It was 47km for the day (34km for Saurabh). Beat that. Starting at 4 in the morning, and still afoot midnight. What adds to the X factor is that me and Saurabh had ended our previous day at 2200, after a 22km trek from Agoda to Dodital, 6 of which - from Manjhi to Dodital - were covered in pitch darkness along the jungle paths of Uttarkashi. So, in between these 37 hours, I'd piled up 69km adventure: A lake, plenty of brooks, dry forests, lush forests, and SNOW fields. A handful of monal pheasant sightings, juggling with a poisonous snake, 3 himalayan langurs (they are a sight to behold, different from their Delhi brethren), huge baseball-sized toads, and a Ghoral.
Right now we're warming ourselves by the little heater inside the Police Station at Gangori, 4km from Uttarkashi. We'd have walked onwards had they not fallen for our rubbish. "We're doctors on Govt. service, called back urgently for an emergency situation developing in Delhi." Lies. We just walked on because we had to see it for ourselves.
These few days have had so many chapters to them. Facts and facts, no fiction. I'll tire out just recalling the whole thing.
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