Kedarkantha Base Camp, Garhwal

What an awesome trekking, “KEDARKANTHA” the name itself gives Goosebumps and a kind of thrill to achieve that peak. The chills in the air, the mountain steep, the sound of small water streams, the long trees and after so much of climbing efforts when you stand up there at 12,500 Feet above the sea level and take a deep breath, look around the mountains… That is so satisfying, it is just out of words. The guides Mr.Pravesh and Mr.Ramesh were outstanding, you just can’t expect so much from these guides. It is true that if you are mentally strong, only then reaching the peak (summiting) is possible and these guides were like energy boosters, one in the front of the troop and another at the back. They were always pushing us saying “sir ji aap karsakte ho”, “ye pahaad aapke sapno se bada nahi hai”, “Slow and steady”, “keep baby steps” they motivated us so much. The food was fresh, hygienic and tasty with humble serving. The tents were clean and good in condition, yes the blankets were not that good. I appreciate thrillophilia for having such an amazing team out there for making people experience the nature and making their dream come true of summiting the peak, yes there will always be space for improvement. At the end I would like to say me, Nakul Jain and one of my best friend Mr. Sudharm R. Mudalgi and his wife Priya enjoyed every minute of this camp, it gave us one of the best memories we ever had in life. I would like to share this link with you all readers where in you can see glimpse of our trip to KEDARKANTHA.

Going for this off-beat experience is way too good as there was a small group size and we had the full attention of the guides with us.

Going for this off-beat experience is way too good as there was a small group size and we had the full attention of the guides with us.

This was my 1st solo trek which I was planning for years to gift myself when I get a job. The wait ended and also I realised that I had my Birthday coming on FEB which was a great time for me to spend my birthday in mountains. So I booked my trek and eagerly waited for the day to come. But, a few days before the trek was about to begin, I was a little worried about how will be the hospitality over there and will I be able to manage all alone. But, believe me this was the best decision of my entire life. The time I spent, the hospitality I received, the people I met there, and the happiness it all generated cannot be expressed in words. It was the best B-Day I have ever had in my life. This trek is highly recommended. Here are some pictures of me and the place for you to see. Cheers.

The beautiful views this trek holds is really amazing. We just fall in love with the mountain and the peace it offers along with refreshing air and such a relaxing atmosphere. We wish to continue going for the trek every year with Thrillophilia only.

"I made sured that my first solo should be to the land of gods.\n\nOnce I reach Sankri village, where we had a night stay to acclamatize to the altitude.I felt the blankets where more colder than outside even we could see the Swargarohini peaks from the windows.\n\nIt was a 9km trek one side, thought easier but nowhere it was a flat terrain.\nThe whole trek was atleast 45% steep climb.\n\nBy 7am early morning we bought all our equipments for the journey on rent and started our trek with immeasurable level of hope to reach the summit.I was very happy that a mallu family was also there with me to do this, along with their 11 year old child.We found tea points even in the forest area to refresh us only to know it wasnt just us.There I met a 61 year old man with so much aispiration to reach the summit.\nPoint where I understood ,coming from south india just for the trek is nothing compared to the diligence they had.\n\nI felt so previlaged to be with such of crew with same level of desire to be at the top of a peak.\nA worthful emotion.\n\nAfter trekking for hours we reached Juda ka talab for our first stay in tents.It was my first experience to stay calm inside the sleeping bags.There we started sharing our own stories and became more closer friends but eventually slept.\n\nNext morning , we understood everybody heard what we were discussing whole night!!!\nFelt like I shouldnt have shared my love failure????.\n\nBut knowing each other was part of the journey and we started the trek to base camp with our trek leader keep saying Chalo Chalo guys....Hearing it evertime helped to push ourself further.\n\nReaching basecamp can be done by anyone with a diligent mindset but once seeing the mighty peak that you are going to climb next day it was scarier and you doubt yourself yet we were unwilling to giveup.\n\nUntil it was dark, we were sitting here and there just to gaze at the polychromatic mountains next to us.You start seeing mountains in all colours once the sun set about to happen.Words can never express the joy you get out of it.Letting our body and mind to calm down is so difficult but the nature can help us handle it better.\n\nWe started our trek to summit which is 4km one side at 3 am morining.I should say that part was a living in dream.We felt like we are moving through the Dark forest in Harrypotter series with blue shade showing everywhere and seeing animals footprints in the snow.It was so much to see and feel.\n"