Enroute Uttarkashi
Breakfast Time
Tehri Dam Reservoir
Tehri Dam - Catchment Area
Misty Mountains (View from Gangnani)
Hot Water Sulphur Spring - Gangnani
Shilpa, Moiz, Sandeep, Yogesh & JP - Gangnani
Gangotri Temple
Suraj Kund Gorge - Gangotri
Suraj Kund - Gangotri
Bhagirathi @ Suraj Kund - Gangotri
Ready ? Let's go for a acclimatisation walk
Will this climb ever end ??? - Enrourte Kedar Tal
Our Mountain Goat - Moiz
Kedar Ganga
Bharal - Himalayan Blue Sheep
Bhagirathi I, II & III
Chirbasa at last
Chirbasa - Dhabas (Left Center), group of trees in the center is Chirbasa campsite
Chirbasa
Log bridge just before Chirbasa
Dhaba @ Chirbasa
Moraines enroute Bhojbasa
(L to R) Bhagirathi II, Bhagirathi III, Bhagirathi I
Garbage left by a Korean Expedition (Open for comments)
Bhojbasa Campsite
Bhagirathi turns gold
Bhagirathi II, Bhagirathi III, Bhagirathi I (L to R)
Hanuman Tibba as seen from bhujbasa campsite (notice the OM)
A closer look at OM
Enroute Gomukh
Gangotri Glacier as seen from bhojbasa (Center - Gomukh, slope left of gomukh is the climb to tapovan, behind gomukh is the bhagirathi range & left of gomukh is the Bhojdhar range)
Tibetian Crow
Gomukh a closer look
Gomukh (the valley which is opening to left just behind gomukh is the raktvarn valley, route to Thelu, Saife, Sudarshan & many more peaks)
Sandeep & Shilpa @ Gomukh
Sandeep, JP & Me @ Gomukh
Gomukh
Climbing down to the glacier snout
Guptaji YAHOO wale @ Gomukh
Enroute Nandanvan
Time for a break
Nala enroute nandanvan coming out of raktvarn glacier
Behind these moraines lies the Raktvarna Glacier
Steep Climb to Nandanvan (notice the black dots to the left of my cap just above the crevasse, that's our porters)
Finally Nandanvan
Nandanvan Campsite
sone de yaar bahut lambi chadai thi
hum bhi thake hai ... hum bhi soyenge
Mt. Shivling peeking out of the clouds
Gangotri Glacier as seen from nandanvan
Mt. Kedardome - As seen from Nandanvan campsite
Mt. Brigupanth as seen from nandanvan
Mt. Shivling - As seen from Nandanvan campsite
Kedardome yet again
Mt Kharchakund as seen from nandanvan
Chaturangi glacier enroute vasuki tal
Confluence of vasuki & chaturangi glacier (chaturangi glacier - top left, vasuki - bottom center)
Climb down to Vasuki Glacier (note the faint trail coming down center right)
The porters climbing down the trail shown in previous snap
Crossing the vasuki glacier
Last climb to Vasuki Tal
Rope fixed for last climb to Vasuki Tal
The climb as seen from top
Confluence of vasuki & chaturangi glacier as seen from Vasuki Tal
Vasuki Tal Campsite
We made it till here
Campsite in the shadow of massif Vasuki Parvat
Deteriorating Weather
One more face of bhagirathi II as seen from vasuki tal
Majestic Vasuki Parvat (still unclimbed)
Rocky face of bhagirathi II as seen from vasuki tal
One more view of majestic Vasuki Parvat (still unclimbed)
Another face of Bhagirathi I as seen from Vasuki Tal
Starting for Khada Patthar (extreme left - Jha Sahab, Liaison Officer from IMF for a expedition team camped at vasuki tal for Mt. Satopanth)
Starting for Khada Patthar
Yet another view of Vasuki Parvat
Enroute Khada Pathar (Notice a small rock in the bottom left corner, thats khada patthar campsite), snow laden mountain in the background is chandra I & II
Enroute Khada Patthar (center a white glacier that can be seen flowing down is the Sweta Glacier Campsite, just right of that a small black rock sitting on the ridge is the khada patthar campsite)
A unnamed peak next to Mt. Satopanth as seen from satopanth glacier (no clue if it's climbed or not)
Milky white Mt. Satopanth
Mt. Satopanth (Right), unnamed peak (left)
Close up of Mt. Satopanth glacial icefield
Resting on Satopanth Glacier
Gully between the two mountains in the bottom left of the pic is the path to Mt. Satopanth Advanced base camp
Majestic Mt. Satopanth
Satopanth yet again
Another face of vasuki parvat as seen from khada patthar campsite
Some unnamed, unclimbed peaks
Unnamed peaks in Kalindi Range as seen from khada patthar campsite
Satopanth Glacier (the glacial ridge seen extending from top right to top center is the ridge coming from vasuki tal, then climb down & cross satopanth glacier & a final climb to khada patthar )
Chandra Parvat I & II
White glacier flowing down is Sweta Glacier campsite
Chandra Parvat I & II as seen from khada patthar
Khada Patthar Campsite
Enroute Sweta Glacier
Enroute Sweta Glacier Campsite
Natural Ice Caves in Chaturangi Glacier - enroute sweta glacier
Glacial ponds with emerald green water (does anybody know the physics behind it ???)
Ice cave a close up
Scary loose boulder area which can land you in a crevasse
Icy slopes of Chandra Parvat
Overhanging Glacier of chandra parvat
More Overhanging Glacier
Closeup of overhanging glacier
Sweta Glacier Campsite (Next to a glacial pond, real scary ... why ??? read JP's post on IndiaMike)
Huge Crevasse's next to our campsite
close up of the crevasse's next to our campsite
A unopened route (this route will open in arwa valley)
that's our way for now (the unopened route is to the right ... hope to travel that way some day)
Another shot of the unopened route
this route look enticing ... will come back some day
A frozen waterfall - enroute kalindi base camp
First View of Kalindi & Avalanche Peak
the glacial route to base camp
distant view of kalindi & avalanche peak
weather closing in
frozen river
the grey colour ridge to the right & next to the mountain is the route to base camp
yet another view
Sandeep & Shilpa
(L to R) Moiz, Shilpa, Buddhi (Guide), Me, Porter, Sandeep & JP
one more pose
only the group
huge seracs next to our campsite
icefield which goes all the way into tibet
my unopened route - again looming into view
Deadly Avalanche Peak
This is the ridge where we camped for the night - kalindi base camp
one more view
Budhi (our guide)
kalindi pass (Kalindi Peak to the left & Avalanche Peak to the right)
Kalindi Peak
Avalanche Peak
Kalindi base campsite
snowfall @ early morning
kalindi pass in the wee hours of the morning
Look at the deposition @ base of avalanche peak (it's all deposited overnight)
Kalindi Pass
time to start rolling
close up of the seracs
climbing to the top
huge crevasses enroute top of the pass
need to climb to the top - packed weather
Another face of avalanche peak
Base of Avalanche Peak (keep moving)
hidden crevasse - fresh snow hiding the crevasse
Finally @ TOP
We made it
Our Cook Joshiji with a umbrella (no more discussion over poncho & umbrella @ indiamike plz.)
I made it
Sandeep the IBMer
we did it together - Sandeep & Shilpa
JP bhai YAHOO wale
buddhi to to aisa na tha ... thi bhi YAHOO group mai
rukooooooo ... mai bhi aa gaya hoon
chal phir ek photo ho jaye
ME
our group members without there help we would have never done it
Budhi phir se YAHOO
YAHOO scales Kalindi (kush JP bhai)
pooja @ kalindi top
we all did it
WE DID IT
DID IT
YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
climbing down from kalindi top (everbody roped up)
Raj Padav Campsite
mere camere ki battery abhi bhi bachi hai
Chotta Arwa Nala (Arwa Valley ... this is where my unopened route ends)
Chotta Arwa Nala
this water is tooooooo cold
this water is tooooooo cold koi bachayoooooo
koi par kar de pleaseeeee
maine kar liya
humne bhi kar liya finally
Real Arwa Nala
Snout of Arwa Nala
current is too strong & water too cold
I will take snow bridge even if I've to climb again
wait ... we will also come by snow bridge
we will cross the nala even if water is chest deep
where is the snow bridge ???
abe kaha se utrooo
Lunch Time
abe yeh bolders kab khatam honge
Finally Arwa Nala Campsite
arwa nala campsite
flowers at last
view from inside our tent
It's been a hard day's night, and I've been working like a dog It's been a hard day's night, I should be sleeping like a log
JP bhai aapki wife pechanegi kya ????
Beautiful Valleys
Don't know the name of this peak ... saw it while coming from Arwa to Ghastoli. Is it Mana Peak ???
our porters
Is it Mana Peak ???
Arwa Tower
green valleys at last
a glacier flowing down arwa tower
lovely valleys
Need to cross this waterfall
how far is ghastoli ???
Buddhi
Aaj ghastoli par hi ruk jate hai ... badrinath bahut lamba hai
notice the difference in water color
A very beautiful lake @ Ghastoli
greennnn valllleyyyyyssss
a road under construction - Mana to Ghastoli
JP sudhar jayooooo
green-green valleys at last
Mountain Sheeps
Bheem Pul
The roaring Saraswati River
Mana
Confluence of the saraswati & alaknanda river
back in civilization
Vyas Ghupha
Ganesh Ghupha
Mana Wecomes You
Badrinath Shrine
Mt. Neelkanth
