From Valley of Flowers, I am back to the plains again! I trekked 50 kilometers in 4 days. Of course my pictures do no justice to the place. I was wondering what makes me walk 50 kilometers in 4 days, 25 of which was uphill. Of course the nature is part of the answer.
But I will borrow from Frank S. Smythe’s book “The Valley of Flowers.” He says mountaineers have always tried to answer why do they climb and no one has ever been able to come up with a completely satisfactory answer. I will say same is true for trekkers on a smaller scale. I know nature does it for me but walking 50 kilometers in 4 days and calling it a vacation?
My guide Sohan Singh Bisht says we trekkers lose a head screw when we trek for the first time and we go again and again so that we can find it, though we never do! This was my second trek with Sohan Singh ji and he remains the same ace guide, I highly recommend him again!
Welcome Back. Missed you and your Pics. We want more pics, More pics of the beautiful Valley for flowers.
*Valley of flowers…. sorry
Everytime i visit badrinath i take my family a few more kms away to this absolutly beautiful place. It is heavenly
I wouldn’t have walked at least 3 months, had I finished the EBC. And look at you… And I completely agree with guide. Very well said 😀
Welcome back!! waiting for the pics!! not being a trekker, I dont think I am ever going to find my way to the valley of flowers, but I look forward to the experience through your lens 😀
Yea true v true.. beats me as to whats tht which makes u go trekkking once in 2 weeks(!!!) 😀
Missed this space.. so i guess ot make up for it u should be posting atleast 2 new posts a day for a week.. lol!
Welcome Back….
Great post. It would be wonderful if you would upload some more pictures.
Thats awesome. Waiting for the detailed report.
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Only one image?
Curiosity got the better of me. Living in Australia I have not heard of Valley of the Flowers, so I did a search and discovered this beautiful area in Himalayas.
I like you other friends look forward to seeing more photos.
Amazing, almost Switzerland like. I am very tempted to go there myself. Thank you for sharing.
Yey! That is Mridula! Lucky you to have done this hike during monsoon. Waiting for more info on this trek! Please do share the contact details of this wonderful guide over email.
Nice post.
I’ve tried to visit the Valley of Flowers twice, but couldn’t make it :-(. The first time it was a massive land slide, and the I fell sick the next one. But it’s always on the cards.
Did you visit Hemkund Sahib, too?
Lovely picture, reminded me of my last VoF trek thru’ YHAI in 2009.
Yes, there is no answer to why trekkers climb and this lust for going to mountains keeps on increasing day by day to those who are passionate trekkers…
Would love to see some more pictures with detailed narration.
Lovely picture. I think it is the passion and the pulls and challenges of amazing and beautiful nature that keeps attracting climbers and trekkers back again and again !
Beautiful journey 🙂 The pic is so gorgeous 🙂
Nice to see this post. The valley of flowers has been famous from time immemorial. People used to fear going there as they used to think that the place had hallucinating effect and they used to avoid staying there in the night. Probably because of that the place has got saved. Did you find any impact of tourists and the pilgrims on the landscape?
Really awesome pic;-)
For me its worth 50km of trekking for that beautiful place
and i agree with everyone….Kindly add more pics 😉
Well written post. Really loved it.
Hi Mridula,
Thanks for the post. Can you please share the contact details of your guide in VOF?
Thanks,
Sakshi
The phone number of Shohan ji is 8126742291 hope it helps.