Chadar Day 2: Frozen waterfalls and a heart burn

It snowed all night. This is Day 3 morning. In front of me is the Zanskar flowing peacefully, the big and mighty Himalayas are all around. There's sand mixed with snow outside the tent. Someone's dusting something and it's echoing across the mountain range. We are going to start our day in a few minutes.

Yesterday (Day 2) was a lot of fun. It was also long. 7 hours of trekking on ice, snow, some gravel, some sand. I loved sliding down a waterfall - a frozen one of course. Weird to even think of it. It was spectacularly amazing. I sat for a long time touching the wavy texture. Was talking to Tania about Anish Kapoor's art and the Delhi art scene. We were talking, walking and looking at the frozen, paused splash of a waterfall. At what point of time, did it decide to just pause time?



Later in the afternoon, we walked faster. Vikram walked even faster. He kept pace with the porters. The local Ladakhis are amazing - what strength and resilience. Last night was a difficult night. I ate baked beans for dinner and slept almost immediately. This led to severe heart burn and discomfort in my chest area. I think I slept almost at 2AM but slept alright after that. Early in the morning (5AM?), we had our Mammut jokes - that the Mammut plays with snow leopards and then there are Mammutoids. The Mammut takes a dump once a week and that's how the mountains are formed. Haha!

Alright, have to return the pencil. The trek to Nyeruk today will be interesting. It's all snow.