‘Chadar’ (sheet) name is given to the frozen surface of the ‘Zanskar’ river which looks like a White sheet after being frozen. ‘Zanskar’ river is the lifeline of the people of Ladakh region. The river starts freezing in the month of December and by the mid January it is completely frozen. As the Zanskar River freezes into a sheet of ice, it remains the only route to access the Zanskar Valley during the winters.
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Kuari Pass Winter Trek, unlike all my other trips wasn’t a last moment, hurried plan. The call of the mountains had been heard long before, allowing enough time for leave applications, survey and purchase of equipments and even a decent detoxification. Yet, often, even though one has had enough time to cross-check every item on the check-list, some preparations still remain incomplete.
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5’4, 48kg, below BMI, very low tolerance for cold, can manage till 20C, very low tolerance for strangers, migraine prone, hard-core non-vegetarian.
That is what my profile reads like. Yet, I enrolled with Trek The Himalayas (henceforth, referred to as TTH) for an 8-day trek to Rupin Pass, perched at a measly 15250 ft, with a drop in temperature up to -5C.
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Any Himalayan trek can never satisfy you. Once you go, you want to go again and again, every year. And I was no exception to this. The next Himalayan trek plan took shape with my colleagues and friends.
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