Trek to Dayara Bhughyal and Darwa Pass - Part 1
Wonderful to get back to the Himalaya's! Uttarakhand may be called Dev Bhoomi by the religious minded. For me its heaven on earth. This was my 4th trek and second starting from Uttarkashi. We were supposed to be more than 10 and scheduled to start from Lata on the Gangotri route and trek to Kedarnath via Belakh, Guttu and Panwali. Unfortunately, the group size dropped to 2 and we had to change the schedule to make it viable. We chose Barasu - Dayara Bhughyal - Dodital - Yamunotri trek; a trek of 9 days with a days scheduled rest at Dodital. Preparations I had sent out fairly detailed instructions to all who wanted to do the trek. The essential kit included the following (Ranga bought all his stuff when visiting his daughter in US) 1. Proper trekking shoes (Quechua Forclaz for me and Timberland for Ranga) 2. A 50L back pack for stuff and a smaller day pack. Both of us chose well designed day packs to carry 3. Light weight pants for the trek. I had 3 quechua trek pants and ...