I envy you! In '79 or '80 our mountaineering club arranged a slide show presentation by John Roskelley who had recently been one of the first American's to summit Nanda Devi. A great presentation, two projectors synched to music (I particularly remember "Here Comes the Sun" in the background as he showed a series from an ice cave as a several-day storm was breaking up). But another thing that sticks in my mind about his story was his discussion about how hard it was to even get to the mountain. Your trek was a worthy feat indeed! I look forward to more photos from your trip.
stan On May 21, 2012, at 11:00 PM, Subash wrote: > hi, > > back from a ten-day, 150 km trek in the himalayas. one of the > main destinations was the nanda devi east base camp (nanda devi, > meaning 'bliss-giving goddess, is a two-peaked massif, connected by a > 2km long ridge, the second highest mountain in the Indian himalayas. The > west summit is higher at 25, 643 ft while the eastern summit is 24, 390 > ft). > > it was a tough trek, of the six of us, only three made it to the nanda > devi east base camp (13,800 ft). when we reached the camp, it was all > white-washed out with fog. i even experienced the first snowfall of my > life which lasted for about half an hour :). but the next day dawned > bright and clear so we could get great views of the peaks at sunrise. > two shots of the peaks from the morning, one at sunrise and another a > little later (we were just about a km from the base of the mountain). > the one to the right is the main, higher summit... > > https://picasaweb.google.com/117979942681874882460/Nandadevi?authkey=Gv1sRgCKKmiJqe9rjrbQ#5745182527882554850 > > https://picasaweb.google.com/117979942681874882460/Nandadevi?authkey=Gv1sRgCKKmiJqe9rjrbQ#5745182534638203106 > > i will be putting together a GESO a little later, meanwhile hope you > enjoy these... > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
