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Kashmir Great Lakes trek “The Prettiest Trek in India” with 7 majestic high altitude treks was merely a coincidence which made a place in the deepest part of my heart.
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It took me a few high altitude treks and four mountaineering courses in the high Himalayas to introduce myself as a trekker and mountaineer. And my dream goes beyond climbing the highest mountain on earth.
I believe mountains bring the best out of you and it’s the perfect place to test yourself and grow better day by day understanding what is real and what makes you happy along with the positive energy in life.
Kashmir Great Lakes trek “The Prettiest Trek in India” with 7 majestic high altitude treks was merely a coincidence which made a place in the deepest part of my heart.
I was in to Jammu as an escape from my day to day life and I planned to meet my Instructor from Basic Mountaineering course who happened to live in Jammu after spending two days with him at his place and I got a phone call from my friends who were planning for Kashmir Great Lakes Trek the next day and I had missed the last bus Srinagar to Sonamarg and short of money because of the unplanned trip I had no money to stay in a nice hotel and I ended up staying the night at a Bus ticket counter after a generous Kashmiri offered me the small bench in his ticket counter. The next morning I hitchhiked to Sonamarg and met four of my friends who were waiting for me excited and ready to start the trek.
We started grabbing everything from dry ration to warm caps we needed for the next 5-6 days to come.
We started our day 1 of a trek from Sonamarg to Nichnai at around 2 PM and after two hours of walking we took a halt at a tea house and had some Maggie and when we took off again it had already started raining and I now wish if I had my Trek 500 Rain Jacket from Decathlon then. It would have saved my day.
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Next morning after a quick breakfast we headed to Kishansar Lake. This day was not about gaining altitude but walking on flat trails with tremendously beautiful view in every turn we took. This day was walking through the grasslands of heaven which almost felt unreal to me for a selfish human race that has done nothing but destroyed all natural beauties.
This day was dedicated to reaching Gadsar Lake via Gadsar Pass 13,800ft walking through widespread snow patch which was a task along with the gained altitude today with a 22kg Rucksack at my back.
This day we walked faster, fastest in this trail powered by the experiences we had in these past days and the Unparalleled natural beauty fuelling our motivation in every step of the way.
Gangabal Twin Lakes has the view I had never witnessed, I had been to several mountains small and big, beautiful and tough but the view in Gangabal Twin Lakes and Jaj Pass were one of a kind and It had the power to cure any troubled heart and hold a human captive in mountains forever. And I couldn’t stop myself from taking a dip in Gangabal Lake.
We spent more than an hour at Jaj pass just enjoying the view and the clouds perform their favorite dance.
This day was a steep descent to Naranag from Gangabal. During our descent we met a local Kashmiri who was carrying campsite grocery for a trekking company to Gangabal in a Mule, The mule was injured and the stuff was all over the place and the helpless Local was sitting beside the mule helpless and clueless as he can neither go up or decent with injured mule with so much grocery, gas cylinder, and other equipment.
*I found the real humanity at the rarest and the farthest corner of the mountain among the people who had very little but eager to share it with utmost love even with an outsider.
*In life and in mountains there are moments where you want to quit at times and it’s important to fight the odds as the most beautiful lakes in the high Himalayas comes after the toughest climb.
Here is my suggestion of gear for this beautiful yet challenging trek
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