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Prabha- Revisiting Buranghati Pass Trek, June 2019

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“ Somewhere between the bottom of the climb and the summit is the answer to the mystery why we climb Jan 22 nd ,Here I was , nursing a strained ligament of the ankle, sitting in Nagpur airport ,with all flights   delayed due to fog , & optimistically booking a trek . After Kashmir Great lakes, we were searching for treks that could match or surpass the KGL experience. BuranGhati kept coming up as an option   The Air India flight from Delhi - Shimla , return flight was showing limited seats so urgently booked it & urged my friends to do the same at the earliest . It turned out that few minutes made a difference and they missed booking return so they planned return via Chandigarh BuranGhati videos showed an exciting package of everything a trekker could ask for, Meadows, streams, glaciers, with a bonus of rappling from a height of 15000 feet snow capped cliff followed by many snow glides We took a 1.25 a.m flight on 8 th morning .Shalini& ...
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If the rest of the treks in India are on 35mm,The Kashmir Great Lakes is on a 70mm canvas

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Kashmir Great Lakes trek – Aug 2018   - https://youtu.be/ox_rryydcRA If the rest of the treks in India are on 35mm,The Kashmir Great Lakes is on a 70mm canvas…Those were the words I heard   in the first video I saw on KGL( Kashmir Great lakes).The more I browsed, the more exciting & inviting it looked. There were only two challenges I saw in front of me to get to their trek, Convincing my family for a trek in Kashmir that too without any communication for a week….This was June 2017 When one says Kashmir, one thinks of natures gift to mankind. Even the thought of a trek through this was so thrilling . The urge to do the trek was strong. It was June of 2017 and this trek is normally open from July to September. So I parked in the corner of my mind & kept gathering more information on it. We are a group of 5 friends who normally try some days off together once a year. This had not happened for 2 years. When I met them in Jan 2018, I casually asked them about t...
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