Superb narration and good find... Regards prashant On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 10:07 PM, tsp kumar <tspkuma...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Nidhan Singh ji, > Fantastic narration.Reminds me of that great Novel by R.L.Stevenson's > Treasure Island.Your finding the 'Ice breaker' is like an icing on the > cake.A great expedition...! > regards > > On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 9:35 PM, Nidhan Singh <nidhansingh...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Dear All, >> >> 2015 was another year which gave me an opportunity to step into >> wilderness of mighty Himalayas. The programme was finalized, the team >> gathered at Panipat on May 22, 2015 to start a tour the next day. The >> flower hunting team was led by Dr. and Mrs. Gurcharan Singh with Dr. & Mrs. >> Gurdeep Singh Virdi from Delhi, Smita Raskar from Sawantwadi, myself and >> Dr. Balkar Singh from Panipat, Dr. Sunoj Kumar, Calicut, Mr. Viplav Ganger, >> Mumbai, Mr. Anurag Sharma, Ms. Medha Rao and Ms. Smitha Ramesh from >> Bengaluru. We had a stay for one night at Renuka Ji, a beautiful place in >> foothills. The next day tour ended up in a beautiful place amidst pines and >> deodars, the Mata Bhangyani Temple in Haripurdhar. We had the midway plant >> exploration and refreshment halts, all thoroughly enjoyable. >> >> At the next stay point, Nauradhar, which formed our base camp for >> the next days, Dr. Anil Thakur joined the team. From here, the trekking >> towards Choordhar peak started early morning. Our senior most members >> joined us for initial few hours, and started back before noon. Out of nine >> members, me and Smita Ji took different path, unaware of the fact that we >> won't be able to converge before 7 km. We could get together only at >> Jamnala (Doosri) in the afternoon, where 7 members were waiting with >> refreshment, which was much needed. Smita Ji, Aunrag, Smitha and Medha >> decided to stay there for one night (which was a very wise decision >> indeed), to come back the next day. >> >> Five of us started up trekking after 2:00 pm. This was really >> tough climb but we enjoyed it all and we reached Teesri at around 5:30 pm. >> We were spellbound on seeing high altitude flora especially Rhododendrons >> from the corner of a sharp cliff taking a semi-circular turn after Teesri. >> That was a quite a different world there, alpine floral elements started >> appearing. The path we took was a longer route, but supposed to have a >> gradual climb, instead of sharp edges from the other way. The things were >> not going to be as smooth as we assumed at first. >> The problems started soon after we reached a point, lying ahead was >> a vast glacier, which we had not expected. It was long and slippery, and >> left us undecided for a while, what to do? The first glacier was crossed, >> with fear and terror (thanks to bamboo sticks in hand), we had a sigh of >> relief, but that was not the last hurdle. Many small glaciers came our >> way, there was trouble in breathing, a really serious cause of concern. >> Darkness aggravated, skidding could happen, glaciers started reappearing >> more vigorously. >> Air was getting diluted of oxygen, daylight was almost gone, >> energy getting down, and still no sign of our destination anywhere around. >> I was (may be all of us) repenting on the decision to complete the trek in >> one day, we could have stayed at Teesri. To further worsen the things, rain >> and snow started falling, thunder and lightening joined, it got absolutely >> dark, still no sign of the place we were supposed to reach. We tried to >> console each other regarding the distance remaining to be covered, though >> no one was certain. We could not afford to loose hope and kept on leaping >> through snow, mud, darkness and silence. Finally we saw a few people with >> torches way up, assuring us that we have not lost our way. Ultimately, we >> reached the place, shivering and wet, tired and trembling with hunger. We >> got the meals as per tradition of the place, and a very good stay (for >> which I am grateful to Sh. Babu Ram, Manager, Sewa Samiti, Choordhar). >> >> Now I come to my Flora Picture of the year-2015. In the morning, >> when we started back trek, through the temple, I saw a strange yellow >> coloured flower (as it appeared from distance). I got near and saw this in >> curiosity. This took me quite a while, and observing few more individuals >> in advanced stages, to understand that this is the "Ice Breaking Primrose" >> which pierces through the snow. I thought this is apt picture for me to >> share as FLORA PICTURE of 2015. >> >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Dr. Nidhan Singh >> Assistant Professor >> Department of Botany >> I.B. 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