IndienState of Jammu and KashmīrLeh District33°49’43” N 77°33’37” E
24. August 2015 in Indien ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Nimaling is a small campsite at 4800m, that consists of around 15 tents, which are the coziest tents you will ever sleep in. Even though it was really cold.
There were donkeys, cows, mountains... WeWeiterlesen
IndienState of Jammu and KashmīrLadākhHankar33°52’9” N 77°29’17” E
24. August 2015 in Indien ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
The fist part of the day is memorable for the one break that we took, to put on sunscreen, during which it started raining (+hail!).
The second part of the day consisted of a long climb up to NimalingWeiterlesen
IndienState of Jammu and KashmīrLadākhMarkha33°53’22” N 77°25’33” E
23. August 2015 in Indien ⋅ 🌙 18 °C
We got to Hangkar, our final destination for the day, at around 2PM. We decided to stay at the first house of the village and spent a nice afternoon having birthday beers and playing cards. The restWeiterlesen
IndienState of Jammu and KashmīrLadākhHankar33°50’33” N 77°29’22” E 23. August 2015 in Indien ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
The walk from Markha to Hangkar (4000m) was supposed to be a short walk, so we allowed ourselves a little detour - we took off our backpacks and hiked up 100m on a very steep trail to a BuddhistWeiterlesen
IndienState of Jammu and KashmīrLadākhMarkha33°53’24” N 77°25’31” E
22. August 2015 in Indien ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
After a few more river crossings, which became increasingly frustrating, we finally reached Markha (3800m). The village of Markha was hiding really well behind a hill. It's almost like it didn't wantWeiterlesen
IndienState of Jammu and KashmīrLadākhMarkha33°53’19” N 77°25’34” E
22. August 2015 in Indien ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
After breakfast (all you can eat chapati, jam, honey and butter) one of the locals walked with us to the river crossing and showed us where to cross. We were supposed to have 3 more river crossingsWeiterlesen
IndienState of Jammu and KashmīrLadākhChaluk33°56’7” N 77°19’54” E
21. August 2015 in Indien ⋅ 🌙 19 °C
From Shingo we continued downhill until Skiu (3430m) in a beautiful narrow canyon. In Skiu the trail turns to the South East and starts going gradually uphill. We were in a hurry because we wereWeiterlesen
IndienState of Jammu and KashmīrLadākhSkio33°59’58” N 77°17’51” E
20. August 2015 in Indien ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
At the pass we found a place to hide from the wind, and took a long lunch break (plus nap!). The packed lunch we got and Yurutse, and would get at every homestay for the rest of the trek was oneWeiterlesen
IndienState of Jammu and KashmīrLeh District34°2’1” N 77°20’41” E
20. August 2015 in Indien ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Day 2 started with another 800m climb, this time to the Kanda La pass (4950m).
It was a very slow walk. The altitude was starting to get to us. At some point we could barely walk for even ten minutesWeiterlesen
IndienState of Jammu and KashmīrLadākhRumbak34°3’13” N 77°26’44” E
19. August 2015 in Indien ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
On the first day of our trek we started walking around noon, after the drop off at the start point - Zingchen (3396m). We wanted to have a short day to allow ourselves to acclimatize properly. TheWeiterlesen
