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Kanchenjunga Expedition-I reach Base Camp (Day 22)

Kanchenjunga Expedition-I reach Base Camp (Day 22)

My hands are numb and when the time comes to leave I cannot zip up my rucksack. Today was perhaps the toughest walk ever. It took me and my two fellow travellers Mahi Ram and Balwant over 5 hours of constant walk through glaciers , soft sand that sucked your foot in, boulders that threatened to roll over you or twist your ankle mortally and slopes that could drop you down into the snot-green glacier waters where one was sure to die of hypothermia even though today the sun shone its best.


Kanchenjunga Expedition-Journey to Base Camp Begins (Day 21)

Kanchenjunga Expedition-Journey to Base Camp Begins (Day 21)

We move through glaciers, big boulders but the soft pebbly mud make it an ordeal for me. To make matters worse it begins to rain. By the time we reach the intermediate Base Camp-after over 3km of walk-I am drenched to the skin


Kanchenjunga Expedition-Trek to nearby Mountain Peak (Day 20)

Kanchenjunga Expedition-Trek to nearby Mountain Peak (Day 20)

Jaidev looks quite something when he takes the ear-phones from Gary and pretends to enjoy the hard-metal music Gary listens to. Saunta, closes his eyes and begins to dance. Jagdev says the music is best for morning PT. I couldn’t agree with him more.


Kanchenjunga Expedition-Halfway walk to Base Camp (Day 18)

Kanchenjunga Expedition-Halfway walk to Base Camp (Day 18)

After breakfast we go on a trek towards Base Camp. The idea is to acclimatize oneself and I am more than eager to go even though the army guys neither invite us nor inform us. Gary for his part is reluctant but he comes along seeing my enthusiasm.


Kanchenjunga Expedition- Trek to Sukhratar (Day 9)

Kanchenjunga Expedition- Trek to Sukhratar (Day 9)

Actually with leeches it’s a bad idea to stop. They take no time to stick on shoes and them trepez onto your leg. The leeches here are slim and about a centimenter long. They stand on one end with the other end probing the air-perhaps for flesh to stick on.