It is always said by Travellers that when ever a mountain want to see you there is always a call for you,some may believe it , some say NO ,but i fall in the 1st category.As i had no Plan for this trek i was planning for stock kangeri Base camp from YHAI but when i contacted the YHAI on the same they said that Stock kangari is been cancelled this year so i was looking which can be my next trek and i thought i shall do the "Queen of Trekking in YHAI "which was chandrakani Pass which is 12190ft.
With my preparation to the Trek, it was the D-day when i started in the early morning prior Sun say Good morning,Took the Flight to Chandigarh and had some good time in Chandigarh by visiting the rock garden,Heard of this city a lot but got an opportuinity to experience it , A better clean city and also the infrastructure is much better planned. Took some time off at Sukhana lake and the best view i saw was out of Sukhana lake was the line full of Pani Puri Vendors.From Chandigarh i took the nigh journey to the 15th Mile Base Camp of Chandrakani which is on the Highway from Kullu to Manali.
It is the trek of 10 Days with 1 day of reporting and 2 days of acclimatization.YHAI really organise the Trek in a much organised way.Want to provide few inputs on why you require acclimatization is to avoid High altitude sickness so making your body acclimatize to the new altitudes so when ever you are new for any treks and you flew from plains to high altitudes it is always better to have patience and undergo acclimitatization. Its always fun mingling and knowing different people who all coming from different parts of India.All YHAI treks will always have ppl round the country.
When ever you plan for treks adhere to YHAI discipline and be one among them for the best memories for life time. The trek all started on 13th of May our 1st higher base camp was sola tanki which means (16 Tanks) .It almost took the 6 hours of trek with a bus travel followed by the 5 hours of trek in the woods.We did visit Bijili mahadev Temple which was our Lunch point.The view behind the Temple is breathtaking having spent some time over there was the precious moments of life.Bijili mahadev temple as one thing the butter on the temple remain intact in summer and melts in winter which is almost the reverse of our expectation.After the Lunch we started our next trek and travelled almost 2 more hours where the light Rain and reached the Base camp Solatanki. This was situated in the woods, in the middle of the woods was our resting Tents.After reaching the place we got introduced to the camp leader and then we had our welcome drink and went for a walk. The feel of breathing the fresh air itself is a different experience. I did sense the deforesting shadow there as well, Each cut log has its own story to tell in the silence. I did sit on one of the log seeing the mountains outside and lost in the cool breeze and silence of the nature. Words fall short to describe the experience.When you have a conversation with Nature the conversation is always unique and answering. Later we all went for a walk and we came back had our tea followed by a zabardast Dinner.YHAI uniqueness is in the food they server, Good Hygenic,tasty and always filling.As it was a woods the camp leader did alert us that there are few wild animals do travel so be aware in the night. By 7 to 8 PM we all got the signal to sleep and we all slide down to sleeping bags and slept off .in the late Midnight We actually did face a situation in the night when the dogs was barking very loudly and few ppl did made some strength to see wat is the reason where as others had slept without thinking on that.
It was the next morning at 5 is our wakeup time.we had a tea by 6 , Sipping tea in woods with Sun rise view and also seeing sheeps grazing and seeing the birds an amazing experience all together , after that we had our breakfast and we bid the goodbye to the camp leader and started our journey to Motinag which is the next higher basecamp.today also we are elevating high the terrain was not so difficult , it was really a good trek as it was completely in deep woods.There were few places where we were very cautious in crossing as there was a valley next to our side. Treks in the woods always enhace your health as you will be inhaling the oxygen which is fresh .We did stop in the woods for a lunch point and we had our lunch and did have a nap as well.having Nap in woods with all u r friends around and just sleeping off is a peaceful experience.Then we started and on the way had a tea .as we started moving towards our next point we was cautioned by our guide that we shouldn’t touch the Temple and the temple is called as Motinag and hence the name of basecamp as well.we did see people gathering their , it was the festival there and every 1 was involved in celebration of the same.In the meanwhile Rain welcomed us to the motinag as it was raining on reaching the camp we settled down it was too cold out as well.we waited till the Rain subside , after which we got introduced to the camp leader .after which the kitchen staff really delighted us with hot tea and aloo bonda wat a combination for the best weather. we enjoyed that snacks and really we were kids as well we used to ask more as well , the best time of any life is to be like a kid and we did see the same in us.In the busy world we always tend to loose all the good qualities in us and keep masking as per the world requirement and not living the self,Where as in these kind of treks is where u get the opporotunity to be u r self and re-discover u r self.After the Snacks we went around and one of the elder person saw the poster of the base camp is being torn and he asked we can fix it and we went and fix the same,I did see a difference, many of them did see the torn poster but the elderly person thought of fixing it , this is the difference what we see in us ,our past generation people used to look for fixing things in all ways but now a days we are looking for alternatives which has led to lot of problems, and futuristic I see replacing them.I always have a special respect to that elderly person I shall cherish this moment throughtout .When ever u see a problem try solving it rather than trying alternative and getting out a life lesson which is taught.Thats where Treks give u the life lessons only thing is you should be open for learnings.after that there was a call for dinner. We were quite late for dinner but we did get all the things always have a great respect to the kitchen staff who fill us with such a lovely and tasty foods.we did had a camp fire and I did get a chance to sitout for a while and see through the sky which is filled with lot of stars .after around 10 we did bid goodnyt and sinked into the cozy sleeping bags for a wonderful good night
Next Day morning with nice good night sleep woke up and was happy to see the new morning ,Today our destination was Ubalta thach. Ubalta means water and thach means place its been said that water used to obtain here in abundance hence the name.On the way to ubalta Thach there is a scenic beauty of Mountains, I did spend some time viewing the beauty , it’s just mesmerizing I always felt all the questions of yours can always be answered by Nature. Thats where the saying goes Nature can cure anything and everything. After the completion of the trek we did have a small nap and later moved around somedays the experience is much more than words. That is what I felt today. Had a nice time with all the team and we did have the campfire and after the campfire we did had a good night sleep.
Today our destination was Dohra Nala. This is located in midst of the valley.on the way we did have rains and really amazing view of clouds moving and all of them enjoyed the view of the same and as it was raining the path really became messy we with lot of alertness did mind our steps while walking and few people did fall as well. later after reaching the camp we did had some fries for the the snacks and really we had nice warm welcome from the camp .after a while rain did give us the break and we went around and did take few picks around and also the stream which flew next to our camp. Later in the evening we really had a a nice time , in a span of 10days people whom we have never met before doesn’t know anything about them turn out to be just like a person whom we know from years.Thats the beauty of the trek .the best part of the team was all teammates were able to mingle with every one that’s the best of this team.we had to wake up early in the morning for the early depart hence we went to sleep as early as 7PM.With growing mechanical life we always miss the beauty of nature whenever I come to the trek I will gain all the missing things and enjoying the beauty of nature.
Chandrakani Pass
Today is the D-Day we were going through our destination Chandrakani Pass so we all woke up by 5:00 A.m had our breakfast and got ready with our packed lunch, Always a heartful of thankfulness to the kitchen staff that they are always on time and the food they prepare has no comparison. Today we started our trek early in the morning.and we have to really climb up till the top.By the time sun say good morning we are more or less reached the peak and wished him a Good morning and the beauty we saw was really words beyond.we were able to spot the sarpass , I was able to recollect 2 years memories which are fresh.We always complain that we don’t remember but I say the things which is in your heart is always fresh and when you recall it will be very much has happening. we thought of having lot of snow but we were able to see only few patches of snow. With wat ever we had snow we did play and also had a small slide.irrespective of the situation if the team members are happening even without nothing you create everything.After solid hour spending time which is once again lifetime experience coz next time even if you plan for one all the parameters wont be the same .After the fun experience we started getting down to the basecamp Rumsu village.on the way we did have two small slides where we helped eachother to cross the same.we had come down half the way hail storm started and luckily we got a shelter in a tent and after that it was 2 hours full of heavy rains. Thanks to the guide who had the presence of mind on the weather and made us to start at the right time from the peak . After almost 2hours wait we started going down , after the rain whole environment became very pleasant and also the road was slippery and we all watched our steps, we reached our camp Nayatapur by 4:30 PM and took some rest. Got introduced to the campleader and had tea followed by snacks.today we were very lucky to see one of the beautiful sunset which lasted for more than 30 mins and we all enjoyed it. After the dinner we all started to chitchat as this was one of the last basecamp for us. The talks went on till late night and the temperature was too chill it was around 3 to 4 degree by 10PM with lot of chill we all made our way to the tent to sleep.
Nayatapur to Basecamp
Today we wokeup in our own time as it was the last basecamp we didn’t get any whistle blowed as we used to get every day, the camp leader was cool and he let us to wake up at the time we feel,but we are already practiced to wake up early so inspite of anything we woke up as usual .We woke up as usual and did spent time moving around had our breakfast it was a bright sunny day and we had long way to go by 8a.m bidding a good bye to the camp leader we started our journey .today we were going down and we were travelling in woods , we were able to listen to lot of Himalayan birds and also as the trek was in woods we were able to see lot of different woods.by afternoon we reached a place where rain welcomed us to the plains.we had our packed lunch and the amount of sharing what we did for full trek is no less than years.we were knowing each other well and knowing people so well. we were reaching the time to bid Good bye for many as few people were leaving today to their destination rest would be meeting in basecamp.on the way we went to the rumsu village , this village is beautiful in its own ways .after looking inside the village we had tea in our trek leaders home and we were moved by his hospitality and also the lifestyle in the village, we saw people contended with what they have and also felt happy with what they have. later we started getting down and we spotted the most wished the Himalayan bird with lot of silence we were able to capture them then it was a trek on normal roads for 1 hour or so then we landed up in the Roerich Gallery , more than the things in museum what amazed me was the life lead by Roerich at that time. After spending considerable amount of time then we started to explore the palace around but it was closed by 6PM we were hungry had few mouth munching snacks in Naggar then we started to commute to the basecamp by hiring a taxi.
At the Basecamp there was a warm welcome ,some time we felt that we have achieved something in life and yes we did capture of our dreams of seeing chandrakani pass.in the evening at the camp fire we recollected all our memories and got our certification on completion of trek. After dinner we did meet each of them did really share our last thoughts, it was really nice and I did see when the next day there was a depart of few people we did see people feelings so attached to each and every person this is where I see Trek always bond people just like a family. After the morning breakfast we departed our own lands with the new dreams and new hopes thanking each and every person who were part of this whole journey.
It is always said the end of a chapter is always a new beginning of the next chapter.Waiting eagerly for the Next chapter. i think the memories are abundant till the next chapter begins.
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