Since we already lost one day, Balwant
decided to go ahead of Jadunga till the beginning of Kiyarkoti. Now
just a clarification here. I think quite a few places on this trek
are named Kiyarkoti. There is one which comes after Jadunga,
another which is closer to the pass and then a third one which come
after crossing the pass. I think Kiyarkoti is actually a region with
multiple campsite options. Sathya and team had come to wish us early
in the morning and they were planning to start already. We started
our day at around 7.30 AM. The initial climb was over boulders as we
climbed. The trail was relatively easy to negotiate in the early
part.
Everyone was enjoying the easy walk on the trail as yesterday
was relatively tough. However, soon enough the trail went missing due
to land slides and we had to again cross the Sian Gad to the other
side and then cross back to get on to the trail. There were tree logs
which the gaddis might have been dropped on the river which we used
for the crossing. Eventually all of us crossed safely.
We reached
Jhadunga which was a nice campsite sometime in the early afternoon,
but our plan was to go ahead.
The porters were little behind us and
the guide wanted to check with them if we could go ahead. We rested
for about an hour and then decided to go a little ahead. The trail
for the remaining couple of hours was horribly strenuous and kept
challenging us throughout.
On top of it, the weather was also
changing. By the time we reached the campsite it had started
drizzling. The campsite was before the actual Kiyarkoti, on a green
meadow. It was a indeed a beautiful campsite, with lovely view of the
forest, except for the fact, there was no flat ground here. It was
all on a slope. It had been another long and tiring day for us. We
trekked around 11km and the altitude gain was around 1000 mts to 3540
mts.
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