{"id":1755,"date":"2012-05-28T12:18:47","date_gmt":"2012-05-28T11:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/?p=1755"},"modified":"2012-05-27T08:28:42","modified_gmt":"2012-05-27T07:28:42","slug":"from-gangotri-to-gaumukh-glacier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/from-gangotri-to-gaumukh-glacier\/","title":{"rendered":"From Gangotri to Gaumukh Glacier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After 2 lazy days with a lot of sleep it was time to go up to the Gaumukh Glacier. Did meet a nice couple from Spain and we started to move at 6 am.  <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2012\/india\/010.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"355\" alt=\"Gangotri to Gaumukh Glacier 2012\"><\/p>\n<p>Did watch him eat for a while<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2012\/india\/011.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" alt=\"Gangotri to Gaumukh Glacier 2012\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2012\/india\/012.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" alt=\"Gangotri to Gaumukh Glacier 2012\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2012\/india\/013.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" alt=\"Gangotri to Gaumukh Glacier 2012\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2012\/india\/014.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" alt=\"Gangotri to Gaumukh Glacier 2012\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2012\/india\/015.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" alt=\"Gangotri to Gaumukh Glacier 2012\"><\/p>\n<p>After 4 hours we reached the base camp Bhojbasa at 3790 meter.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2012\/india\/019a.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"380\" alt=\"Gangotri to Gaumukh Glacier 2012\"><\/p>\n<p>If only this was Nepal it would have been a nice place to spend a few days even. But there was a tent for us and instead of selling a big thermos of tea you get a tiny cup and that is it. Lunch? Everybody ran away &#8211; only from 12.00 till 13.00 and so on. Well &#8211; it was a clear night and it did start to snow a bit. After dinner i was happy to move to my mattress for some sleep. Again two blankets over the sleeping bag and all the cloths i did bring got me worm enough for the night.<br \/> The next morning i did wait for the sun to reach over the mountains for the tent before i got out of my warm nest. There was ice in the water buckets so it was below freezing up there. After another tiny cup of tea and a very small bowl of sweat rice (breakfast they called it) i was on the way to the source of the Ganges.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2012\/india\/016.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"491\" alt=\"Gangotri to Gaumukh Glacier 2012\"><\/p>\n<p>Gaumukh Glacier &#8211; the Cow&#8217;s Mouth<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2012\/india\/017.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" alt=\"Gangotri to Gaumukh Glacier 2012\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2012\/india\/018.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" alt=\"Gangotri to Gaumukh Glacier 2012\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2012\/india\/019.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"344\" alt=\"Gangotri to Gaumukh Glacier 2012\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2012\/india\/020.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" alt=\"Gangotri to Gaumukh Glacier 2012\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2012\/india\/020a.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" alt=\"Gangotri to Gaumukh Glacier 2012\"><\/p>\n<p>There is a little old Zadu in the middle of the picture on the path &#8211; his cloths are almost the same color as the rocks so not easy to see. He did the trip bare foot &#8211; wtf!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2012\/india\/021.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" alt=\"Gangotri to Gaumukh Glacier 2012\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2012\/india\/022.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" alt=\"Gangotri to Gaumukh Glacier 2012\"><\/p>\n<p>It was only 5 km from the base camp up to the source and than 19 km down to Gangotri but i really was happy to be back in the afternoon. A cold shower and some food later it was time to sleep &#8211; a few days in cars and buses before the next destination: Dharamsala.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After 2 lazy days with a lot of sleep it was time to go up to the Gaumukh Glacier. Did meet a nice couple from Spain and we started to move at 6 am. Did watch him eat for a while After 4 hours we reached the base camp Bhojbasa at 3790 meter. 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