Finishing touch in Uttarkashi
Packing
Setting off for Gangotri
On the way
On the way...
Kedarganga in gangotri
on the way to Bhujbasa
Edgy Patra
Bhujbasa
Our porters
Bhagirathi sisters from bhujbasa
Almost reached gomukh
myself in front of gomukh
snout of gangotri glacier
three heroes of our team, vimal, bahadur and kamal with our cook.
blue ice ?
way to nandanvan along gangotri glacier
Crevasses in gangotri glacier
First glimpse of shivling
The Team, excluding two busy photographers....
Campsite of Nandanvan
Kharchakund (left) n Kedardome
Way to Vasuki tal
walking down Chaturangi glacier
Vasuki tal, camp site
Two rare things : water in vasuki tal and sapta's stand :P
Moraines on Chaturangi glacier
On the way to Kharapatthar
Our guide Gokul ji, Satopanth in background
Team : Sapto, haresh, Basu, tapas, patro, meenakshi,kala, bishuda and gokul ji
Satopanth peak and satopanth glacier
crevasse in Satopanth glacier
Ice cave
one of the innumerable tiring stretches across the Top moraine fields, on the way to khada patthar
Vasuki parbat
from the camp site of sweta glacier
Ice fall
sweta glacier
Icicles....
Depositional features in ice
wind erosion feature
layered ice field, icicles and cave
on the way to base camp, depositional feature in the ice field of kalindi glacier
ice table
wind erosion of ice
crevasse filled with water
camp site on kalindi glacier
way to pass
few minutes(acc. to gokul ji) to cross the pass (we took almost an hour)
avalanche peak
we've reached the top, 5947m
two fittest member of the team, guide gokul ji (in blue) and porter bahadur
The Boss
Kalindi peak
going down to Raj parav
way down..... fast... faster...
crevasse
Cracked ice field of Raj Parav glacier
Camp site of Raj parav
Arwa river valley
ice on sand
Arwa river
braided river stream
on the way to Ghastoli
Short break during 28km long walk
near ghastoli camp site
Way to Mana....the roadhead
looking back from mana..... 9days n 120km journey is over