Nandadevi East
Base Camp Trek 2006
THIS IS A
DIARY OF EVENT OF THE TREK ORGANISED BY BHRAMANTI FOR CELEBRATING 70TH
ANNIVERSARY OF FIRST ASCENT OF NANDADEVI. IT'S 3RD SUCH HIMALAYAN TREK
OF BHRAMANTI. THE ENTIRE TEAM WAS APURVA VARMA(TREK COORDINATOR),
PUNEET KUMAR, V. M KULKARNI, P. SOLANKI, P. KAREKAR, BHASKAR GANGAL(PRESIDENT OF "BHRAMANTI
MOUNTAINEERS").
16TH SEPT: AS SCHEDULED ALL THE 7 TREKKERS OF BHRAMANTI MET ON PLATFORM
NO 3 OF DELHI STATION AT 2200HRS TO BOARD THE DELHI-KATHGODAM TRAIN.
TRAIN DEPARTED OLD DELHI STATION AT 2245 HRS.
17TH SEPT: DUE TO OUR TRAIN ENGINE PROBLEM AT VALLABHGARH, WE BOARDED
ANOTHER TRAIN(DEHRADUN-KATHGODAM) AND ARRIVED KATHGODAM AT 0830HRS. WE
BOARDED SUMO AND LEFT FOR ALMORA.NEAR KAINCHI TEMPLE WE HAD OUR
BREAKFAST AND THEN WE REACHED ALMORA AT 1230HRS. MR MOHIT GUPTA,OUR
GROUP LEADER/GUIDE GAVE US A SMALL SPEECH IN THE EVENING ABOUT THE
TREK. ALL PREPARATION FOR THE TREK WAS COMPLETED IN THE NIGHT AND WE
DEPOSITED EXCESS LUGGAGE.
18TH SEPT: WE WOKE UP AT 0330HRS AND CAME TO ALMORA BUS STAND AND WE
CAME TO KNOW THAT THE BUS FROM DELHI TO MUNSIYARI GOT CANCELLED.AT
0630HRS, SO WE BOARDED A BUS FOR THAL, WHERE WE REACHED AT 1230HRS. WE
HAD LUNCH HERE AND THEN BOARDED ANOTHER BUS FOR MUNSIYARI AND ARRIVED
THERE AT 1830HRS. IT IS A SMALL VILLAGE WHERE THE TREK BEGINS.
19TH SEPT. WE GOT PERMIT FROM SDM
AND ITBP AND STARTED OUR TREK AT 0925HRS. THE TREK WAS A COMPLETE
DESCENT AND AFTER TWO HRS WE ARRIVED AT SELAPANI. THERE WAS A ROUTE MAP
OF OUR TREK. WE SPENT SOME TIME HERE AND STARTED TREKKING ALONGSIDE
GORI GANGA RIVER. WE CAME ACROSS TWO BEAUTIFUL WATER FALLS. WE REACHED
JIMIGHAT AT 1330 HRS. OUR CAMPSITE WAS LOCATED ON THE BANK OF RIVER.
THE WEATHER WAS EXCELLENT. TENTS WERE SET UP QUICKLY. LUNCH WAS
PREPARED BY THE COOK AND WE HAD OUR LUNCH AT 1500HRS. WE ALL ENJOYED
THE EVENING. THE WEATHER CHANGED SUDDENLY IN THE NIGHT AND IT STARTED
RAINING HEAVILY WITH THUNDER AND LIGHTENING.
20TH SEPT: THE WEATHER IN THE MORNING WAS EXCELLENT. THE CRYSTAL CLEAR
WATER TURNED TO MUDDY WATER RIVER DUE TO HEAVY RAIN PREVIOUS NIGHT. WE
STARTED THE TREK AND AFTER ONE HOUR WE CROSSED LILAM VILLAGE. WE SAW
TWO WATER FALLS. WE CAME TO A HUGE WATER FALL, WHICH WAS VERY DIFFICULT
TO CROSS. DUE TO LAST NIGHT RAIN, THE WATER WAS POURING HEAVILY. AT
NOON WE ARRIVED AT RUPSYBAGAR, A SMALL TEA STALL. WE HAD LUNCH HERE AND
STARTED TREKKING AGAIN ALONG GORIGANGA RIVER. THE TREK WAS LITTLE
DIFFICULT. VIA RAILGADI, SHIVANI WE ARRIVED BUGDIYAR
IN THE EVENING. IT STARTED RAINING. TWO TREKKERS WERE NOT ABLE TO
PROCEED FURTHER DUE TO HEALTH PROBLEMS. THEY DECIDED TO GO BACK TO
MUSIYARI THE NEXT DAY.
21ST SEPT: WE LEFT BUGDIYAR AT 0825 HRS. AFTER AN HOUR TREK WE LOST OUR
WAY FOR A WHILE IN CONFUSION. WE CROSSED A DANGEROUS ROUE AND ARRIVED
AT MAPANG. WE HAD TEA AND STARTED TREKKING AND REACHED RAILCOT AT
1500HRS. AFTER HAVING TEA WE STARTED AGAIN. WE SAW TOLA VILLAGE ENROUTE
AND ARRIVED AT BEAUTIFULLY LOCATED MARTOLI VILLAGE, A DESERTED VILLAGE
WITH ABANDONED HOUSES. MOST OF THE VILLAGERS HAD MIGRATED ALREADY TO
THE PLAINS OR TO MUNSIYARI. FROM THIS VILLAGE MANY PEAKS COULD BE SEEN.
THE WEATHER WAS GOOD. WE TOOK LOTS OF PHOTOGRAPHS. WE DECIDED TO SPEND
THE NIGHT IN A STONE HOUSE INSTEAD OF TENT.
22ND SEPT: AS NEXT CAMP WAS VERY NEAR, WE LEFT MARTOLI AT 1140HRS AFTER
HAVING RAJMA AND RICE. WE HAD TEA ENROTE AND WE REACHED GANGHAR VILLAGE
AT 1430 HRS. THE OTHER SIDE OF PANCHU NALLAH IS THE PANCHU VILLAGE. WE
CAN COULD SEE THE TIP OF NANDADEVI EAST MOUNTAIN FROM HERE. WE COULD
ALSO SEE THE BURFU AND MILAM VILLAGES.
23RD SEPT: AT 0630HRS WE LEFT GANGHAR VILLAGE FOR NANDADEVI EAST BASE
CAMP. IT WAS A CONTINUOUS ASCENT AND AT 1000HRS
ALL TREKKERS REACHED NANDADEVI EAST BASE CAMP TIRED, BUT AFTER SEEING
THE NANDADEVI MOUNTAIN ALL TREKKERS JUMPED WITH JOY AND THERE WAS NO
END TO IT. WE TOOK MANY PHOTOGRAPTHS AND RETURNED TO GANGHAR AND TOOK
REST THE WHOLE DAY.
OUR RETURN
JOURNEY:
24TH SEPT WE STAYED AT RAILKOT. 25TH SEPT WE STAYED AT BUGDIYAR. 26TH
WE ARRIVED AT MUNSIYARI WITH GREAT JOY OF SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF
NANDADEVI EAST BASE CAMP. TWO PEOPLE FROM OUR GROUP HAD KNEE AND ANKLE
PAINS BUT THEY HAD SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE TREK. GREAT. THE
GREENERY, WATER FALLS, CRYSTAL CLEAR WATERS, SEVERAL NALLAHS AND
RIVERS, SNOW CLAD MOUNTAIN PEAKS, AND A PERFECT-SIZED GROUP MADE THIS
WONDERFUL TREK WORTH REMEMBERING THROUGHOUT OUR LIFE.
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Here by Puneet Kumar
Written By: Venkatesh
Kulkarni
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