One of the things that pushed me out of my comfort zone the most on this trip thus far was my trek in the Himalaya. It wasn't all that long (4 Days), or all that high (about 4100m), but it definitely was a big push into things I'm less-than-totally-comfortable-with. Like, you know. Camping. And being really cold. Anyways, it was really rewarding and totally gorgeous. Here's a little about the place I was: Chandrashila is summit of the Tungnath . It literally means "Moon Rock". It is located at a height of about 4,000 metres above sea level
Here are some photos I snagged throughout the journey. Shout out to my trekking partner, Mia - she was a great thought and hiking partner during the four days.
The road we needed to use to get up to the trek start had been washed out in some pretty terrible landslides that happened back in June. Entire parts of town and road had been washed away:
This is where I camped on night one (also where that leopard was hanging out):
Some pics of the "Jungle" we trekked through to get to our second camping site:
I was pretty stoked to be out there:
I think this pretty much sums up what most of the scenery looked like on the way to the top:
Being the city-slicker that I am, things like campfires truly impressed me. Here's a couple of pics of that plus our awesome guide Rohit, doing his survivorman thing:
We got to a point that the clouds kind of sunk into the mountains around us, it was kind of gorgeous:
Temple near the top of Chandrashila:
Mia and I early on summit day:
The ride back to Rishikesh looked like this the whole time (Bliss):
This is how I looked on the last day of the trek right after waking up, in the freezing cold and not having showered for a few days (I was thrilled with life I swear):