorching ; cross here is bone chilling !


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Mules, horses and porters catch up with us, they always start an hour late,

folding up the camp.. but an hour too early to reach destination


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1.15Pm- Lunch: 1 Boiled Potato/egg and 2 Pancakes

thats what we need ever finished lunch like that at home ?!


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Hurry up guys ! We need to move fast, baarish aasaktha hai

- Sharma ji


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1.50Pm: 30 min of post lunch walk we halt again for rest !


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3.00Pm: Forecast comes true ! First snowfall of the season


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Fortunately Mules move fast and tents are almost ready at Bhalu-ka- Dera


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3600m: Snow brought cheer and chill


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Mules and Horses graze


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I move little higher to spot a Balu, but found our own people!In 1979, in the book The Sinking Ark, the author Norman Myers suggested that human activities were causing about two extinctions a week on the planet. By

the early 1990s he had raised the figure to some six hundred per week. (Thats extinctions of all typesplants, insects, and so on as well as animals.) Others

have put the figure even higherto well over a thousand a week. A United Nations report of 1995, on the other hand, put the total number of known

extinctions in the last four hundred years at slightly under 500 for animals and slightly over 650 for plantswhile allowing that this was almost certainly an

underestimate, particularly with regard to tropical species - A Short History of nearly Everything by Bill Bryson


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In absence of a bear I am inspired to write a book titled

Man Mountain and the Mule


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Sunset pose and fun activity


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5.44 Pm

Sun colors

better thanPhotoshop for

sure !

11 Min Later


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Colors created by Man

The fact is, we dont know. Dont have any idea. We dont know when we started doing many of the things weve done. We

dont know what we are doing right now or how our present actions will affect the future. What we do know is that there

is only one planet to do it on, and only one species of being capable of making a considered difference.- A Short History of nearly Everything by Bill Bryson


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As Venus appears- temperature dips towards Zero


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Abbys to eat or not to eat is governed by one singular issue - temperature

of water for washing the plate !


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Dep:9.00Am Destination Hampta Pass


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Indiahikes policy being implemented Leave behind only footprints


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3765 M, 1st break after 45 Min

Had read Himalayas were still growing felt it today !


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Had read Himalayas were still growing; felt it today !

Destination was always higher however high we went !!!


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A wife who keeps the home warm, watches expenses, knows

what is on your mind and acts accordingly is everything. Who

cares if the heavens catch fire!- Sarvagna

Sarvagna would have written these lines differently had he seen this place


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3870 Mt

water freezeswhile dripping


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Thats where we started just took 2.5 hrs !


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Rest and Rejuvenation every 100M ascent


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12.00 Noon, 4000 Mt, Mule Express crossing we make way


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Landmark Mountains and

stone patterns- Searching for

hidden symbols like in the Da-

Vinci Code

Its the thought of reaching this restaurant


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It s the thought of reaching this restaurant

in Manali, that kept some us moving !


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Bas vo bada pathar ke peeche

Hampta Pass hai- Sharmaji

kept on* motivating us

* This was indeed the last big pathar for a change !


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Hampta Pass- 4300M, 2.12 Pm


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Why HamptaPass ?

Because itsthere

George Mallory is famously quoted as

having replied to the question "Why

do you want to climb Mount Everest?"

with the retort: "Because it's there",


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May we pass more passes


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Indrasan at 6400 M, View from Hampta Pass

Steep Descent to Sheagoru, 2.30 Pm,


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Steep Descent to Sheagoru, 2.30 Pm,

Twisted ankles can be complementary

F b l ld h l k d lik l f l t i t *


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For someone below we would have looked like colorful mountain goats**not that our intelligence is much more than them !

3 09 P


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18 mm Wide angle sight

200 mm telephoto sight

Our camp is seen

A twist for the lens

is few hours*1 for man*2

3.09 Pm

*1 I managed to reach at 5.10 Pm

*2 All 3 Women reached 30 min earlier


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Spiti Valley- Left view


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Spiti valley Right view

Spiti Valley 180 degree* view


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Spiti Valley- 180 degree view

One may count the stars, but boulders impossible

*21 Photos were stitched to get this view


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It is not the

mountain we conquer

but ourselves

Edmund Hillary

O t i


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Our conquer stories

over plates of finger

chips !

D 4 3940 M Shi


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Day 4: 3940 M, Shiagoru

h f h


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Awaiting the rise of the sun to.

D f i l M h


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Defrosting ourselves- Megha

N bl i l k i ff i h


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Not able to title, cant take it off either

Beauty is not skin deep- it is mountain high !


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Beauty is not skin deep it is mountain high !

Thats All of us


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Thats- All of us


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Trekkers on the right: choose to take

long route across bridgeBelow:Dared to dip in chilling water

and wade across

Departure time :9.20Am

Journey back picturesque, eventful* and less oxygen consuming !


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Journey back picturesque, eventful and less oxygen consuming !* Unintended dip in water happened with me


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1.00 Pm

Back to civilization : Chatru ( 3383 M)

Done it all : Climbed Mountain, Walked

distance, Crossed rivers more than all

enjoyed it fully !

Q i k M i b f tti ff t Ch d t l


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Quick Maggie, before setting off to Chandertal

Entering Chandertal Sanctuary at this place


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Entering Chandertal Sanctuary at this place

Please park and walk said the board


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- 4Km to Chandertal ( 4300M)

What to say?- Just see


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What to say? Just see

We are halted by arresting beauty


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We are halted by arresting beauty

From whatever angle -pristine


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From whatever angle -pristine

Sri Suktha: Om, Hiranya varnam harinim; Suvarna rajatasrajam; Chandraam hiranmayim * Could have been inspired by this


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*O all-knowing fire-god (Agni), would you kindly propitiate , the Goddess of prosperity, one whose body has the golden color; one who is decked with gold and

silver garlands; one whose sari is yellow colored and one Whose face is like the full moon and whose eyes bless humanity with soothing grace


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Took a vow to return back* on full moon night

*with family

Cant get any more happy


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g y ppy

Moon checks-in and we walk out


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Moon checks-in and we walk out

Back in Manali shopping in a trekking shop, did we forget we just finished or

i f th t k ? Y b t !!!


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are we preparing for another trek ?- You bet..!!!

Snow on the rock


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Snow on the rockLike snow that drifts in air

We come to earth with fan fair

Like a rock that has fixed in position

We have our ties bonded in relation

Like snow that clings on the rock

We mingle with our own folk

Snow melts and flows down as river

Giving life, livelihood and laughter

Let us be like snow on the rock

on the Mountain top,

awaiting to deliver

- Prashanth UC ( 18th Oct 2010)

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