During the midsem recess from 17th October to 24th October 1999,The Adventure Sports Club I.I.T. Kanpur
had organized a trek to Roopkund
(5029m) in Garhwal region of the Himalayas
of Uttaranchal.
Eight enthusiast trekkers were led by the Co-Ordinator of the club Sanjeev
Kumar.
Following
were the Members of the team
1. Sanjeev Kumar
..
(The Leader of the Team)
2.
G Srikiran (better known as Gotti)
3. Ritesh Bansal (better known as Taavu)
4. Anand Kumar Gupta
5.
Amit Sinha
6. Jitendar Chowdhary
7. Neeraj Kayal
8. Nupur Agarwal
9.
G Vishwesha
The team members attended
the conditioning camp for about ten days under the guidance of ex Co-Ordinator
of the Club Mr.Alok Sharan
.The main idea of the conditioning was to get some physical & mental
preparation , to come to know about the various kinds of problems that we might
face , etc and of, course to get to know about other team members.
16th and 17th Oct,
1999: Kanpur-Haldwani-Debal-Mundoli
On 16th
October evening the team left to Haldwani and from there to Debal
(1218m) by Bus. From Debal, we caught some private
bus and reached the starting point of our trek Mundoli
(2134m) by late evening.
18-10-99
: Mundoli to Waan (2439m)- 14 Kms
The trail starts with a 2km steep climb up to Loharjang pass (2590 m). The Nanda Ghumti
Peak is visible from this place. Then the gradual climb down and climb
down for about 12 kms
followed by a final steep ascent leaves us in Waan ,
with a total distance of about 14kms. Quite tiresome towards the end. About 6 hours journey.
19-10-99
: Waan to Bedni Bugyal (3354m) 12 Kms
Almost the whole trail is steep climb up through the jungles of the Himalayas. After about 6 to 7 hours journey we reach Bedni Bugyal . Since the place is
at quite a high altitude there is no vegetation except grass in this place. Bugyal in the local language means Grazingland. The beauty of the place is amazing. Many
snow covered peaks Trishul, Nanda Ghumti , Neelkanth, etc are visible.
20-10-99
: Bedni Bugyal to Bagguabasa (4800m)
9kms
Half of the group (myself, neeraj,
tau, porter and jeetu) left
early to start the trek. After initial gradual climb up and climb down for
about 3-4 kms the snow covered trail goes very
steeply (from Bistola) to reach Bagguabasa.
Time taken was about 6 hours
The trail was very difficult and the by the time we reached the weather was getting bad. The presence of snow on the track even made the things difficult. Even little bit of snow fall took place. The other half of the group was unable to reach baggubasa due to snowfall they encountered. .
21-10-99 : Bagguabasa
to Bedni
Bugyal
Time taken about 4 hours. As hoped, they went back to bedni bugyal when it was to difficult to proceed further because of snow fall. The other half of the group was staying at Baggubaasa.
22-10-99
: Bedni Bugyal Ali Bugyal (3350m)-Didnam (approx 2300m)
-- approx 14 kms
The
trail goes throgh bugayl
for about 6 kms before steep descent
through the jungle to reach Didnam.Time taken
was about 6 hours.
23-10-99
: Didnam to Loharjang pass ( 2590m)-approx 10 kms.
This trail joins the route of Waan to
Mundoli after an initial climb down for an hour or so. Time taken is about 4
and a half hours. The team left Loharjang on 24th
morning to reach Kanpur by 25th early
morning.