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La Sovereign De Himalayas - to be continued

The Three of us, myself, Dinakar Das and Ramesh were planning on hiking up to Hemkund Sahib when Akash asked us to rest at his campsite before we climbed up the next day. Ishwar Bhai promised to meet later as he had to catch up with everything that happened in the past 6 days. The story of one great Expedition ended there as we slowly marched towards Ghangaria, a few more kilometers of hike. Coming back to the crowd took some time for me to accept but it already made me unhappy, without any choice I marched as fast as I could to reach the helipad and waited for them. We then reached the given location to be welcomed by Sanjay. We were supposed to pitch our tents when Sanjay said we were told to stay in a hut and guided us there, served us tea and asked if we needed hot water to take bath? That was a moment of happiness, both me and Ramesh nodded a big yes. As we stopped our tea, he brought a bucket full of good hot water. After me I told Dinakar to wait for another bucket, he denied and took bath in cold water itself and later I brought a bucket for Ramesh. Since we were offered a complimentary stay, I didn't want to burden them for food, we decided to head up to the Gurudwara. After a full satisfying unlimited meal, sipped some tea and we walked back to the hut with some hot jalebi in hand. I rolled a good fat joint, both me and Dinakar enjoyed every puff of it blowing in the wind leaving us in a bliss of lifetime memories with the delicious dessert making the moment very satisfying. After a good night rest the alarm rang at 6 in the morning as it was time for Guru Hemkund Sahib. 

I asked if Ramesh needed breakfast at the Gurudwara as me and Dinakar were not really hungry but he denied and we proceed on the path, hiking up for the highest Gurudwara in the world. As usual I pushed myself at full pace, some tried catching up, the more they tried the more I speed up which was common with me I still don't know why, even when I'm very tired, if some tries to catch up naturally I speed up. After years of training and keeping myself in shape I really want to know how many men are strong enough in this generation. Starting at 7 AM from Ghangaria, I reached Hemkund at 9:45, covering a distance of 6 kilometers of incline accent in 2 hours and 45 minutes. After Khagbasundi any trek less than 20 kilometres felt at ease. The climate was misty with slight drizzle, the cold was yet to be felt since the body was warm. I walked up near the glacier to find most Sikh people taking a dip in the ice cold water. Though I stood stunned I wanted to give myself a try too. After filling myself with the mental strength needed, I simply dived. Not more than 10 seconds I was out and running for a change of clothes. The body was confused how to react as it was really warm after a continuous hike and the dip in the ice cold water simply felt like the hot iron dipped in water to cool. As the layers of clothing started warming me up, I served myself unlimitedly to hot tea and kitchidi before climbing up to enter the Gurudwara, the huge hall was filled up with people draped in the blankets, sitting in uniform on one side, mounts of blankets stocked up on all sides and a holy shrine where a guru continues to read their preachings. I grabbed myself a blanket and sat amongst them, waiting for Ramesh and Dinakar to reach. As the wait took longer, I came out searching to find Dinakar wandering near the lake in search of me. 

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