Hey, before you start reading this, please do read the first part-
http://bratbigb.blogspot.in/2015/09/dzongri-trek-part-1.html
Apologies for such a late post. Meant to post it within 2 days of posting the first one. Will post the third part soon.
Jumping straight into Day 3 then,
Day 3 started off with heavy rains and our guides told us it wasn't advisable to proceed further. We decided to call it a rest day and did a few mini missions. We chatted a lot, visited a tiny monastery and took like a zillion pictures. That's Sneheel and Ritu looking at the monastery from far away.
Some of us chose to read peacefully and catch up on good sleep. That's me reading over the clouds.
We made a new line of jokes called #LowAltitudeProblems. Stuff that we considered problems back in Bangalore but are insignificant here.
Example: Not showering
Another example: Shitting in the open.
Another example: A horse farting on your face. Don't want to reveal who was the victim of this. (Hint- His name means horse funnily enough)
Yet another example: Not brushing your teeth but drinking tea and saying that it is an anti oxidant and it will cleanse your mouth
Okay last example: Falling into fresh yak dung, getting up and continuing walking like nothing happened. (Happened to yours truly)
Let's see what day 4 has in store for us.
Day 4
Day 4 was probably the toughest day of trekking for us as the entire route was uphill. It was very slushy and there were creepy insect sounds as well. From Tshoka we went to Phedang within 2 hours and there we had lunch. After lunch we walked till Devaralli which was very steep and there were a few birds here and there.
The terrain in Devaralli looked like this. I walked this entire 2 and a half hour stretch alone and started asking myself questions about why I was doing this and what was the point to all of this. From Devaralli, the entire stretch was flat and a little downhill too. So I reached Dzongri at 3:45 pm only to find 5 of the quicker ones waiting for me and cheering loudly.
This is our trekker's hut in Dzongri. That's Aswin with Tiger. Tiger is a dog from Goecha La who accompanied us all the way from Sachen. He was always at the head of the pack, often running up and waiting for us. He was our 13th member.
I had a pounding headache which could have been an indication of altitude sickness. I took some tablets and lied down. One isn't supposed to fall asleep if it's altitude sickness. An hour of lying down and I was fit as a fiddle. Luckily we were staying at the trekker's hut in Tzongri for if we were outside, we would have frozen to death. Everyone's wearing 4-5 layers of clothes. It's 8:00 pm and we are off to sleep. Have a really early start tomorrow. At 3:30 am. Let's see how that goes. Goodnight.
Day 5
We were graced by horrible heavy rains and going to the view point became pointless. Instead we went to Lakshmi pokhari which is a holy lake 4 kms from tzongri. This walk was the toughest for me personally because we were walking in heavy rains. My pants were wet, body was getting heavy and I kept slipping. When we reached the lake, we could see absolutely nothing. Just a small water body. All the mountains were covered in clouds. We ourselves were inside a massive cloud. That's us in heavy rain.
I went back into my questioning state where I was asking myself what was the use of sweating so much for 5 days. My whole body was aching and I was very hungry as we got back only by 3 pm. Our cook bhaiyyas tried to lift our spirits with a lot of tea, hot onion pakodas and tasty tomato soup. We even got momos and fried rice for dinner. Most of us were so full, we didn't even eat a lot. Tomorrow morning we get our second shot at the peak. Hoping that the weather is fine. If we don't go to the view point and conquer the peak, it will be very disappointing and it will feel like an incomplete trip. However, the clouds have cleared and we got a clear view of the night sky. For the first time we saw the moon. Dear God, please give us clear sky. I am off to sleep in the sleeping bag in the hut while some of us are sleeping in the biting cold in the tents.
http://bratbigb.blogspot.in/2015/09/dzongri-trek-part-1.html
Apologies for such a late post. Meant to post it within 2 days of posting the first one. Will post the third part soon.
Jumping straight into Day 3 then,
That's the rest of them going on mini missions, trying to do whacky stuff and explore the place further.
That's the view of the horse stables and the place where all our yaks and zhos stayed.
Some of us chose to read peacefully and catch up on good sleep. That's me reading over the clouds.
Example: Not showering
Another example: Shitting in the open.
Another example: A horse farting on your face. Don't want to reveal who was the victim of this. (Hint- His name means horse funnily enough)
Yet another example: Not brushing your teeth but drinking tea and saying that it is an anti oxidant and it will cleanse your mouth
Okay last example: Falling into fresh yak dung, getting up and continuing walking like nothing happened. (Happened to yours truly)
Let's see what day 4 has in store for us.
The terrain in Devaralli looked like this. I walked this entire 2 and a half hour stretch alone and started asking myself questions about why I was doing this and what was the point to all of this. From Devaralli, the entire stretch was flat and a little downhill too. So I reached Dzongri at 3:45 pm only to find 5 of the quicker ones waiting for me and cheering loudly.
This is our trekker's hut in Dzongri. That's Aswin with Tiger. Tiger is a dog from Goecha La who accompanied us all the way from Sachen. He was always at the head of the pack, often running up and waiting for us. He was our 13th member.
I had a pounding headache which could have been an indication of altitude sickness. I took some tablets and lied down. One isn't supposed to fall asleep if it's altitude sickness. An hour of lying down and I was fit as a fiddle. Luckily we were staying at the trekker's hut in Tzongri for if we were outside, we would have frozen to death. Everyone's wearing 4-5 layers of clothes. It's 8:00 pm and we are off to sleep. Have a really early start tomorrow. At 3:30 am. Let's see how that goes. Goodnight.
I went back into my questioning state where I was asking myself what was the use of sweating so much for 5 days. My whole body was aching and I was very hungry as we got back only by 3 pm. Our cook bhaiyyas tried to lift our spirits with a lot of tea, hot onion pakodas and tasty tomato soup. We even got momos and fried rice for dinner. Most of us were so full, we didn't even eat a lot. Tomorrow morning we get our second shot at the peak. Hoping that the weather is fine. If we don't go to the view point and conquer the peak, it will be very disappointing and it will feel like an incomplete trip. However, the clouds have cleared and we got a clear view of the night sky. For the first time we saw the moon. Dear God, please give us clear sky. I am off to sleep in the sleeping bag in the hut while some of us are sleeping in the biting cold in the tents.
