elaborate details of my trip to milam glacier

Almoraboy · Jul 18th, 2007, 17:08

hmm, no wine for me, but i had mutton at their house in munsyari.

and also had mutton at the nanda devi mela in milam

VSK Sharma · Jul 18th, 2007, 19:31

Hi Almoraboy,
Though you had posted the details last year i happened to see it today. You have really put in effort and seems it is full of details. It was difficult to read all you have written and so I have copied it for reading latter.
As for the guide and porters are concerned can you give their charges abd the distance they shall cover in a day, which may be of great help in costing the trip.

Almoraboy · Jul 19th, 2007, 00:44

guide details are given here:

http://almoraboy.blogspot.com/2006/0...formation.html

You can ring up KMVN and ask them for the charges. You can contact Ganga Ram or Laxma, or any of his cousins. It will be around 250 bucks/day. However, they also charge for a minimum of 10 days usually....so that they make at least 2000 bucks/trip.
Besides that, u would have to pay for their food n lodging.

I have put in only half the Milam glacier pics. will upload the rest pretty soon.

distances -> these guys will walk with your pace. So, in my case, we used to cover 20 kms/day. But in the case of an elderly gentleman, i have seen them covering only 10 kms/day. That is why they charge for 10 days minimum. Coz if u walk pretty fast, then they might be at a loss, and this is the main source of hteir livlihood..around 4 treks to milam/year.

i have uploaded most of the pics of the trek also onto my blog, with the details...will upload the rest later...
here r the details...

http://almoraboy.blogspot.com/2007/0...home-page.html

michael_metal · Mar 13th, 2008, 23:56

Hi dude, what an excellent narrative of your trek..one can visualize every thing you have described and so even after almost 3 years it appears fresh as yesterday or today :-)

Almoraboy · Mar 15th, 2008, 19:22

hi,

yup, i was inspired by dumbledore's pensieve..so i put in so much of details.

it was a really tough and challenging trek. i would love to do it sometimes in winter..when the whole region is covered with snow...let us hope the govt someday allows tourism friendly policies in the border areas.

Jul 18th, 2007, 17:08	#16
Almoraboy Trekker Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: London.....Himalayas in between Posts: 852	hmm, no wine for me, but i had mutton at their house in munsyari. and also had mutton at the nanda devi mela in milam __________________ Trek blog over here Last edited by machadinha : Jul 19th, 2007 at 07:38. Reason: merged posts

Jul 18th, 2007, 19:31	#17
VSK Sharma Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Pune,India Posts: 377	Hi Almoraboy, Though you had posted the details last year i happened to see it today. You have really put in effort and seems it is full of details. It was difficult to read all you have written and so I have copied it for reading latter. As for the guide and porters are concerned can you give their charges abd the distance they shall cover in a day, which may be of great help in costing the trip. __________________ http://himalayancamping.com/index.php

Jul 19th, 2007, 00:44	#18
Almoraboy Trekker Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: London.....Himalayas in between Posts: 852	guide details are given here: http://almoraboy.blogspot.com/2006/0...formation.html You can ring up KMVN and ask them for the charges. You can contact Ganga Ram or Laxma, or any of his cousins. It will be around 250 bucks/day. However, they also charge for a minimum of 10 days usually....so that they make at least 2000 bucks/trip. Besides that, u would have to pay for their food n lodging. I have put in only half the Milam glacier pics. will upload the rest pretty soon. distances -> these guys will walk with your pace. So, in my case, we used to cover 20 kms/day. But in the case of an elderly gentleman, i have seen them covering only 10 kms/day. That is why they charge for 10 days minimum. Coz if u walk pretty fast, then they might be at a loss, and this is the main source of hteir livlihood..around 4 treks to milam/year. i have uploaded most of the pics of the trek also onto my blog, with the details...will upload the rest later... here r the details... http://almoraboy.blogspot.com/2007/0...home-page.html Last edited by machadinha : Jul 19th, 2007 at 07:36. Reason: merged posts

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michael_metal Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: New Delhi Posts: 12	Hi dude, what an excellent narrative of your trek..one can visualize every thing you have described and so even after almost 3 years it appears fresh as yesterday or today :-)

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Almoraboy Trekker Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: London.....Himalayas in between Posts: 852	hi, yup, i was inspired by dumbledore's pensieve..so i put in so much of details. it was a really tough and challenging trek. i would love to do it sometimes in winter..when the whole region is covered with snow...let us hope the govt someday allows tourism friendly policies in the border areas.

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