Chandrashila peak is located near the Upper Himalayas range in Gharwal region near Chopta.
It is 500 km (approx.) from Del.
I had heard of the winter summit Chandrashila peak a lot from my friends. Prashant Joshi(my most trusted trekker friend) had also suggested that this is a must do for trekker !! So, I was adamant to scale the summit in year 2006 itself and did not wish to postpone it any longer :)
I got in touch with Girish Upadhaya and Arvind Negi who were interested in trekking. I could sence the craving for trekking in them and both were raring to go to hills !!! Wow,that was such a good sign !!
The timing was crucial. I was told that it had snowed earlier in 15th Oct in the area and more snow was expected. After more telecons ,we finally zeroed for the weekend 11- 13 Nov, for OPERATION CHANDRASHILA !!
We booked the taxi(Indica)for the entire stretch for Del - Rishikesh- Chopta - Rishikesh - Del. We were expected to travel 1000 kms at the rate of Rs 5 per Kilometer and it seemed to be good deal to me.
We planned to camp at Tungnath, hence camping gear(4 men Tent and carrimats, sleeping bag)were obtained from my favourate place IMF, Delhi.
Day 1( Delhi to Tungnath):
Day 2( Tungnath to Chandrashila to Tehri):
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
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