The Story of My Experiments with Basic Mountaineering – Part 4

Phase 4: The journey back & Last few days at HMI On 24th Day we embarked on our journey back. We had to wake up at 4 to get everything in place by 6:30. We had to walk for some 20 kms straight to Tshoka, bypassing the stay at Dzongri. The day before had seen […]

The Story of My Experiments with Basic Mountaineering – Part 3

Phase 3: Days at Base Camp From here started the most important phase of the course. We were to stay at chowrikhang which stands at an altitude of 14,600 ft above the sea level. The name Chowrikhang literally means “grazing place for Chowri”. The place lies amongst some amazing peaks on all its sides. The […]

The Story of My Experiments with Basic Mountaineering – Part 2

Phase 2: On the way to Base Camp This phase encompassed our journey from HMI campus in west Bengal to HMI base camp in West Sikkim. It was a 5 day log journey where on day 9 we crossed over to West Sikkim, some 90-100 kms away, started trekking from day 10, acclimatized for a […]