Trees and Some Snow: Har-Ki-Doon, Uttaranchal India

Who took this photo?

There is a dispute about this picture in my house, my young and naughty nephew claims he took it whereas I remember taking this one myself. Either way, both of us remember this beautiful trip. My nephew saw snow for the first time on this trip and I for the second time in my life. But walking on snow is altogether a different affair.

I remember my first trek to Sar Pass, in Himanchal Pradesh. In that trek for one whole day we walked on snow. Then trekking for the first time, I was wearing my city shoes, a sneaker and how I slipped for the entire day! I blame my husband for it. He had trekked before and yet did not warn me to wear a proper shoe! The second time around at Har-Ki-Doon, I was wise and wore what locals wear, something called 'hunter shoes' and it has pretty amazing grip, so slipping on snow is now a thing of past. But it is also true that there was very little snow on the way in 2004 in Har-Ki-Doon.