Kedarkantha Summit – Snow Trek

Doctors Said, No | I was in Dilemma but My wife said, YES | that strengthen me and finally I moved on.

“All my bags are packed, I’m ready to go, I’m standing here outside your door”

But I won’t leaving on a Jet Plane, I have left my home to take up a high gradient rough road and completely unsure about my destiny. For the last couple of months couldn’t able to sleep properly for acute spondylitis pain in my left hand. Most of the night I slept in sitting position due to unbearable pain. Just one month before that, I met with a bike accident and I got severe injury on my right knee. That’s not the end of the list, just one week before the event, suddenly I fell down from staircase and again I got severe injury on my right ankle. Still more to come into my life and the blood report brought a extremely good news for me that I have Uric Acid problem, it was found 7.8. This was the one of the reason of my joints pain.Fitness would required for the event and even for a day I couldn’t hit the ground. I had to say No because No option has been left with me. Somebody from Kolkata also had the same plan to go and she would join me. If I would say No for the event that mean It would be deviation from my word. Earlier we registered for Kuari Pass but at the final hour, our trek operator “Himalayas Climber” changed the route BongBlogger and Ruma Roy at Howrahfrom Kuari Pass to KedarKantha Summit and informed me a day before the journey. Seriously, I was little depressed due to change in plan. Although, I had nothing to do with it because I wanted to do a snow trek before Dzongri Goechala trek. On 8th of January we left Kolkata to Haridwar for Kedarkantha Summit 2016. Ruma Roy who board the same train with me from Kolkata for the trek. Seriously, before the trek, merely I met her once or twice. Basically, she is a friend of my wife and now she is also my friend. My wife came with me to Howrah Station to say goodbye.We talked to each other during the journey and become comfortable with each other. We reached Haridwar on 9th afternoon and went for city walk.

Kedarkantha Summit Duration – 6 to 7 Days Altitude – 12500 ft Gradient – 50 degree Average, 75-80 Maximum Temperature – -10 to -17 in Winter Difficulty Level – Depends on individual Fitness – Mandatory Important Notes Stay – Tents are Mandatory Last Ration – Sankri Village Kerosene – Sankri Village BSNL network is available in Sankri but not in everywhere. During Trekking there are no network coverage, sometime BSNL may work But after Juda Ka Talab completely will be out of cell phone network coverage area. Guide and Porters are available from Dehradun/Mussoorie

Day 2 (Sankri to Juda Ka Talab )
Altitude – 6450 ft to 9150 ft
Walk – Ascending

I woke up very early and the temperature was around 1/2 degree C. It was really unbearable for me unless I acclimatized properly. We had our breakfast and as per the instruction of our trek leader we assembled in front of the Hotel with our sacks. Me and Ruma decided that we would carry one Ruck Sack for both of us and she kept her necessaries in my sack. I took the responsibility to carry entire luggage as porter hahahaaa and I kept my word, throughout the trek. We started our journey at 8am and initial few hours were just breath taking. After few minutes intervals most of the trekkers felt exhausted because of gradient and altitude.

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