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Swargarohini Trek — Route To Heaven
Travelogue: This is just the summary of experiences of my first high-altitude trek of moderate to tough difficulty, stories of magical heaven, and friendship of a lifetime.
On a trek, the days pass with the wind, the sun, the stars; movement is powered by a belly full of food and water, not a noxious tankful of fossil fuels. Also, you’re less a job title and more a human being. A periodic trek is most needed, it not only stretches the limbs but also reminds us: Wow, there’s a big old world out there and without knowing, we can be someone new and someone better.
“It’s not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.” — Sir Edmund Hillary
Preface: I was in no shape to do any physical task in 2020, covid had wrecked me real bad. And then the Startup and City life had taken over! uh! There are always many meetings to attend, multiple notifications to respond to, too much traffic to maneuver, a lot of chaos to deal with, infinite things to do while jumping between mobile screens to laptops from excel sheets to code, from interfaces to presentations — what a funny life I thought. When I planned for this trek, many except for1 or 2 said that I won’t make it, it was too tough, this is high altitude and impossible to many, etc… somehow, thanks to the support of friends and family I made it
