Participant: RudraP, PurushottamP, BimalK, GaneshT, KapilP, KrishnaDB , RajendraB, NishchalS, DhilungK, DijupT, PrajwalS, LavaK, SudeepA, NirajS, BhanuC, RaviS and VishnuK
Hikers: RudraP, PurushottamP, GaneshT, KapilP, KrishnaDB (rookie), RajendraB, DhilungK, DijupT, PrajwalS, BhanuC, RaviS and VishnuK
Date: Saturday & Sunday, March 14-15, 2009
Location: First Phase-Lamadanda, Second-Suire to Panauti, Third Phase-Panauti to Batase
Duration: 2 hrs, 8:30 hrs, 2 hrs
Distance: 18 kms (Driving), 20 kms + 6 kms
Photos: DijupT, DhilungK, BhanuC, KrishnaDB, NishchalS, GaneshT
Report: KrishnaDB
Caption: GaneshT & VishnuK
CreativeS: DijupT, DhilungK & GaneshT
Geolocation : Lamadana (27°33’22″N 85°21’41″E) , Suire (27°33’0″N 85°22’44″E), Bhardeu Bhanjyang (pass) 2198m (27°33’18″N 85°23’49″E), Panauti (27°35’7″N 85°30’53″E), Batase (27°35’53″N 85°33’5″E)
Just for change and with the Rudra’s initiation, we finally came to a mutual consent to spend a wild night somewhere in the jungle. Two vehicles fully packed with tents, sleeping bags, a goat, utensils, and all necessary supplies for night-out to an unspecified location started to move along with team of 19 night hunters.
Ram and Birkha sat behind the steering and we jumped in behind them as per capacity of the automobile. With the speed of our vehicles, the destination, Lamidanda, was coming to our sight where we had decided to spend the night on March the 14th. Vishnu started talking to the owner Keshar Bahadur Bista to get permission to use his Farm House at Lamidada, 5 kilometers above Lele of Lalitpur district. This place is popular for its Saraswoti temple. It was not long before the team paid homage to the holy place and started unpacking things from the two vehicles which took a coupld of hours.
The respectable Nepali khukuri gleamed out of Nischal’s bag. Ram needed a split of second to complete the goat’s primary rites when Bimal pulled the legs while Lava pulled the head.
We started preparing hot water for cleaning up the deceased goat. Amazingly the whole team got busy for this business. Somebody was busy cleaning meat while others were endowed with vegetable cleaning task. At 6:30 PM, everybody shared the sipping of wine to follow the catering process. Rudra too helped cooking amidst the smoke that made our eyes tear filled.
Finally, Vishnu asked everybody to gather to eat Chiura (The local Nepali Beaten Rice) and Fried meat accompanied with small pegs. Not long that team started to sing, share anecdotes, jokes, and vivid experience of life, dancing started in full swing along with bonfire that leapt its flames towards sky and the half moon must be surprised at its gleam. Nischal and Rajendra also challenged the fire by leaping through it as if by using their spiritual powers. The events continued until tents were filled. Some even managed to take naps outside, in the sheer cold night accompanied with flares of fire burning bright.
Next day on March 15 the hiking was started early morning at 6:30 AM with Rudar’s big hands. Some couldn’t manage to continue with the hiking, thanks to the previous fun-filled sleepless night. Rest of the guys took breakfast in Suire and started their hike from Suire towards Dhulikhel. Approximately at 11:00 a.m. we reached the Bhardev Bhanjyang. After taking a short rest, we started to hike across the Rosi khola. The walk through forest was very thrilling. After hiking more than 2 hrs inside the forest we happened to land at graveled road. In Rosi village, guys started with popular game of Carom Board with sip of hot milk tea, chew Anarsa and munch biscuits that we’d been carrying all the way. After sometime, I realized that Rajenrda, Prajjwal and I were walking in a group, Rudra and Purushhotam walking another group and rest, in another group. Perhaps matching with taste!
At 2:30 pm, we reached Panauti. Rudra, Purushhotam and I took fruits whilst Prajjwal and Rajendra had Mo:Mo. Rudra, Purushhotam, Rajendra, Prajjwal and myself moved ahead to prolong the hike from Panauti to Dhulikhel.
Later we realized rest of the group had halted their hike at Panauti and finally, at 4:45 PM we reached Batase dada which happened to be our final destination. Yet I personally am ready and seek to go for the night-out and have a day hike.
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hey great article. good read!
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Thanks for your message. Any time you have new pics please post and wish you all the best. Take good care of yourself/
Purni
non geek , why you jump in group of hiking geeks?
Dear Purni, terabytes of thanks for spending time to register yourself and commenting heartily even far away from Nepal.
Dear Lava
The picture are awesome! The dawn welcomes us is the best among all, all pics are too good but that one is my fav. Keep posting nice pics and the site as well.
take good care of yourself.
Best regards
Purni
da… i bet u had loads of fun during this hiking….whoever has taken pic no. 63 ,64..14.. my salute..and hi5
Thread Replied on :3/19/2009 10:04:59 PM
lava kafle
computer engineer
Kathmandu, Nepal Foreign life sucks. See our Nepali life here:
http://www.everestuncensored.org/5091/2009/03/19/hiking-and-camping-suire-to-batase/
Thread Replied on :3/19/2009 10:43:12 PM
sangita k.c
Student (Ph.D. Research)
NEW YORK Nice Collection of Pics.. ya , now i surely believe life in foreign really sucks..
lava kafle
Thank you Sangita. We create careers there, but we need to protect and assess our resources here in nepal, utilize them, care them, nurture them.
Sorry Buddy LavaKafle I found and copied it here
you all enjoyed guys in lalitpur kavre nepal lele lamidanda batase sure of nepal. i missed all those moments because I was programming java netbeans 6.7 sql developer 9 php 20 and oracle 44
Doozie camping.. and first-rate hiking on the trail along Roshi khola. Best so far.
Thank You Mabi, Dear Jimmy Dai, the pics were taken on the date mentioned.
Picture 63 should have been taken (one more extra frame) with higher shutter speed than the current frame . The water fall would have more definition (compared to current blurring) and would be published or even win an award in major photography journal.
The photographers techinque should be well appreciated on scenic ones.
I love the pictures esp rhodon’ Gurash picture. Want to know what time of the year was it taken? Thank you
My Best Hike so far…..
It was a wonderful hike, the trail along Rosi was the most beautiful i ever hiked.
Goat is explained beautifully in Story writeup and in Stomach.
Pic 10 waiting for new sunshine, new projects, innovation, creativity, and after all New people. Add more and more to make 1000 employees in software industry in Nepal. Nice Vision
what u say, sometime sbunking classes, hiking, biking, fun is good like in many previous hikes. Why to fine? fine them first who showed the way 😀
Where’s the Goat…..? Not even a single picture….and yes perfect pictures…
64 Spirit of water – awesome shot good job dude
At least praise Rudra and Purushottam pandey
Who helped make our day
During the night that shivered
Morning glorified the victory
Rumble and mingle at one place with nineteenth single
That will be living with me like a fiddle
I shall be longing for playing
To live in future of past singing, dancing and walking
In the name of generous soul with praise approving!
63 ra 64.. dami lagyo..
14 is also gr8..
🙂
14 Sunset settings – A near perfect shot…cropping out vignitte would’ve made it Perfect. thumbs up Dhilung
hike ma bhageko ? come on, that’s a real pathetic thing to do. those guys should be omitted from any hikes for at least a year and fine few hundred thousand rupees as punishment.
Side job ko lagi practice ho ki kya ho!!!!!! mauka ko faida 😆
04 Bramha Vishnu Maheshwor from right [Caption (Y) ]
14 Sunset settings [HDR – evening]
61 Bokeh in the wild [Nice DOF]
64 Spirit of water [Hats off to DHK (I need that filter)]
that was beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeessst camping awa hike
pic 14 perfect for advertisement! great shot
Pic 72 thanks, the Ox mating with Cow
who took Pic 19? its superb.
Pic 14, what a shot!
Who took this perfect Photograph? Camera Specs