I am trying to frame my words and share my experience.
I am always eager to know the next twist of my life and talk with life like a friend. Once I ask to my life what have you given to me? And answer was "Body” just body. I faced the same question many years. But near my age of forty suddenly the answer changed. And answer was “Nothing”. At this stage only difference was that, life asked to me, what have you given to me? Then I came to the point ‘Life expects us as we expect from our lives. And I realized life has given me everything just I need to return back something. I faced this situation when I was landing age of thirty nine. (This experience can be for every human life)
Then I spent more time with my family, I enjoyed holidays with them on different places twice in a year read favorite subject books. I also tried to help unknown people. But still I was unsatisfied. In the end. I decided to travel alone for long days. I took a long halt and decided to go to Annapurna Trek in Nepal, give a gift to life and celebrate the age of forty.
In starting of the year 2019 I booked my tickets to Nepal. As designed my journey I went to Kathmandu in month of March. When I was applying for the TIMS card and trekking permit in the Nepal Tourism Board, I thought I had reached the right place, because people were very polite and they gave me their cards within ten minutes. Now I was free to adjust myself very easily with Nepalese for my next journey.
I started my walk from Besisahar. It is 110 miles away from Kathmandu. Many trekkers were going to different treks and different routes. I never thought about ability, budget, challenges, risk, and climate. I never compared to myself to others. I was just sure about myself. Walking trail was well developed, well marked and mainly very peaceful. Because of this the chances of being missing were very low. (But how wandering people can lost?) while walking the trail I saw many old and large trees. I seated in below of shadow and watched mountains many times. Watching to Himalaya was great and unexplainable experience. I realized that walking the Himalayas is really more enjoyable than talking about the Himalayas. There was a wonderful peace in the Himalayas. Sometimes I walked dusty path, sometimes muddy land, sometimes snowy and sometimes walk by road that’s why I heard kind of noises from my shoes. That noise was only dissolving the Himalayan peace.
While walking, I met many Nepali people. They were always smiling and say Namaste. They were helpful and polite. I walked with a Nepalese policeman from koto to chame. After some time his jeep came from behind us. And he went. He offered me lift till chame.
When I was thirsty, I shaped my fingers like a bowl and drank the water of Himalayan cascade for the first time. Water went inside the stomach through throat. Water was touching to my throat, coldness of water and taste of water how can i explain in the words.
From Koto to Ghyarmu was very scary. I was alone trek was so difficult because of snow fall. No one was seen far away and house too. I was so cold. Dark time was started and somehow I reached near at a hut. There was an old lady. I requested her to stay for a night. She agreed and started making black tea after seeing my condition. She made me egg soup and rice in dinner. She had only one room, space was enough to leave for two people. In the night I was facing cold, she gave me a warm blanket. He slept with me like my mother. In the morning I took a photo with her and went off. I will never forget her. I was out of contact from my family.. I had not talk from eight days to my family. I was missing all people. After heavy snowfall I took rest two days and Thorong la Pass was also had closed for next three days. Suddenly, a big group came to Trek. They had permission to go Thorong la Pass. I decided to follow them. Like this I walked three days and went to muktinath through Thorong la Pass. Now everything was easy. Next six days I walked down towards nayapul. Where the official trek ends.
I learn bargaining. I took 100% risk. I missed Indian food. I learned from my heavy backpack, what things are most important to live life. I forgot my pains while walking, it may my right knee or some others.
I met too many people from different countries. Nikola and Radek from Czechoslovakia,Radek Shared his travel planning with me and shared some likes also talk about panjabi family. When I was having a pain in my right knee, Nicky said that you can borrow my stick for a while. I wanted to take, but I could not because I did not want to disturb to anyone while walking. (Sorry niki) Isako from spain: Isako shared mango chikki with me and talk about himalayan peace,and expressed his love about the place.Kushen from Nepal: He was awesome.Marc Ludcke from Germany: Wow, how can I explain about Marc?Nobody knows better than marc.How to help others.When i was suffering from cold on Thorong la then marc gave me his warm jacket till muktinath,while walking he shared hot tea from his group which was carried in tharmas. Marc tried to reduce my cold from his warm cusion. I was just followed his notices. Natasha from Russia. Ella from Scotland:Ella was keeping all the information about the weather, accidents, snowfall, Thorong La route updates through facebook group with latest photos. When she shown me the picture of a dead person on mobile I was shocked. And she said me be carefully. Whenever she met me on trek, hotel, road she gave new updates. I ignored her sometimes and concentrate on my walk. She joined a group in Bagarchhap and went off.
I earn from this walk: Full moon in Himalaya and satisfaction to welcome of forty. I lost in this hike: body weight 6kg. Two pair of socks and 3 hours wrong route walks.
This trek dedicate to my age of forty. Welcome forty …
here is my movie
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