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Hiking from Chautara to Maidan

Title: Babas' hike Hiking Route: Chautara-Maidain-Chautara Date: August 15-August 16 2009 Duration: 11 hrs out of 13 hours. Distance: 6 Kms – 8 kms Altitude: 2450 meters Hike Coordinator: Vishnu Kshettri Participants: Rudra Pandey, Bhuwan Shrestha, Charan Pradhan, Surendra Adhikari, Nishchal Shrestha, Subash Devkota, Sharad Pokharel, Lava Kafle, Ganesh Thapa, Vishnu Kshetrri Photos: Nishchal Shrestha, Subash Devkota, Surendra Adhikari Caption: Vishnu Kshetrri Report By: Vishnu Kshettri Geolocation: Babas' hike - Vishnu Kshettri If we take some time out of this busy and hectic life style sometimes, we get an opportunity to peep into the insight of different meanings of life. I learnt this from the adversity that we faced on Saturday night stoppage at Maidan, many many miles away from home and from this busy, materialistic yet scintillating world. The stoppage let us share the commodities with equal mind and soul of ten different individuality. The whole journey is still lingering in my mind, and keeps poking out in my mind as one of the many mysteries of life. This was only possible because of the journey that compelled us to go through the equal hardships while we were measuring our inner empathy together last weekend. Chautara, the head quarter of Sindhupalchowk district was a starting point, where we reached in the midday on Saturday. With the starting altitude of 1420 metres we began to hike up. One hour of ascending, we reached at a place called Bench Pani. Another next one hour of stride took us to a place called Shyaule, where locals were curious about this bunch of urban dwellers. During the chit-o-chat, they offered us with a handful of pears. Some of them generously peeled off the skin of pears for us. In exchange, Rudra handed them some money.

pleasant air soothed our skin and mind, entered us into a pleasant state.

After having those freshly picked garden pears, we continued our journey. Next couple of hours of stiff climb, we arrived at Sano Okhreni. One small tea shop owner, a Sherpa family was keen to hold us for a while. But we still continued our half known journey. As we kept climbing, the pleasant air soothed our skin and mind, entered us into a pleasant state. But as the dusk approached us, it was clearly indicating the dark night that we had to go through. We kept pushing hard and got into a place all hovered with clouds. The walk through this village led to narrow jungle trail, with low visibility due to the cloud and upcoming darkness. The trail was really challenging for one and half hours of struggle, with the plenty of leeches’ to keep us busy, raining and slippery trail. With drained strength, the exhausted body finally happened to be at one of Sherpa house, the place called Maidan had only 3 houses of Shepa inhabited. They offered us with some corn pudding (dhido) and the raw radish which had come straight from the fields. They left us to celebrate our dinner. When we finished our dinner, they fitted us inside cattle shed with 6 small blankets for ten people and hay weaved mattresses. Our back pack, we used as pillow. On the way back to Kathmandu, we stopped at the Zero Kilo, had lunch with city taste. Deep down, a thought crossed my mind that the lunch of Zero Kilo let go the diversity in us with option it offered yet it missed the harmony and contentment and the magic unseen tie that held us together in Maidan. It is said that mind is like parachute which works well only when it is open. It became more apparent to me last Saturday with all those new experiences of its kind to last for days and days to come. Please click on the image to see its large version. 

 

Brekkie

01 Brekkie

 

Limbering up

02 Limbering up

 

Not commonly encountered

03 Not commonly encountered

 

Younker`s lead

04 Younker`s lead

 

District Headquarter- Chautara

05 District Headquarter- Chautara

 

Leaving Chautara behind

06 Leaving Chautara behind

 

Seasoned pace

07 Seasoned pace

 

Sharad`s combat-ready

08 Sharad`s combat-ready

 

A short halt

09 A short halt

 

Nature is a volume of which God is the Author

10 Nature is a volume of which God is the Author

 

Lava is well equipped

11 Lava is well equipped

 

Gaurati Bhimeshwor Temple- one hour from Chautara

12 Gaurati Bhimeshwor Temple- one hour from Chautara

 

Bench Pani

13 Bench Pani

 

One has Bench another has Pani

14 One has Bench another has Pani

 

Here, Lava has Kakro and Ganesh pours pani

15 Here, Lava has Kakro and Ganesh pours pani

 

Gateway to  Kamikharka

16 Gateway to Kamikharka

 

Beautyful rock trail

17 Beautyful rock trail

 

If knowledge leads wisdom then someone may have kingdom

18 If knowledge leads wisdom then someone may have kingdom

 

Just to feel chill

19 Just to feel chill

 

Where there is fear there is no religion

20 Where there is fear there is no religion

 

An open wallet tempts a Saint

21 An open wallet tempts a Saint

 

Tall hill on the left is Kamikharka

22 Tall hill on the left is Kamikharka

 

There you will spend the night

23 There you will spend the night

 

Friends are thieves of time

24 Friends are thieves of time

 

Under the clouds not inside the mist

25 Under the clouds not inside the mist

 

See and name it

26 See and name it

 

Affection binds reason

27 Affection binds reason

 

A Sherpa`s potato curry

28 A Sherpa`s potato curry

 

A generous hand preparing corn Porridge for us as dinner

29 A generous hand preparing corn Porridge for us as dinner

 

Maidan Bar

30 Maidan Bar

 

Dinner time

31 Dinner time

 

This is almost life time meal of the people of Maidan

32 This is almost life time meal of the people of Maidan

 

Decoration by leeches

33 Decoration by leeches

 

Rudra`s club floor

34 Rudra`s club floor

 

This was the shed that accommodated 10 of us

35 This was the shed that accommodated 10 of us

 

Bed time Subash on right

36 Bed time Subash on right

 

And Charan on left

37 And Charan on left

 

Thinking of past

38 Thinking of past

 

Ready for RYoga

39 Ready for RYoga

 

Bye bye Saturday`s home

40 Bye bye Saturday`s home

 

The grinder

41 The grinder

 

Ready to move

42 Ready to move

 

Lava and Ganesh treasuring the place in mind

43 Lava and Ganesh treasuring the place in mind

 

Closeness of the beds

44 Closeness of the beds

 

The place where we spent the night was behind this hill and under the cloud

45 The place where we spent the night was behind this hill and under the cloud

 

Men are in action

46 Men are in action

 

Slowly down the Sano Okhreni

47 Slowly down the Sano Okhreni

 

For the cool and clean morning

48 For the cool and clean morning

 

Lava is in cautious move

49 Lava is in cautious move

 

Just think of walking here with this climate

50 Just think of walking here with this climate

 

Charan and Surendra

51 Charan and Surendra

 

Subash thinking of LUMLE

52 Subash thinking of LUMLE

 

Surendra will dance this time too..

53 Surendra will dance this time too..

 

A walk in the night

54 A walk in the night

 

Rudra, Bhuwan and the naughty one

55 Rudra, Bhuwan and the naughty one

 

Back from Maidan early in the morning

56 Back from Maidan early in the morning

 

Sherpa jee did not allow us the big house

57 Sherpa jee did not allow us the big house

 

I can dance while i walk

58 I can dance while i walk

 

Moving back

59 Moving back

 

Just above Shyaule

60 Just above Shyaule

 

NIKS`s on Break Dance

61 NIKS`s on Break Dance

 

Just cannot delete

62 Just cannot delete

 

Time off for cucumber

63 Time off for cucumber

 

Chaba bhaire chaba

64 Chaba bhaire chaba

 

This one for someone s. one

65 This one for someone s. one

 

Looking at back once again

66 Looking at back once again

 

Yonder you can have tea

67 Yonder you can have tea

 

Oh my God i walked through

68 Oh my God i walked through

 

Happy time

69 Happy time

 

At the Sano Okhreni

70 At the Sano Okhreni

 

Just a wonderful path to walk

71 Just a wonderful path to walk

 

Boys are fun

72 Boys are fun

 

A field are green

73 A field are green

 

That was EASY OOOph

74 That was EASY OOOph

 

Sharad leading here

75 Sharad leading here

 

This is for his leadership by Subash

76 This is for his leadership by Subash

 

On the way back to Shyaule

77 On the way back to Shyaule

 

Charan and Subash over log bridge

78 Charan and Subash over log bridge

 

Colorful house of the Syaule

79 Colorful house of the Syaule

 

See i was not worry for the 4 millions tender

80 See i was not worry for the 4 millions tender

 

Connections of Suburb and an Urban

81 Connections of Suburb and an Urban

 

In reference to pic no 32

82 In reference to pic no 32

 

In the name of the soccer players!

83 In the name of the soccer players!

 

ART is LONG - LIFE is SHORT!!!

84 ART is LONG - LIFE is SHORT!!!



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