Kailash Mansarovar 2012 Visual Recap
Recounting a fortuitous journey from 6 years ago. The longing to revisit will persist forever! Visual Recap
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Kailash Mansarovar yAtra - Nepal Route
During the 14-day long trip from Kathmandu to Kailash and back, we (a group of 18 women, ranging in age from 21 to 60) crossed magnificent mountains, sacred lakes, deep gorges, virgin waterfalls and lush green canyons. We climbed to over 18500 ft height. This trek is one of the more difficult in Asia and physically challenging due to dry, cold Tibetan terrain and difficulties faced at high altitude. Many of us felt unwell often. There were many uncertainties on the way – Our chinese guide didn’t reach border on time, sudden landslides or boulders on the roads, the tyres of the bus got mired on the banks of Brahmaputra. Neither horses nor porters were available during the days of the parikrama. Accommodation and food are very basic, one is far away from (conventional notions of) civilization. At every step many wished to abandon the trip and return home, yet decide to keep going, determined to complete the trek solely because of team mates, accompanying Sherpas and the sight of oth...
Off to Kailash!
For those of you interested in spending a few days among majestic mountains, look up KMY-2012 and Amarnath yatra opportunities. This blogger did, and that's how the backpack is ready to go on the Kailash-Mansarovar Yatra from 27 June to 11 July. All thanks to WOWSumitra . Looking forward to meeting a group of (hopefully) like-minded yatris. Also looking forward to sharing moments from the 2-week trip with each reader...