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Soloing Gosaikunda

Here for the first time I climbed rocky mountains in all their perfection of purity and spirituality,—a gentle trekker, perhaps mountaineer face to face with the stormy sky, kept safe and warm by a thousand miracles. I leaped lightly from rock to rock, glorifying in the eternal freshness and sufficiency of Nature, and in the ineffable tenderness with which she nurtures her mountain darlings in the very fountains of bluster. Fresh beauty appeared at every step, delicate rock-mosses, and groups of the fairest flowers.  [.......]After completing LCT together with my cousin brothers, I decided to do Gosainkunda Trek on my own two feet. They went home after getting some physical problems. My story began after we separated from Bamboo where we took our last lunch together. Then, I walked further down the Bamboo to the point where Gosainkunda Trail starts from LCT.   As I was coming down, I looked for some stones on the banks of Langtang river to take home as souvenir before I ...

Langtang Valley Trek

 "As we entered in the most exhilarating freshness of the Langtang Circuit Trek, rejoicing in the abundance of pure trailside wilderness, it felt like Nepal is otherworldly Shambala. The stupendous rocks on the river beds hacked and scarred with centuries old Himalayan water. The flawless towering mountains sprung with national flowers, while up in the tree line, alpine forest stunted and deformed by wind and cold. The Langtang Valley, often known as narrow valley, is sandwiched between the main Himalayan range to the north and a slightly lower range of snowy peaks to the south, tells a grand story of Himalayas". 2 cousin brothers and I decided to backpack Langtang Circuit Trail including Gosainkunda Trek later. We decided to complete our trek in a week. As per our plan, we started our journey on March 19, 2022 and took a bus from Kalanki to the Syapru Besi at 6:00 AM. However, our bus came came little than we expected. Then, our journey began with no expectation that what wo...