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TREKKING EXPEDITION TO TUNGNATH, VASUDRARA FALL, 2001
Mayo College, Junior School, Ajmer
Total 38 Boys
Height : 3886 mts
Staff : Mr. Pramod Chaturvedi, Mrs. Pam Kalsy, Mrs. Wandy Shah, Mr. Yash Saxena & Mr Paresh Mahawar
Mayo Students on top of the world
Travel Tales
A group of junior school boys of Mayo College went on a mountaineering and trekking trip to Badrinath and Tungnath in Uttaranchal recently. The average age of the boys was 11 years and they had to climb at an altitude of 14500 feet approximately, which was a difficult task for them.
Tungnath is the hightest lord Shiva shrine in the world, situated at an altitude of around 14000 feet. Far in the back-stage scenario are the snow clad mountains which add gleam to this valley. The temperatures ranges from 5-10 degrees Celsius in the first week of May.
The ascent of Tungnath starts from Chopta which is accessible by road. This is the beginning of the steep and difficult climb of Tungnath. Around 4 km of spiral and unpaved ascent and as the height increases, lack of oxygen can easily be felt.
It becomes difficult to breathe and your head starts spinning. Some experience nausea also. The natural landscape here is lovely. The valley is full of crimson ‘Rhododendrons’ which seem to be creating their own world.
After climbing about 3 kms. Snow begins to appear on the mountains. Our group of Mayo College was the first group to reach there this season and the Tungnath temple was covered with snow all over
The boys had a feeling of being on top of the world after a strenuous climb. It is said that after the Mahabharata when Pandavas left for the Himalayas. Arjun built the Tungnath temple. The students enjoyed themselves thoroughly in the snow by making a snowman and by throwing it at each other. After a rest of about 1 hour it was time to leave and no one wished to move down again. The group descended for about two hours regularly, to reach Chopta and stayed there for the night. Next morning we left for Badrinath. The dangerous journey with serpentine roads till Joshimath is very exciting. The trek is filled with lush green valleys and several waterfalls. When we reached Joshimath, the weather was pleasant. There were clouds which were accompanied with drizzle.
It is a 2 hour journey from here to Badrinath crossing Govind ghat and Hanuman Chatti. Enroute we saw the construction of Jai Prakash hydropower plant. On the way to Badrinath we witnessed several Glaciers and waterfalls.
Govind ghat is the place from where the trekking route to ‘Hemkund Sahib’ and ‘Valley of Flowers’ begins. But we were on our way to Vasundhara falls which could be reached by crossing Badrinath. Therefore we reached Badrinath and stayed there for the night.
We started our trekking for Vasundhara falls early in the morning. First we reached Mana village. This is the last village on the Sino-Indian border. We saw the source of River Sarasvati named as Bhimpol on the way. This is the beginning of the difficult trek to Vasundhara Falls. It is a challenging ascent.
On the way we witnessed several snow clad peaks like Nandadevi, Trishul, Dunagiri and Nilkanth along with many glaciers. Total trekking route to Vasundhara Falls was of 5.5 kms and resulted in great fatigue as you have to walk for hours. But we bucked up each other and kept on climbing . There are places which are prone to avalanches and landslides over here.
Fast flowing winds turn the falling water into fine droplets before reaching the ground. This was a unique experience. Our entire group now left for Badrinath.
Next morning everyone had a bath in the hot water sulphur spring called the “Taptkund” and visited the temple of Badrinath. We thanked the almighty creator for the success of our expedition as only he could have made it possible.
A report by -
P Chaturvedi
Headmaster
Junior School
Mayo College
(Source of the News : The Times of India (Education Plus)
dated Monday June 11, 2001)
List of Boys
1. Saurabh Shah
2. Puneet Siddhart
3. Abhishek Mittal
4. Aditya Vikram
5. Pratap Singh
6. Yashwardhan Singh
7. Utkarsh Tathagat
8. Charchit Gupta
9. Sahil Kothari
10. Devershi Singh
11. Pranav Mittal
12. Gaurav Chaudhry
13. Aman Chabbra
14. Amandeep Jain
15. Pratik Saraf
16. Saumya Sood
17. Pulkit Baldwa
18. Nilesh Kasat
19. Anirudh Mathur
20. Gursimran Singh
21. Aditya Veer Singh
22. Hem Sanghvi
23. Varun Tendon
24. Karanveer Bhadoo
25. Shubham Singhal
26. Sagar Bhadana
27. Anikit Poddar
28. Sandesh Jain
29. Moonis Hussain Reshi
30. Indershekhar Prasad Singh
31. Prithveesh Bhatia
32. Vinod Choudhary
33. Akshay Amritanshu
34. Apurv Agarwal
Total 38 Boys
Height : 3886 mts
Staff : Mr. Pramod Chaturvedi, Mrs. Pam Kalsy, Mrs. Wandy Shah, Mr. Yash Saxena & Mr Paresh Mahawar
Mayo Students on top of the world
Travel Tales
A group of junior school boys of Mayo College went on a mountaineering and trekking trip to Badrinath and Tungnath in Uttaranchal recently. The average age of the boys was 11 years and they had to climb at an altitude of 14500 feet approximately, which was a difficult task for them.
Tungnath is the hightest lord Shiva shrine in the world, situated at an altitude of around 14000 feet. Far in the back-stage scenario are the snow clad mountains which add gleam to this valley. The temperatures ranges from 5-10 degrees Celsius in the first week of May.
The ascent of Tungnath starts from Chopta which is accessible by road. This is the beginning of the steep and difficult climb of Tungnath. Around 4 km of spiral and unpaved ascent and as the height increases, lack of oxygen can easily be felt.
It becomes difficult to breathe and your head starts spinning. Some experience nausea also. The natural landscape here is lovely. The valley is full of crimson ‘Rhododendrons’ which seem to be creating their own world.
After climbing about 3 kms. Snow begins to appear on the mountains. Our group of Mayo College was the first group to reach there this season and the Tungnath temple was covered with snow all over
The boys had a feeling of being on top of the world after a strenuous climb. It is said that after the Mahabharata when Pandavas left for the Himalayas. Arjun built the Tungnath temple. The students enjoyed themselves thoroughly in the snow by making a snowman and by throwing it at each other. After a rest of about 1 hour it was time to leave and no one wished to move down again. The group descended for about two hours regularly, to reach Chopta and stayed there for the night. Next morning we left for Badrinath. The dangerous journey with serpentine roads till Joshimath is very exciting. The trek is filled with lush green valleys and several waterfalls. When we reached Joshimath, the weather was pleasant. There were clouds which were accompanied with drizzle.
It is a 2 hour journey from here to Badrinath crossing Govind ghat and Hanuman Chatti. Enroute we saw the construction of Jai Prakash hydropower plant. On the way to Badrinath we witnessed several Glaciers and waterfalls.
Govind ghat is the place from where the trekking route to ‘Hemkund Sahib’ and ‘Valley of Flowers’ begins. But we were on our way to Vasundhara falls which could be reached by crossing Badrinath. Therefore we reached Badrinath and stayed there for the night.
We started our trekking for Vasundhara falls early in the morning. First we reached Mana village. This is the last village on the Sino-Indian border. We saw the source of River Sarasvati named as Bhimpol on the way. This is the beginning of the difficult trek to Vasundhara Falls. It is a challenging ascent.
On the way we witnessed several snow clad peaks like Nandadevi, Trishul, Dunagiri and Nilkanth along with many glaciers. Total trekking route to Vasundhara Falls was of 5.5 kms and resulted in great fatigue as you have to walk for hours. But we bucked up each other and kept on climbing . There are places which are prone to avalanches and landslides over here.
Fast flowing winds turn the falling water into fine droplets before reaching the ground. This was a unique experience. Our entire group now left for Badrinath.
Next morning everyone had a bath in the hot water sulphur spring called the “Taptkund” and visited the temple of Badrinath. We thanked the almighty creator for the success of our expedition as only he could have made it possible.
A report by -
P Chaturvedi
Headmaster
Junior School
Mayo College
(Source of the News : The Times of India (Education Plus)
dated Monday June 11, 2001)
List of Boys
1. Saurabh Shah
2. Puneet Siddhart
3. Abhishek Mittal
4. Aditya Vikram
5. Pratap Singh
6. Yashwardhan Singh
7. Utkarsh Tathagat
8. Charchit Gupta
9. Sahil Kothari
10. Devershi Singh
11. Pranav Mittal
12. Gaurav Chaudhry
13. Aman Chabbra
14. Amandeep Jain
15. Pratik Saraf
16. Saumya Sood
17. Pulkit Baldwa
18. Nilesh Kasat
19. Anirudh Mathur
20. Gursimran Singh
21. Aditya Veer Singh
22. Hem Sanghvi
23. Varun Tendon
24. Karanveer Bhadoo
25. Shubham Singhal
26. Sagar Bhadana
27. Anikit Poddar
28. Sandesh Jain
29. Moonis Hussain Reshi
30. Indershekhar Prasad Singh
31. Prithveesh Bhatia
32. Vinod Choudhary
33. Akshay Amritanshu
34. Apurv Agarwal