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 Next day starts with light exercise and jogging and after seeing off the KK-7 group, we were to go through one of the best experiences of the trek – rappling.
You are introduced to equipment used for rappeling, demonstration given and participants are made to do the same. Observation was that for most of the people who were over thirty, their stance was not what was desired or demanded by the instructor. It is a clear sign of dwindling suppleness in the body.
Realization: If you are going to make trekking your hobby, you must work on your physical fitness in a much more methodical way. I had realized that trekking can open your eyes to the harsh reality that you are not as young or as capable as you had thought of yourself in your day-to-day life.
After a bit of climbing we were on our way back to our base camp, when the instructor took us through an ancient temple of Sond – Siva-Someswar temple – the main diety was taken to surrounding hamlet – in turns five of the hamlets receive the deity. It was also told that locals believe that it is the temple where Dhuryodhana used to pray.
There was an intresting spectacle – Golden eagles of Himalayas flying below your line of sight in the valleys adjacent to the slopes where we were practicing rappling. At least once we saw a golden eagle passing yards away from us –photography hobbyists had a great opportunity.
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| Dhunda to Talhouti trekking on snow | Ganga Arati at Haridwar | Neelkanth Peak at Badrinath Dham | Tehri Dam on river Bhagirathi of Uttarakhand | River Bhagirathi on the way to Gangotri |
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India's highest railway sation at Ghum in Darjeeling Railway
Gaganachukki and Barachukki falls in Shivanasamudram near Mysore
Taj Mahal
Sheikh Saleem Chistis Tomb at Fatehpur Sikri
Ross island view from entry side in Andaman
Khandagiri Udayagiri caves
Andaman Island Havelock
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