May 30th: Kasol - Grahan
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Somewhere on the way to Grahan. |
Got up early - 5 AM. Crappy breakfast. We were spared the exercise session since we were supposed to get ready. Decided to avoid solid food as much as possible to minimize you know what. Started off from the base camp around 8.15 AM. Said my goodbyes to Guddu and off we were towards Grahan. Walked steadily, as I had decided to do throughout the trek, and talked to whoever I met on the way. Made some interesting acquaintances - Chitra, Geet and a few others. Most of the time, I was walking along with Rishya, Indrya and Rohitya and we were constantly joking around calling Rishya "Shaan Pattya" and with Indrya's and Rohitya's constant "Come home to YHAI" and "Fire Fire Camp Fire", we really laughed our asses off (so much at times that I had to stop walking, get my breath back and then continue). Got to know quite a few people after a while. Somewhere on the way, I had a freak 10 ft fall into a puddle as I stepped on some loose soil to take a pic. No injuries whatsoever. Cleaned myself (and fell once more while doing that. lol) and continued.
Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, we reached the Grahan camp around 2.30 PM. Had to run the last 200m or so because it had started to rain. Very nice location for a camp site. Had really cool views. My altimeter showed 2245m. There was a lot of time now before everyone would reach the camp. Roamed around the camp a bit. The weather began to get colder. Tea time now. Anything hot was welcome. We then had the customary briefing from the camp leader and then Soup time. Brilliant soup. Have to find out which brand they use. Almost dark now and I decided to write down my journal entry when, from nowhere, an inter-tent, girls vs boys Anthakshari starts off (checkout the video below)! Wah Wah! Brilliant stuff. Couldn't stop smiling for god knows how long. I even took a small video. There was a mountain dog at the camp. It was one of the calmest dogs I'd ever seen. Had a lot of fun petting him. Camps from here on don't have electricity and so we had to finish our dinner and everything else before it got dark. The life here is totally controlled by the Sun.
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With a mountain dog at Grahan. |
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The Grahan camp. |
Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, we reached the Grahan camp around 2.30 PM. Had to run the last 200m or so because it had started to rain. Very nice location for a camp site. Had really cool views. My altimeter showed 2245m. There was a lot of time now before everyone would reach the camp. Roamed around the camp a bit. The weather began to get colder. Tea time now. Anything hot was welcome. We then had the customary briefing from the camp leader and then Soup time. Brilliant soup. Have to find out which brand they use. Almost dark now and I decided to write down my journal entry when, from nowhere, an inter-tent, girls vs boys Anthakshari starts off (checkout the video below)! Wah Wah! Brilliant stuff. Couldn't stop smiling for god knows how long. I even took a small video. There was a mountain dog at the camp. It was one of the calmest dogs I'd ever seen. Had a lot of fun petting him. Camps from here on don't have electricity and so we had to finish our dinner and everything else before it got dark. The life here is totally controlled by the Sun.
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