Our Expeditions

Stok Kangri

 

Back to back 2 expedition by himshikhar treks & adventure

It’s Proud moment for Himshikhar Treks & adventure that we got success to Summit India’s Highest trekking peak – Stok Kangri 6153m / 20,190 ft. Stok kangri is situated in Leh region near stok village.

On 7th August Punit Pankhania Summit the Stok kangri with his solo Efforts. Although two members Rahul Bairwa & Pcj Parmar didn’t join the Group expedition because of Kanamo expedition.

Mt. kilimanjaro

We started the last day climb in the dark.It was cold and the altitude was getting on to me.My eyes were struggling to focus in the dark .My face was frozen,body was begging for water,lungs were crying for oxygen,muscles were begging for rest,my head was going for a spin constantly blacking out in between.
My brain was constantly going to sleep.I struggled to keep one foot ahead of another,i could barely think.My brain was literally going into shutdown.The leg I wanted to put left went right and my speech started getting slurry.I have read enough books on mountaineering and hiked enough in the Himalayas to know what was going on with me.I knew symptoms of alitude sicknesses were crawling up on me.And failure would be breathing down my neck soon.I was struggling to hold myself up and an emotional tempest has already started to brew up inside me and I was struggling to keep the tears away.
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I was going deeper into the dark corners of my mind.My fellow trekker Rahul was trying everything to keep me going.He himself was struggling with his demons.But he never stopped pushing me.No matter what he said or did,my brain was not ready to push on.My brain just kept telling me to sit down and go to sleep and the summit was not worth it.
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There are these points in the mountains where everything works against you,the nature,your body and what not..I believe these are the moments where we shed all those masks that we are accustomed to wearing over the years and encounter our true self.Those are the moments where you finally meet yourself in person.The person who you encounter otherwise only as a voice in your head ,away from the people alone in your rooms,during those lonely dark nights.Finally you get to put a face to that voice in your head you ran to ,during the darkest of times when nobody was there to take your hand.
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It was with him that I took the final steps to the summit,with him pushing me on ,one step at a time even when my body has lost its will to move hours back. I could finally see the plaque at the summit looming over the horizon..I slowly walked towards it taking the final steps towards the summit and finally i had walked close enough to feel the plaque with my cold frozen hands.I finally collapsed on to my trekking pole for support,exhausted .
There were no more steps to take…And in that moment of absolute exhaustion and fatigue i could feel the world vanish around me,i could feel the people around me vanish.It was just me ,alone above the clouds…wind was blowing away at me..and there was this rumbling storm of emotions welling up inside me..It has been going on for quite a long long time now.I have held it back long enough and i knew it was time to let it loose..And I finally succumbed to the storm inside me.
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All the pain,self loathing,self doubt, worthlessness i have collected during the last 3 years came down crumbling down on me .I have carried around this bundle of negativity and poison for so long that i have started believing in it with every passing day.I have allowed it to corrupt me as a person.As my legs gave away,i collapsed at the summit on to my knees and embraced the storm inside me and tears started rolling down my cheeks…
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I would be lying to myslef if i said i did it to uphold a particular cause or I did for somone.The truth is, I did to for myself.My body has gone into shutdown during the first 3 hours of hike itslef.I moved along for the rest of the 12 hours of the trek on pure will power. I did it as a reminder to myslef that,no matter what the circumstances all it takes is a leap of faith into the unknown, to chase what u aspire for.
I would like to call this part of life “Self discovery.
This climb would never have been the same without u “My Man” @rahul
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Meet my brother,my climbing mate during Mount Kilimanjaro.Sachin Sharma
Since after our first meeting in leh,
I admire you for many reasons and after this climb,I learned many lesson from you.
Last but not the least I want to say you thank you for being such a supportive and determined expedition partner.

Mt. Nun Kun

Annapurna Circuit