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Continue reading →: My Spiti JourneyThis a long post about my month long stay in the Himalayas from July 8th to August 10th,2011. You can either click on the separate links or move down to read through the entire post at a go. Part 1:Built Up and My Return to the Mountains Part 2:Entering Spiti…
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Continue reading →: Spiti Journey, Part 10, EndGameRigours of the Road in the Himalayan Monsoon. I had always wanted to travel in the Himalayan Ghats during monsoons.I had always imagined just how beautifully ferocious the mountains wouls look when the rain pours down upon them,flooding the rivers and spreading a green carpet across the slopes. I was…
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Continue reading →: Spiti Journey, Part 9, Climbing the UnknownSO as i have previously mentioned,Kullu had been thinking and planning about climbing an unkown peak that he had set his eyes on.At Yarsa,we were right at the base of the ridge leading to this peak.I finally had made a decision that I was not in the fittest condition to…
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Continue reading →: Spiti Journey, Part 8, Some more of SatyachenSome more of Satyachen The next day,our 4th in Lingti vallaey,was a rest day for me sicnce Kullu and Lamaji went for some of their own exploration.Kullu had seen a large pasture on his previous visits here and had always wanted to check out the pasture.But it lay quite far…
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Continue reading →: Spiti Journey, Part 7, Border Crossing and the Geological MuseumThe day I saw the India- China Border I was lazily lying down on the sleeping mattress outside my tent and looking around.I was trying to catch up on some reading and some writing when the guys spotted a herd of blue sheep grazing on one of the mountain slopes…





