IndiëState of Jammu and KashmīrLeh District33°49’43” N 77°33’37” E
24 augustus 2015, Indië ⋅ ⛅ 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... WeMeer informatie
IndiëState of Jammu and KashmīrLadākhHankar33°52’9” N 77°29’17” E
24 augustus 2015, Indië ⋅ ⛅ 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 NimalingMeer informatie
IndiëState of Jammu and KashmīrLadākhMarkha33°53’22” N 77°25’33” E
23 augustus 2015, Indië ⋅ 🌙 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 restMeer informatie
IndiëState of Jammu and KashmīrLadākhHankar33°50’33” N 77°29’22” E 23 augustus 2015, Indië ⋅ ⛅ 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 BuddhistMeer informatie
IndiëState of Jammu and KashmīrLadākhMarkha33°53’24” N 77°25’31” E
22 augustus 2015, Indië ⋅ ⛅ 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 wantMeer informatie
IndiëState of Jammu and KashmīrLadākhMarkha33°53’19” N 77°25’34” E
22 augustus 2015, Indië ⋅ ⛅ 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 crossingsMeer informatie
IndiëState of Jammu and KashmīrLadākhChaluk33°56’7” N 77°19’54” E
21 augustus 2015, Indië ⋅ 🌙 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 wereMeer informatie
IndiëState of Jammu and KashmīrLadākhSkio33°59’58” N 77°17’51” E
20 augustus 2015, Indië ⋅ ⛅ 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 oneMeer informatie
IndiëState of Jammu and KashmīrLeh District34°2’1” N 77°20’41” E
20 augustus 2015, Indië ⋅ ⛅ 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 minutesMeer informatie
IndiëState of Jammu and KashmīrLadākhRumbak34°3’13” N 77°26’44” E
19 augustus 2015, Indië ⋅ ⛅ 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. TheMeer informatie
