Introduction

Markha Valley Trek, May 2022

My name is Srinivasan, based in Mumbai, 55 years of age, a qualified accountant by profession and a writer, musician, runner, financial advisor, personal wealth coach, by passion!
 

I have tried to capture my views and feelings about our recent trip (May 2022) to Jammu - Kashmir - Ladakh in the following chapters.
 

The blog is in 2 parts,
the first part comprising chapters (i) to (v) about the short vacation we had before we actually started trek
and the second part - chapter (vi) onwards, about the actual Markha Valley Trek we undertook.
 

As this is my first Himalayan trek, one may find a lot of excitement and enthusiasm in the language I have used.
 

I have tried to cover several aspects of the trek in this blog.
To a veteran trekker this may seem very basic .
To a fellow trekker who was part of this trekking team, he/she may be able to identify with the several incidents I have quoted.
To someone who has not made a Himalayan trek so far, this could be something from which one could learn a lot.
To someone who is reading this just out of curiosity, this will give a brief idea how we felt.
 

Personally for me, the idea behind this blog is to relive this first time experience again and again whenever I go through this in future.
 

All images used are actual photographs captured during the trip with mobile cameras.
 

The story starts with 5 of us, all Tamil Iyers - tam brahms - based in Mumbai - aged 50 years plus - reasonably successful professionals.
 

Somewhere along the trek, we coined the term "Trekk(Iy)ers" and adopted this moniker. We also coined a slogan to go along with this - When you drink you get high, when you trek you get High(Iy)er!
 

I would sincerely like to thank my fellow Trekk(iy)ers, my family members and everyone else who has encouraged me in this and other writing endeavor.

Happy reading!




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Comments

  1. RajiJune 9, 2022 at 11:13 PM

    Amazing journey. Congratulations to u for venturing out n going beyond the normal. Ladakh has always been in my bucket list . I will seriously think about this trek.
    Good that u have made this blog. Very interesting. Thanks for sharing it. Will read it again... had to read in bits n pieces between work and was getting irritated at hindrances cropping up midway.

    Cheers to u n team for trying this out. Reading it gave me hope that I too can do it.. trip seems to very well planned carrying our good old vatha kuzhambu, paruppu podi, instant mixes was indeed an excellent idea.

    Synopsis at the end.. too good.

    Great job. KUDOS👏👏👏👏👏

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