A family that treks together, stays together
John Muir, a Scottish American naturalist, mountaineer and ecological thinker had once written, in what has now become an iconic statement – “ The mountains are calling and I must go …” Our calling, as a family (my wife Meera, daughter Kavya, son Krish and me), came in May-June 2022, when our tryst with the Himalayas finally materialized. After an earlier cancelled trek to Dayara Bugyal also in Uttarakhand in 2021, owing to the pandemic; and initial uncertainty due to board exams, Kedarkantha (not to be mistaken with Kedarnath) it was to be. Kedarkantha is popular for it winter trek but as novices we decided to keep it relative easy and decided to do the summer trek. Our preparations started 4 months in advance, initially mainly to purchase trekking gear, as we let loose our purse strings and later, from April, in preparation for the trek as we religiously set out achieving the set target of 5 kms under 38 minutes. Postcard from Kedarkantha Day 0 - The Initial Journey Long st