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of the melting ice, the trekking
sticks help a lot in these cases,
climbing up you’ll
get many waterfalls where you
can refill your water, water
from these waterfall is so pure
co mpared to bottled water,
the trees here are just gigantic
it’s like you’re in a fortress
of trees, after reaching about
5km we started to get snow on
the ground it was not snowing
though, the view of the snow
covered landscapes is something
extraordinary, we did some snow
fighting on the trek, after 7km
we get a half point which is a waterfall,
we stopped to rest it was
almost 4:00, we still had to climb
almost 6km more, the people
were saying that it is better to go
back and not trek in the night
as it is quite dangerous, but we
were confident that we could do
it, the other side of the waterfall
was completely cover with snow,
the view was like your were in
Iceland, we started of climbing
the snow part of other side , now
everyone were starting to feel
chilly , it was getting really cold,
there were some parts were we
had to help each other to climb
as some parts were really steep,
we were just 3km away when
it was almost dark, we trekked
slowly from that point it was
dark we used flashlights from
this point, all the trekking trail
was covered by ice, all the snow
had converted to ice, it was even
more difficult. Somehow we
reached kheerganga at almost
6:30, it was almost sunset, but
when we entered kheerganga we
could here groups screaming,
partying , dancing around bonfires,
we rushed to our tents as it
was damn cold it was around 6
degrees just around the sunset ,
we saw a great view of the sunset
colors, we had some snacks
while trekking down so we were
full, we freshened up enjoyed
the sunset around kalga, it was
one of the coziest place ever,
we ordered pizza, the owner
ani bhais wife was German she
made us some amazing pizzas
and some chocolate pudding
we had a great time getting
to know the people they were
sharing their stories we were
sharing ours, it was almost 9 we
went to our room packed our
stuff it was our last night in kalga,
the next day we got up had
some pancakes for breakfast,
anis wife made some handicrafts
and souvenir like precious
stones, bracelets, handmade
bands and many things, we
got something for each of us
and said goodbye to kalga, we
trekked down to barshaini we
had booked a cab on the phone
day before, the cab guy dropped
us till manikaran from there we
got onto another cab and we
were on towards Chandigarh.
This trip was something else
to me, it changed my thinking
completely going to these great
mountains shows us that how
small we are in this huge world,
when you come back from trips
like these you’ll feel like your
reborn all your problems will
seem so small, I would just like
to tell that every person on this
planet must witness the purity
and greatness of the Himalayas.
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