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TREKKING EXPEDITION TO HARSIL,GANGOTRI, 2002
Mayo College, Junior School, Ajmer
Total 41 Boys
Height : 3048 mts
Staff : Mr. Pramod Chaturvedi, Mrs. Pam Kalsy, Mrs. Pratima Jha, Mr. Yash Saxena & Mr Paresh Mahawar
MAYOITES SCALE GREATER HEIGHTS
Forty-One Junior Boys Of Mayo School, Ajmer Trekked To The Gangotri Region Of Uttaranchal Recently. Group Leader And Headmaster Promod Chaturvedi Recounts The Group’s Experience
Oh! The cruel month of May! When hot, sultry loo blows across your face and the scorching sun burns your back, then one is immediately reminded of the snow-clad mountains, the chilling winds and the gushing waterfalls. And Uttaranchal seemed the perfect place to heard this summer vacation. We Mayoites decided on a trip to Uttaranchal to be one with the nature and enjoy being in the lap of Himalayas.
Forty one boys of Junior School Mayo College, led by Headmaster, P Chaturvedi, went on a mountaineering and trekking expedition to Gangotri region of Uttaranchal. The average age of the group was 11 years and the destination was 11000 ft above the sea level. The first destination of the group was Harsil which is about 9000 ft high above the sea level. Tourists starts feeling the lack of oxygen in the atmosphere at such an altitude Symptoms like breathlessness appear after climbing even a short distance. This was the place where tourists generally try to acclimatize themselves according to the high altitude region.
There was a very steep ascent of around 4 kms to reach ‘Sathtal’ and ‘Panch Mahadev’ temple situated here. It was a very adventurous experience to reach there by crossing serpentine routes and mountainous waterfalls. In that place, there is a probability of getting lost too. But the shepherds and villagers whom we met on the way, were always ready to help. And when we were not feeling too well, their consoling words boosted up our moral immediately.
The group was really excited when they first caught a glimpse of the huge glacier at some height from ‘Panch Mahadev’ temple. Everyone then decided to spend some time on this glacier. Boys threw snow balls at each other and skidded down the slope of glacier several times.
Next day the group left for Gangotri. On the way, the group crossed the highest road bridge in Asia which is built at an altitude of about 10,500 feet above sea level. This is the last bridge on the Sino – Indian border and is strategically very important. This is a prohibited area and military enforcement is deputed almost every place.2
It was freezing, more so with the chilling cold winds, when the group reached Gangotri. At Gangotri, the snow clad mountains were visible all around.
This place, in fact, has received the heaviest snowfall this time in the last 25 years. Here we saw the Kedar-Ganga. It is a very fast-flowing river which originates from Kedar-tal and passes through Gangotri town at its peak turbulence.
The group was informed that the Gangotri temple was closed and the temple was surrounded by 10Ft of snow all over. The Temple administration was busy removing the snow around the temple.
The group visited the temple of ‘Rishi Bhagirath’ and other temples and ashrams on the banks of River Ganges.
Next day, the group left on foot for Gaumukh which is at an altitude of around 14000 ft. It is the source of holy river Ganges, When the group reached ‘Devgad’ after crossing three big glaciers, they met one rescue team of Army on the way. The Army team had just rescued a young man who slipped down the glacier, three days back. They suggested us not to go further keeping in view the age of our children. We realized only a bit of carelessness could be fatal. The group then decided to wind up their expedition at this point we returned to the base-camp.
While returning from Gangotri, the group also watched the construction process of Tehri dam. The group did some exciting and adrenaline pumping river rafting from Kaudiala to Rishikesh in the roaring waters of Ganges. This was a very exciting, adventurous and risky activity for the boys but they enjoyed it thoroughly.
In the end, the group visited the ‘IMA’ – Indian Military Academy at Dehradun. Other teachers who accompanied were Yash Saxena, Paresh Mahawar, Pam Kalsy and Pratima Jha. Overall it was refreshing trip for the entire group.
(Source of the News : The Times of India (Education Plus)
dated Monday May 27, 2002)
List of Boys
1. Joel Jose
2. Akash Bhargava
3. Mihir Agarwal
4. Jagjot Singh Kohli
5. Saumya Sood
6. Aaditya Metha
7. Moonish Reshi
8. Akhil Bapna
9. Shikhar Tripathi
10. Aditya Veer Singh
11. Karanveer Bhadoo
12. Dhruv Khanna
13. Ayush Jain
14. Ankit Poddar
15. Akshay Mallaya
16. Prithveesh Bhatia
17. Sandesh Jain
18. Pulkit Baldwa
19. Indershekhar Prasad Singh
20. Shashank Poddar
21. Rishab Bhargava
22. Mohit Advani
23. Navodit Singh
24. Viraj Vagadya
25. Sourav Agarwal
26. Apoorav Agarwal
27. Akshay Amritanshu
28. Param Pratap Singh Kaleka
29. Bharat Agarwal
30. Mrityunjai Singh
31. Vinod Choudhary
32. Mayank Jain
33. Gagan Doda
34. Rishabh Arara
35. Vikrant Shekhar Prasad Singh
36. Rahul Joshi
37. Shahbaz Singh Samra
38. Shaura Sejwal
39. Vibhor Gupta
40. Rishi Sarin
41. Ishan Sejwal
Total 41 Boys
Height : 3048 mts
Staff : Mr. Pramod Chaturvedi, Mrs. Pam Kalsy, Mrs. Pratima Jha, Mr. Yash Saxena & Mr Paresh Mahawar
MAYOITES SCALE GREATER HEIGHTS
Forty-One Junior Boys Of Mayo School, Ajmer Trekked To The Gangotri Region Of Uttaranchal Recently. Group Leader And Headmaster Promod Chaturvedi Recounts The Group’s Experience
Oh! The cruel month of May! When hot, sultry loo blows across your face and the scorching sun burns your back, then one is immediately reminded of the snow-clad mountains, the chilling winds and the gushing waterfalls. And Uttaranchal seemed the perfect place to heard this summer vacation. We Mayoites decided on a trip to Uttaranchal to be one with the nature and enjoy being in the lap of Himalayas.
Forty one boys of Junior School Mayo College, led by Headmaster, P Chaturvedi, went on a mountaineering and trekking expedition to Gangotri region of Uttaranchal. The average age of the group was 11 years and the destination was 11000 ft above the sea level. The first destination of the group was Harsil which is about 9000 ft high above the sea level. Tourists starts feeling the lack of oxygen in the atmosphere at such an altitude Symptoms like breathlessness appear after climbing even a short distance. This was the place where tourists generally try to acclimatize themselves according to the high altitude region.
There was a very steep ascent of around 4 kms to reach ‘Sathtal’ and ‘Panch Mahadev’ temple situated here. It was a very adventurous experience to reach there by crossing serpentine routes and mountainous waterfalls. In that place, there is a probability of getting lost too. But the shepherds and villagers whom we met on the way, were always ready to help. And when we were not feeling too well, their consoling words boosted up our moral immediately.
The group was really excited when they first caught a glimpse of the huge glacier at some height from ‘Panch Mahadev’ temple. Everyone then decided to spend some time on this glacier. Boys threw snow balls at each other and skidded down the slope of glacier several times.
Next day the group left for Gangotri. On the way, the group crossed the highest road bridge in Asia which is built at an altitude of about 10,500 feet above sea level. This is the last bridge on the Sino – Indian border and is strategically very important. This is a prohibited area and military enforcement is deputed almost every place.2
It was freezing, more so with the chilling cold winds, when the group reached Gangotri. At Gangotri, the snow clad mountains were visible all around.
This place, in fact, has received the heaviest snowfall this time in the last 25 years. Here we saw the Kedar-Ganga. It is a very fast-flowing river which originates from Kedar-tal and passes through Gangotri town at its peak turbulence.
The group was informed that the Gangotri temple was closed and the temple was surrounded by 10Ft of snow all over. The Temple administration was busy removing the snow around the temple.
The group visited the temple of ‘Rishi Bhagirath’ and other temples and ashrams on the banks of River Ganges.
Next day, the group left on foot for Gaumukh which is at an altitude of around 14000 ft. It is the source of holy river Ganges, When the group reached ‘Devgad’ after crossing three big glaciers, they met one rescue team of Army on the way. The Army team had just rescued a young man who slipped down the glacier, three days back. They suggested us not to go further keeping in view the age of our children. We realized only a bit of carelessness could be fatal. The group then decided to wind up their expedition at this point we returned to the base-camp.
While returning from Gangotri, the group also watched the construction process of Tehri dam. The group did some exciting and adrenaline pumping river rafting from Kaudiala to Rishikesh in the roaring waters of Ganges. This was a very exciting, adventurous and risky activity for the boys but they enjoyed it thoroughly.
In the end, the group visited the ‘IMA’ – Indian Military Academy at Dehradun. Other teachers who accompanied were Yash Saxena, Paresh Mahawar, Pam Kalsy and Pratima Jha. Overall it was refreshing trip for the entire group.
(Source of the News : The Times of India (Education Plus)
dated Monday May 27, 2002)
List of Boys
1. Joel Jose
2. Akash Bhargava
3. Mihir Agarwal
4. Jagjot Singh Kohli
5. Saumya Sood
6. Aaditya Metha
7. Moonish Reshi
8. Akhil Bapna
9. Shikhar Tripathi
10. Aditya Veer Singh
11. Karanveer Bhadoo
12. Dhruv Khanna
13. Ayush Jain
14. Ankit Poddar
15. Akshay Mallaya
16. Prithveesh Bhatia
17. Sandesh Jain
18. Pulkit Baldwa
19. Indershekhar Prasad Singh
20. Shashank Poddar
21. Rishab Bhargava
22. Mohit Advani
23. Navodit Singh
24. Viraj Vagadya
25. Sourav Agarwal
26. Apoorav Agarwal
27. Akshay Amritanshu
28. Param Pratap Singh Kaleka
29. Bharat Agarwal
30. Mrityunjai Singh
31. Vinod Choudhary
32. Mayank Jain
33. Gagan Doda
34. Rishabh Arara
35. Vikrant Shekhar Prasad Singh
36. Rahul Joshi
37. Shahbaz Singh Samra
38. Shaura Sejwal
39. Vibhor Gupta
40. Rishi Sarin
41. Ishan Sejwal