Max. Elevation:- Bedni Bugyal
– 3354 m, Pathar Nachauni- 3906 m, Bhaguabasha- 4375m
Time Taken :- 3 ½
– 4 hours .
I saw my watch for time. It
was 05:40 am. As soon as I opened up my tent’s zip a mule just came towards me
.I suddenly retrieve but after
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| Bedni Bugyal with MT. Trishul(7120 m) in the backdrop |
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The morning view of bedni bugyal offers the most picturesque moments to the photographers.After brushing my teeth now it’s turn for the hardest task of the day i.e. How to use the makeshift toilet tent amidst strong winds that flowing around and very eager to blown away the tent with it. But somehow I managed to get inside the tent. Whole tent was trembling. I sat down very carefully while holding the tent with both my hands to prevent it from get blown away. Poor me. Inside the tent I could easily hears the horrific sound of gusty winds. After few minutes I came out of the tent as if I had just conquered any war. After having breakfast from the only shop situated at bedni bugyal we started heading for pathar nachauni campsite. The shop was a small temporary settlement which provides basic facilities like maggi,lunch,dinner,buicuits,chocklates etc.The trail to pathar nauchani climbs out of the bedni bugyal in a gradual,easy meander. You can easily follow the trail through your eyes for few kms before the trail turns to other side of the ridge.I climbed the slope behind the bedni kund and then reaches to the main trail coming from ali bugyal to roopkund. The trail now becomes clear and plain but lots of muddy patches at the path due the melting of snow patches on the way. |
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| Enroute to Pathar-Nauchani campsite |
After reaching the other side of the side
there was a gradual descent on the trail till pathar nauchani campsite. Its
still a meadow country but you can easily locate a lot of snow patches here and
there. This place is also known as Ghora lautani means from here horses are not
allowed to go further due to terrain and climatic condition. Hence it got the
name Ghora(HORSE) Lautani(come back).
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| Pathar-Nauchani Campsite |
Here you can feel the coldness in the air
increases moreover you also feel a sense of isolation at this campsite. After
having some rest here we started moving for bhaguabhasa camp as we were already
prepared to reach bhaguabhasa today itself. We had maggi lunch at a small shop
situated just above pathar nauchani camp on the way to bhaguabhasa. This was comparatively
smaller than the shop at bedni bugyal. The path from here was very treacherous
and dangerous with full of few life threatening snow patches till kalu vinayak .
The trail
was steep and full path was zigzag as here one can gains height at much faster
rate. Soon mild snow falls occurs. It was the first time in my life I was
witnessing a snowfall. Along the way one of the trekker from Bangalore asked me
about myself and I realized that I was unable to speak due to cold and instead
of trying very hard all I can did was mumbling to myself only. I was really
scared but gradually my speech senses came back. At some parts of the trail a
single mistake could become lethal and drags you deep down in the gorge so you
to use all of you four limbs to move forward. It was both a horrific and a
thrilling experience at the same time. Just before reaching the top at the
kaluvinayak temple gaurav started shouting “come fast! Come fast”. And the
reason of his excitement revealed once I reached kalu vinayak. Sudenly all the
scenery changes. All I could see was an endless white carpet of snow
everywhere. I remembered that at morning I was standing on the green carpet of grasses (bedni bugyal
meadows) and now a a white carpet of snow welcoming me. Awesome it is ..i started
loving myself for convincing myself for opting the Roopkund.
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| Just after kaluvinayak Temple |
The whole moment was over-whelming and
awe-inspiring which induces a tremendous sense of confidence insides me.
Kaluvinayak is a small temple dedicated to hindu lord Ganesha.
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| Kaluvinayak temple fully submerged in snow |
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| Kaluvinayak temple in original form ( Source:- internet) ...spot the difference :p |
The temple got its name due to the black idol of lord Ganesha established inside the temple.
Here trekkers took blessing from the lord Ganesha for their safe and successful
roopkund trek. I never expected that much snow at kalu vinayak as whole temple
was submerged I under the snow with just an opening at the top. Most of the blogs that
I had read before this trek didn’t showed any signs of snow at kaluvinayak and
on the way to bhaguabasha . (Perhaps all of them made their trek at the month
of October as most of the snow melts in this month) From kalu vinayak the trail
becomes a piece of cake till next campsite. Its just a gentle straight path
fully covered with snow. Here for the first time I could feel the thinness in
the air as my body forced me to take deep breaths repeatedly. One has to be
very careful while walking on the snow. My shoes starts sinking in the snow but
walking on the snow has its own delight and a celebration which I can cherish
for my whole life. We reach bhaguabhasa amidst snowfall and bad weather. Here I
saw some tents were already pitched there for the trekkers who already paid
everything to the travel agency. They were welcomed with a hot tea and a readymade
tent where they can hide their ass without making any effort. “But no problem
they will be deprived from the thrill of pitching a tent on their own on snow
amidst snow fall.” I motivated myself.
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| Bhguabasa Campsite |
It
took half an hour by us to pitch two tents there also luckily we found some
stones there to support our tents on the snow. I took every clothes from my bag
and wore it also I wore polythene bags around my feet to make them insulated
from my wet shoes due to snow peeped into them. We put our entire luggage I one
tent and decide to sleep in another tent by laying everything we could possibly
have below us to make insulation from the snow at the bottom.
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| Our Tents amidst snowfall |
I know it ain’t
going to be a goodnight sleep for us. I hardly slept that night as whole
night I was thinking and making speculation of any unsolicited avalanche or
snow storm or any natural calamity. What would I do if that happens? With every
minute of night passes there was increasingly dip in the temperature which also
increases both excitement and fear inside me. Whole night I was thinking about
my journey so fall, my life events, my family, my friends, the girl who
motivates me etc. I realized that how small I am in this vast universe. Fortunately
I got some sleep for some couple of hours. That was the night when I along with
Gaurav and Prashant literally slept on the snow with outside temperature in
negatives.
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