Har ki Doon - Day 2

Har ki Doon - Day 0

Har ki Doon - Day 1

Detailed journey of Day 0 and Day 1 can be read in the above mentioned links.

We started this trek with great ardency. After first two days, including tiresome journey of long 12 hours on the curvy roads on day 0 and fatigued but fascinating walk in forests of approximately 15 kms on day 1, we were ready to begin our day 3 journey to Har ki Doon valley with the same vigour.

We spent a beautiful night in tents under the starry sky, in the chilling breeze and midst of supersized mountains. Next morning we got up at 6 A.M. and were mesmerized by the captivating beauty around. Snow covered mountains, rising sun, distant view of Seema village was all enough to spellbind us.

Har ki Doon - Day 1

Details of the Day 0 journey can be read at:
Har ki Doon - Day 0

The night spent in the Eco Log huts at Taluka was a comfortable night. We slept well. I got up at 5:30 and went outside to catch the beauty around, with other 3 members of our team. It was still dark outside. Since it was a full moon night and moon was still shining high, the view was beautiful but little bit scary also. Moonlight spreaded over huge mountains, empty surroundings, few houses, chilling breeze, big fluffy mountain dogs, huge trees standing straight everything was scenic. In some time, with the crack of dawn all team members got up. Soon we packed our bags and got ready for the breakfast.

Eco Log Huts

Har Ki Doon - Day 0

People often ask me "Why do you go for trek?", "You have to walk miles on such difficult terrain, carrying so much of weight on your shoulders, no fun rather a tiring and precarious task." Some of my friends also ask that, "What you do on trek? Just keep walking? No proper meal, no comfy place to sleep, neither you bathe for days nor change clothes." I just smile and never reply to their silly questions because I know trekking is something which is enjoyed by doing it. It cannot be lived from other's experience. Only a person who has adventurous soul, is a wanderer, adores nature, enjoy being free spirited and most important seek fun in exploring inner self can take pleasure in these activities.

A quote about travelling, I once read somewhere inspired me a lot; it says:

"The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page"

St. Augustine

This was the time to read new chapter called "Har ki Doon" and elongating my travelling list by adding one more location to it. The trip to Har ki Doon valley was planned by IIT Roorkee, Himalayan Explorers Club [HEC] in month of October but due to some personal reasons I didn't register for the trek. After few days in first week of december, when I was enjoying my leisure time at home I saw one of my friend's pictures on facebook. She had successfully completed her trek to "KedarKantha Summit" with a group of 10 people. The pictures instigated me so such that I decided I am not going to miss the upcoming trip to Har ki Doon. I contacted few of my friends associated with HEC and asked them to include my name in the list. But due to large number of registrations nothing was confirmed. Finally, my friends Rosy and Subhash managed to include my name in the list, but whether I will be going or not was to be decided after the conditioning camp only. Fortunately, many girls cancelled their registration and after a weeklong conditioning my name was eventually added in the list. Yayy!

Gigantic mountains, cool breeze, high altitude sky kissing alpine and deodar forests, uneven terrain, fresh and crystal clear river water, beautiful and natural waterfalls, white snow and a long trek with eclectic mix of natural beauty was all we were going to witness on the long trek to “Har Ki Dun”. We were a group of 7 girls, 5 boys and two professors, all excited to witness the natural beauty at the beautiful valley Har ki Dun. It is 3566 meters above the sea level. It was a 5 days and approximately 50-55 kilometers long trek. A day before, HEC distributed us rucksacks, sleeping bags, sleeping mats and some eatables like magie, daal, chawal, etc so that equal weight is distributed amongst us.

All set to travel

River Rafting - Shivpuri

Adventure awakens your soul, refreshes your mind and fill your body with enthusiasm. And, the biggest adventure is "what next in life!" Life is no less than rafting on a free flowing river. You never know, which grade rapid is waiting for you after the steady flowing stream. But, whatever thrill comes you have to keep paddling, keep moving. If you quit, you lose your breath.

So, this time it was the Rafting Trip at Shivpuri near Rishikesh. We were all asked to report sharply at 8:30 in morning. By 9:00 AM, we around 70-80 students from different departments, courses, batches gathered at IIT Roorkee HEC office. We were all excited and enthusiastic for the thrilling, adventurous and fun filled River Rafting trip to begin. In some time, our professor who was going to accompany us arrived and we boarded buses from the college campus. All of us accumulated in two private buses. We were 7 girls, one professor and his family and rest all were boys.

Five girls (out of seven), waiting for adventure to begin

CHANDRASHILA

When you walk out exploring the nature around, you return discovering yourself!

On 25th September 2015, at 4 o'clock in the morning we departed from IIT Roorkee campus via private bus for our Deoriatal - ChandraShila Trek. We were a group of 19 girls, 2 Trek Leads (boys) and one Professor from our college. Around 6:30 in morning we reached Rishikesh and just 2-3 Kms from the very famous Laxman Jhoola we took a halt and had ur breakfast. The scenic beauty of River Ganges, high altitude mountains was mesmerizing.