We woke up to the most delightfully clear day after a misty shower of rain at 7am.
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We were all click happy and took lots of pictures. The snow capped peaks looked beautiful.
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An ode to the photographer……
We got ready, the thing to report is that the boys took so long to get ready…… We started chomping on biscuits right there….
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There was this shrub in full bloom which caught our fancy… actually more than that….. check out the walls at the back…..
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That’s Mad hatter and me….
Everyone else had yummy breakfast. I had the paratha’s packed as we still had to drive some distance in the hills before we left for Chopta for treking.
While driving to chopta, we crossed a board which mentioned a detour to Deveria Tal. A lake situated at an altitude of 3200 mts. Legends says its the same lake where Yaksha ask question from Pandavas . One can see the reflection of Chaukhamba peaks on a bright sunny day. It was decided that lets check out the lake and then we’ll do the Tunganath trek in the afternoon and reach the top by the evening.
We all agreed…
We started the trek with great enthusiasm….. The scenery was great…. Looking down was giving me the jitters….. just kept going.
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I never imaged it would be so tough to walk when the air got rare. I was breathing like a fish in no time. Even carrying a full bottle of water was impossible. We split 1 full bottle into 2 halfs.
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We stopped half way and rested our feet a bit… clicked some pictures…..
This is our Guide…
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The partners in most crimes….. ;-)
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We were completely pooped….. never thought we’d get to the top….. But kept going nevertheless……
Vivek sir pipes up suddenly… chalo nachi chalo….. abb sirf project ke bugs regress hone baki hai….. the worst is over…. We’re almost there…. Just little bit more…..
All I could do was burst out laughing….. even laughing at that altitude took some wind out of me….. [Caution…. This joke wold be understood mostly by Product/Project Managers]
When we reached up….. the view was just fabulous… See for your self…… we were really click happy.
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Such pristine beauty…… It was reallllllllyyyyy worth the climb……
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This one is a classic….
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We were quite tired walking up…… after lots of pics… we sat around for a while enjoying the natural beauty…
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Vivek sir at work…
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The results of his work….. :-)
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While walking around the lake on a trailer… I was busy chattering away and looking at the millions of tadpoles in the lake and….WHAM….. walked straight into a tree whose trunk was all knotted up and jutting out…. Ouch… That REALLLLLLYYYY hurt….
This was taken just after the bump….
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What a poser….
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We even spotted a fox on the hill top……
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The climb down was not so tedious as the climb up… but nevertheless very tiring and the calf muscles were complaining a lot.
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About Tunganath
Trip To Tunganath - Day 1 - Photos
Trip To Tunganath - Day 2 [Trek to Deveria Tal] - Photos of Okhimat and Photos of Trek To DeveriaTal
Trip To Tunganath - Day 2 [Trek to Tunganath] - Photos
Trip To Tunganath - Day 3 [Return Journey] - Photos - Sun Rise and Way Back
3 comments:
I must admit that Devariya Tal was not in my itinerary initially coz i had thought that 2 treks ina day would get too grueling for the ladies..
But how glad i am that we decided to turn towards devariya tal and do this trek..it was most pristine place ever.
and i must laud both the ladies for being up to the challenge..had their been a situation where some of the 5 members decided not to do a certain trek and stayed at the base, i dont think it would have been as enjoyable. the fact that we all did every step of this journey together and reached places where few before us had made this such a memorable trip..
@puneet - Devariya Tal, was a gr8 idea... thanks to all the research you had done before we went out for this trip....
thanks to the enthu and support of you guys, we made it that far.....
we had a great time..... thanks for the initiative :-)
The pleasure is all mine..
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