Uttarkashi

It was sunday the 20th of may when we landed in uttarkashi at around 11:30 am..

Weather her was good.. moderate.. nt too humid or cold..

Here, we met Bal Bahaddur--our guide..

He had booked rooms for us in a lodge where all of us were checking in our luggage. Just then we realised that Shubha's ruck sack was missing. She was horrified.. donno wat words will exactly express her state at that moment. She burst into tears. Meshtru alias CSP and Pradeep was trying to console her. Her quotes while she was crying "Pradeep, i wanna go back n search for my bag. Pls Pradeep.. come pradeep" Those words are still lingering in my ears.

In between, my dearest friend suma while consoling shubha cracked a PJ for which shubha broke into laughter.. Suma said "If u come to a holy place and lose things then u r lucky..." Suma was telling her to be happy as she could buy all new things and wear..

CSP and Chitra had got almost everything extra. They spared a shirt, pant and brush for her. We all filled the Mountain Support Forms, affixed a photo and signed it. Bal bahaddur collected it next morn for furher processing seeking permission from the local authorities.

In the evening, all of us went to temple and shopped for some things like the sweater, monkey cap and gloves.

We discovered the local salad shop and enjoyed the fruit n vegetable salad. Me and Suma had a BIG glass of milk from a street vendor.

Next day some of them were loafing around till we got permission to take off.. Me, Suma, chitra, Pradeep, Shubha, Chandra, Loki. Prathibha and Pada went to Mountaineering Institute from our lodge. It was a kind of warm up trek for us. On the way, we had to cross a bridge on the river(supposed to be Bhaageerathi) where we took some snaps. We also took some snaps with the hay basket that will be carried by women there.

Finally at 3:30 in the noon we got permission to go ahead till tapovan.

We checked out and left to Gangotri at 4pm.