Hyderabad Treks To Everest Base Camp
Hyderabad|India|June'2010: An Extreme Love for
Adventure and a passion to face challenges is what made 11 adventurers
from Hyderabad to undertake the Seductive and Unforgiving Trek to the
Everest Base Camp and to summit the Kalapathar Peak from 09 to 21 May
2010. All 11 have safely returned home with the everlasting memories of
the Himalaya's.
The training started 3 months in
advance in Hyderabad, The actual adventure started
in Kathmandu on 09 May 2010, The team went deep
into the mountains trekking through the Solukumbu
valley and homelands of the
Sherpa people, among their villages and
monasteries, Learning about the cultural and
religious traditions of the Himalayan range with
magnificent views of
Everest, Nuptse, Lhotse and
Ama
Dablam peaks.
The route to
Everest Base Camp is very scenic with varied fauna and flora. The trek
route is via the small Nepali townships of Lukla, Phakding,
Namche Bazaar, the
ancient monastery at Tengboche, Pangboche, the Dingboche glacier, Lobuche
and Gorakshep and finally to the Everest Base Camp at 17500 feet above sea
level.
Everest Base Camp Trek
which is one of the top 10 things to be done in one’s life is also
considered mother of all treks and is a tough and grueling hike with
numerous challenges along the way, including the mountainous trail, the
altitude, the bitter cold, and
altitude sickness
due to reduced oxygen, but the team remained determined to complete their
goal.
The 11
Adventurers from the Great Hyderabad Adventure Club (GHAC) who undertook
the challenge are:Ali Razvi ( Organiser)
Padmaja Pullabhatla (Asst Organiser)
Kanchuki
Swetha Balla
Sachin Ratan
Ramesh
Abhishek Banerjee
Satish K Cheekala
Aditya Marella
Javed Razack
Sudhir Rao
This journey
has brought out the best in every Adventurer that undertook this spiritual
and unforgettable journey and each of them is more determined, confident
of their abilities and courageous enough to face any difficulties in life.
Many dream of making such risky and challenging journey but it is only few
who make the attempt in reality.
GHAC is a non-profit adventure club from Hyderabad focusing
mostly on weekend getaways with a physically challenging twist and
professionals on hand to help one explore their active side. The group is
currently made up of professionals from different walks of life. GHAC is
an environment friendly, healthy non-alcoholic non-smoking group that
ultimately creates camaraderie and great memories. It is also the largest
meetup group in India, currently having over 40 Organizers and 2000
members.
-June''
2010
