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| L-R: Ankur, Sauarbh, Tyagi (Bahubali); Rajesh (Thamba), Sandy, Nikhil, Aman and Sanjog |
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| Walking the trail upwards to Roopkund |
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| Thamba time |
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Paking up at Bedni early morning to start upwards towards Bedni. Tested sulpha here and first bornfire.
See Video here http://youtu.be/IEBq-jt30ko |
Watch the Husbands video at
http://youtu.be/ORPWn3e0uT4
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| Taking rest after a steep climb upwards from Bedni village camp |
Watch another video, where we see
Sandy and Verma ji doing their usual....heated discussions including the gaaliyaan: http://youtu.be/9C2oHxE1sL8
And this video where we are
welcoming Rajesh and Aman on reaching this point. Rajesh with his special comments made us laugh as usual.
Watch this Video
http://youtu.be/DdeioX0aiEQ
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| This is one of my fav pictures of the woods. The pattern of trees has its own beauty and eeriness. So calm and peacefull,but a bit scary too. |
Just before it started snowing, we were resting at a Bugyaal place i.e. a flat green meadow area.
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When it just started snowing, u can see snowflakes in front of Aman's jacket.
When it just STARTED watch Video here http://youtu.be/vfbkIC_5yaM |
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| Next stage of snowfall, bit more snowy, windy and chillier now, than the previous pic. |
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| This is when we realised that this was not a joke, this snow storm was too good for us. |
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| Now u see the snow more and we are rushing towards our camp. the fact was we didn't even know how far we had to walk. But all wanted shelter at any cost as we were taken uawares. |
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With no preparedness and no snow-gear, it was shear mind streght that kept us walking in this chill
Watch this Video here http://youtu.be/GOWN5-_s-vE |
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| Sandy and Rajesh |
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| Click moment |
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| This is Roopkund area where the religious havan is performed. Check the frozen ice on these bells atop one of the temples. |
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| This is heavenly |
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| Outside a temple , below Roopkund peak. |
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| This is boundary of a pond and in the centre is a temple. Every 4 years a huge pooja is performed here. |
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| Jogi |
The day after tomorrow. Watch Videos: "
Rajesh saying Ma Ka......." http://youtu.be/-ZoJ3Znj6ko
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| check the snow-capped trail behind me. |
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| This is one of the most scary points to cross. With snow so slippery and very thin trail at this point, to add to this a big "Khaai" / gorge below. Can never forget this. |
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| Outside our tin-camps, the next day early morning. When it was calm and so beautifull. |
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| The two-horns pic. |
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| Sanjog & Sandeep taking recent during decent |
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| All are tired, including the DOG |
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| Ek dum khallas. It started raining here and we were so tired that we didn't even want to run towards some shed, just lying next to a wall. |
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| Respite from sudden drizzling. Ofcourse the dog is there in this picture. Identify?? |
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| Village kids helping each other. |
The bonfire on the penultimate nite camp bottom of Didina village.
Watch
VIDEO HERE http://youtu.be/tCiaJbbp4XI and
http://youtu.be/vQxdmwImv2A
Verma ji's Speech watch
VIDEO:
http://youtu.be/Barb8PqlXE4
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| Breakfast on the penultimate day, next to the river. |
THE FINALE speech by HIS EXCELLENCY RAJESH
http://youtu.be/Q6b2OiPNAps
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| Walking thru the fields towards our pick-up point by a mini-bus. |
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| Really like this pic |
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| This lady had so much depth on her face, perfect for a pic and thankfully she posed. I only had an apple to give her for the photo shoot. |
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| The "DAY AFTER" the stormy day, when we hurriedly reach our campsite. The moment we saw these 3 Green Tents from a distance, we started running in deep snow, as if a SOS call. I remember Tyagi slipped badly, but all was fine when we woke up to see this Video http://youtu.be/hE0_VGmwQFY |
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| Chilly when we reached our tents that we used our towels to cover frozen legs. U can see Rajesh, Tyagi, myself and Sanjog. See our faces. And watch this video http://youtu.be/YvywruGy93U |
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| Walking back this morning was so beautiful. We had no tension of getting lost , or slipping, jus the JOY of being there. |
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Watch the video of walking back from the camp.
VIDEO: http://youtu.be/S_JUMvIZFVY
and watch this VIDEO: http://youtu.be/_InFkZ6GVPs
Me , Sanjog, Verma and Sandy walking on ICE. Watch
VIDEO:
http://youtu.be/J96brXyV1tc
