Everest Uncensored

There is a place where the sidewalk ends
And before the street begins,
And there the grass grows soft and white,
And there the sun burns crimson bright,
And there the moon-bird rests from his flight
To cool in the peppermint wind.
-Shel Silverstein

For an urbanite like me who immediately reaches for his phone after hearing a tweet, 27 November 2010 was a welcome change. This day, we at Deerwalk went picnicking near Lakure Bhanjyang. And there, when we heard tweets we looked towards the trees. We were a wild bunch with only one thing on our minds, “to have fun”, and we got more than what we had expected.

For some, the journey started at the Deerwalk Office, in the office van A.K.A “Deerwalk Yatayat”, around 8:00. Others had been provisioned other vehicles. We were all excited and looking forward to rendezvous with everybody else at Kaushaltar. We had tea while waiting for the others. Not surprisingly many of us arrived late. The surprise was that the “Deerwalk Yatayat” had gone by another route.

We need to make compromises in every aspect of our lives and specially for those who had been dwelling on naïveté, the ride was quite bumpy, literally. It started at Kaushaltar towards Luvu. We now know that we could have avoided the wear and tear had we taken the route from Gwarko. The unavoidable ascent continued at Dhungen with coarsely graveled road, sharp turns and steep slopes. It remained the same till the end. Some four wheeled drives had it easy but for the small cars, like the one I was driving, it was a struggle. Manoj dai had informed us about a narrow diversion at 2.7 K.M. but due to a rounding error of about a K.M some guys missed it and nearly reached the top of the hill. Luckily for us the “Deerwalk Yatayat” was leading the way. As we reached the picnic spot we stretched our backs, looked downhill at the road and reflected on the arduous journey.

The place was serene. Down below we could see the valley, growing like a huge slum, chaos and black smog all over it. Up above and far at a distance we could see white peaks, beckoning us to a meditative trans with their stillness, simplicity and grandiosity. The picnic spot was about 10 minutes of perspiration from where we had parked. Each of us had to carry things to the spot. There were local villagers willing to help us carry the heavy loads like gas cylinders which would have been
impossible for us to carry on the hills. We stopped complaining about the trail when we saw that the villagers were scurrying with a 30kg gas cylinder on their back as if it was a rose petal.

All of us were famished, so we took charge of chores, laying out the matresses and preparing bread. The actual picnic started immediately after we had an almost sumptuous bread and jam breakfast. Most memorable were the team building/party games. One of them was aptly named “musical stones”, an improvised version of the “musical chairs”. The other was “pinata” or “pinyata”. The objectives of each were different. The former demanded physical strength to go around a circle until the music stopped when we had to quickly step on stones to keep us in. The next was to guide a blindfolded teammate to a pot full of toffies and break it. It was more tactical for we had to invent argots to give directions while the other team tried to mislead the blinded-folded guy. At the bottom however, both of the games were meant to have fun. Then in the evening we distributed the poll results for “thinnest employee in deerwalk”, “hitler of deerwalk”. All the winners got some very “useful” prizes like a fake radish, birthday caps etc. It was pretty hilarious.

Our office chef prepared bountiful lunch after which we scattered in groups to play cards and have some drink. Some of us intrepid, even undertook the challenge to walk to the top of the hill. Admist the howling melange of cheers, jeers and moans of the gamblers a bunch of us had already walked about a kilometer towards the top. We could see the valley below, the mountains and the spot itself like miniature models. It was nice to have people gathered all around playing cards, making conversation and telling others about the predicaments faced when they were students.

We had become kids once again. We had forgotten our projects and the humdrum affairs. Trivialities like winning the musical stone or making friends was once again on our priority. To say that we had fun there would be to disparage our experience. It was almost unsurpassed in enjoyment. As with all good things in life it was to end at around 5 pm. We danced after having some soup and the we came down that nostalgically bumpy road and traced our way back to the dusty city. I think we were all just silent the whole way, just reflecting on how the day had gone.

Sulekha Bhandari :
	Being excited, as always, to watch Mother Nature in her full glory and grandeur, Deerwalk, with passion in the eyes and thrill for the adventure gave a thumbs-up for the destination: Lakure Bhanjyang. Holding the limitless enthusiasm on the face of all deer walkers, there was a common voice screaming “Lakure Bhanjyang, Lakure Bhanjyang” throughout the way, which was even more more so when we finally got to our destination. But as we got on the peak, a few minutes silence seized the place as it was a breathtaking view from the top and that nobody wanted to get distracted from it. The golden rays of the sun and the cool breeze were helping us gaze around all the sight that our eyes could covered. Had we not captured ourselves in the photographs, it would certainly seem like we were being unfair to nature. That made every deer walkers busy in taking photographs with different poseur. As none of us wanted to leave the place with a little joyful reminiscence, we started setting up a picnic fun in no time. Many different sort of fun like eating, singing, dancing, playing cards, musical stone(chairs were not available so we called game as ‘musical stone’) in the arena of Lakure Bhanjyang had charmed all the deer walkers so, that no one wanted to leave the place. We all wanted to stay there, feel the serenity of the place and touch the beauty of the nature. But no journey becomes completely triumphant when the journey makers don’t get back to the place where it begins from. “Ba Bye Lakure Bhanjyang, we will embrace you again very soon by hiking”, with these words on mind and heart, Deerwalk team set their foot back on the track to home.
Ashish Vaidya:
	It was a welcome change for us to leave the chaos of KTM and be at the hill tops of Lakure Bhanjyang. For new employees like us, the trip provided a great opportunity to know the people of Deerwalk. Traveling through the narrow winding roads, chatting with the brand new colleagues was a nice experience. At the top of the hill we were greeted with a beautiful view of the Kathmandu valley. After a full day of adventure we descended back to KTM, and headed back to our houses. Over all, the day was fun filled and entertaining. It was a big relief to know that I would be working with a bunch of fun loving people at Deerwalk. I am looking forward for more events in the future. Etc.

तीब्र गतीमा कार चलाएको देखेर मोटर साइकलमा सवार ट्राफिक प्रहरीले पिछा गरेछ । ट्राफिक प्रहरीले पिछा गरेको थाहा पाएपछि कार चालकले भाग्ने सुरमा कार झन तीव्रगतिमा कुदाएछ तर ट्राफिक प्रहरीले जसो तसो कारलाई रोक्न सफल भएछ । ट्राफिक प्रहरी कार चालकको सवारी परिचयपत्र खोस्दै : के हो नयाँ कार चलाएर मलाई जित्छु भन्थान्नु भाहोला होइन । किन सिमित गति नाघेर सवारी हाँक्नु भाको ?
कारमा सवार चाकल चुपचाप बसेको देखेकोले ट्राफिक प्रहरीले भनेछ : म निकै थाकेको छु र आजको यो मेरो अन्तिम डिउटीहो त्यसैले यदि तँपाईले मलाई कार किन तीब्र गतिमा हाँक्नुको कारण छोटो र मिठोमा जवाफ दिनु भयो भने म तँपाईको सवारी परिचयपत्र फिर्ता गर्छु र जरीवाना पनि छुट गरी दिन्छु । ल भन्नुस् किन तीब्र गतिमा हाँक्नु भो ?
कारमा सवार चाकल नम्र हुँदै : एक हप्ता अगाडि मेरो श्रीमती एक जना ट्राफिक प्रहरीसँग गेको थियो, म त त्यहि ट्राफिक प्रहरीले मेरो श्रीमती फिर्ता गर्न आको होकि भनेर भागेको नि ।

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चिया पसलमा एक जना ग्राहक चिया खान पसेछ । साउजीले एक गिलास चिया टेवुलमा ल्याईदिए छ । ग्राहक एक्कासि जङ्गदै : ओ साउजी म यो चियाको पैसा दिने वाला छैन ।
साउजी : किन र भाई ?
ग्राहक : तँपाई आफै आएर राम्रो सँग गिलासमा हर्र्नुस् । यस्तो झिंगा परेको चियाको पैसा पनि कसैले तिर्छ ।
साउजी : अब भाईले चिया जुठो गरीसक्नु भयो त्यसैले पैसा त तिर्नै पर्छ ।
ग्राहक : मैले चिया एक सक्र्को पनि लिएको छैन, किन पैसा तिर्ने ।
साउजी : एक सक्र्को पनि लिएको छैन भने, मैले चिया दिंदा गिलासमा दुई वटा भिंगा थियो, एउटा कहाँ गयो त ?

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बिकुराम एउटा रेडियो पसलमा गएर : ओ साउजी मलाई ठग्ने । यो रेहियोमा त खालि बिज्ञापन मात्र बस्दो रहेछ, नेपाली र हिन्दी गीतहरु बज्ने रेडियो दिनुस् त ।

स्वास्थ्य उपचार गर्ने एक जना डाक्टर र कार वर्कसपमा काम गर्ने मोकानिक्सको भेट भएछ । डाक्टर : यो डाक्टरको काम भनेको पनि निकै गार्‍हो रेहेछ बा । कहिले पनि फर्सद नपाउने ।
मेकानिक्स डाक्टरको कुरा सुनेर : तँपाईलाई आफ्नो काम अरुको भन्दा गार्‍हो जस्तो लाग्नु गलत सोचाई हो । तँपाईको काम भन्दा त हाम्रो कार बनाउने काम दश गुणा बढी गार्‍हो हो नि ।
डाक्टर : कार बनाउने काम दश गुणाले बढी गार्‍हो रे, कसरी ?
मेकानिक्स : अब तँपाईहरु सयौ वर्षदेखि एउटै मोडलको जाँच गर्नु हुन्छ तर हामी भने प्रत्येक वर्षनयाँ मोडलको गाडी खोलखाल गरेर बनाउनु पर्छ । कुन पाटपुर्जा कता छ भनेर बुझनु कम गार्‍हो काम हो त ।

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बिकुराम बिहेको भोज खाएर घर जान बस नपाएपछि हिडेरै घर जाँदै थियो । लामो बाटो जानु भन्दा चिहानको छोटो बाटो हुँदै घर फर्किन सजिलो हुने भएको ले डर लागे पनि छोटो बाटो हुँदै घर जाने बिचार गरेछ । चिहान नजिकैको चौतारोमा बसिरहेको एक जना मानिसलाई देखेर ढुक्क हुँदै बिकुराम : म त यो बाटो घर फर्कौं कि नफकौ जस्तो भएको थियो धन्न तँपाईलाई चौतारामा देखेर ढुक्क भएँ । हुन त मैले कहिले पनि भूत प्रेत हुन्छ भनेर विश्वास गरिन तर यो बाटोबाट हिंड्दा धेरैले भूत भेटेकँ कुरा धेरै अगाडीदेखि सुनेको छु तँपाईलाई कस्तो लाग्छ ?
चौतारामा आराम गरिरहे बसेको मानिस : खोइ के थाहा मलाई यो चिहानमा मलाई गाडेको त जम्मा एक हप्ता भयो ।

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एक जना मानिस बसपार्कमा केहि महिना मात्र भएको सानो बच्चा बोक्दै बस कुरीरहेको थियो । त्यतिकैमा बच्चा सार्‍है बेस्सरी रोएपछी बच्चा बोक्दै गरेको मानिस: “शान्त रामु शान्त” तिमी आफूलाई सम्हाल, यसरी रीस गर्नु हुँदैन के, सम्हाल तिमी आफूलाई । शान्त बन के शान्त”
यसरी आफ्नो काखे छोरालाई त्यति धेरै माया गरेर फकाउँदै गरेको देखेर प्रभाबित भएर नजिकै उभिएर बस कुरीरहेको एक महिला : “तँपाई त सार्‍है असल बुवा हुनुहुदो रैछ, त्यस्तो सानो काखे छोरालाई पनि कति माया गर्दै सम्झँइ बुझई गरी छोरालाई फाकाउनु भएको” । आफ्नो बच्चालाई यस्तो माया गर्ने श्रीमान पायो भने त सबै श्रीमतीहरु कति भाग्यमानी हुन्थ्यो होला ।
(मानिसले बोक्दै गरेको बच्चालाई सुमसूम्याउँदै महिला) “त्यसो भए तँपाईले आफ्नो छोराको नाम रामु राख्नु भएको रैछ हैन ?”
मानिस अलि अकमक्काउँदै : “हैन हैन मेरो छोराको नाम त हरि हो । रामु त मेरो नाम ।”

थुप्रै ग्राहक कपाल काट्न पालो पर्खिरहेको हजामको पसलको ढोकाबाट चियाउँदै एक जना मानिस : कपाल काट्नु पर्ने कति समय लाग्ला –
हजाम अरु ग्राहक गन्दै : लाग्ला दुई घण्टा जति ।
हजाको कुरा सुनेर त्यो मानिस फर्केर गएछ ।
केही दिन पछि फेरी त्यहि मानिस उहि हजामाको पसलमा आएर : कपाल काट्नु पर्ने कति समय लाग्ला ?
हजाम : आज त धेरै कर्र्नु पर्दैन होला, लगभग एक घण्टा जति ।
हजामको सुनिसके पछि त्यो मानिस फर्केर गएछ र एक घण्टा सम्म पनि कपाल काट्न आएन छ ।
पुनः केही दिन पछि त्यहि मानिस त्यहि हजामाको पसलमा आएर : कपाल काट्नु पर्ने कति समय लाग्ला भनेर सोधेछ ?
दुई तीन पटकसम्म पनि कपाल काट्न कति समय लाग्ला भनेर सोधेछ पछि कपाल काट्न नआउँने त्यो मान्छे देखेर हजाम अलि रिसाउँदै : लाग्छ तीन घण्टा । त्यतिकैमा नजिकै बसिरहेको एक जना साथीलाई हजामले भनेछ ः ए हरि यो मानिस कता जान्छ जा त हेर ।
केहि छिन पछि हरि र्फेकेर हजामलाई : किन र त्रि्रो घरमामा पनि कपाल काट्ने काम हुन्छ र ? त्यो मानिस त तेरो घरमा पस्यो त ।

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गृहमन्त्रीको छोरा जहाँ गएपनि आफ्नो बाबुको धाक लगाउने पछि नपर्ने खालको थियो । एक चोटी विकुरामसँग भेट भएछ र गृहमन्त्रीको छोरा आफ्नो बाबुको धाक देखाउँदै : तँपाईलाई थाहा छ म कस्को छोरा भनेर ?
विकुराम छक्क पर्दै : ल तपाइलाई अहिलेसम्म थाहा छैन र तपाई कस्को छोरा भनेर ?

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विरामी भएर थला परेकी श्रीमतीलाई एक कप चिया पकाउन भान्छामा छिरेको विकुराम चियापत्ती नपाएर रनथनिदै भान्छाबाटै : ओ बुढी यो घरमा त कुनै काम गर्न खोज्यो भने चाँहिने सामान भेट्नै गार्‍हो बा । चियाको पत्ती कता छ हो ?
श्रीमती नरम स्वरमा : यो बुढा आफ्नो काम गर्ने ढङ्ग छैन खाली कराउँन मात्र जानेको छ बा । चियाको पत्ती त्यो पिठो राख्नेको बट्टाभित्र बाहिर नून भनेर लेखेको सिसिमा छ हर्र्नुस् न ।

एक जना जड्हाँ बाटोको छेउको ढलमा खुट्टा अड्केर बसेको देखेर रातको गस्ती गरीरहेको प्रहरीको समुहले भेट्टाएछ र बल्ल

बल्ल जड्हाँको ढलमा अड्केको खुट्टा निकालिदिएछ तर जड्हाँले धेरै रक्सी खाएको हुनाले जड्हाँलाई भने छ : ओ दाई

तँपाईले त धेरै रक्सी खानु भाको रैछ त्यसैले हामी तँपाईलाई थानामा लग्नु पर्छ, ल उठ्नुस् ।

प्रहरीको कुरा सुनेर जड्हाँले : मलाई थाना लग्ने हो तँपाईहरुले ?
प्रहरीहरु : हो हामीले तँपाईलाई थाना नै लग्न लागको हो ।

जड्हाँ फेरी आफूले राम्रो सँग नसुनेको जस्तो गर्दै : थानै लग्ने हो त मलाई ?
प्रहरीहरु : थाना नै हो ।

एक जना प्रहरी जड्हाँले घरीघरी यसरी थना नै लान लागेको हो भनेर सोदेको देखेर : किन तँपाईले हामीलाई थाना नै लान

लागको भनेर यसरी सोध्नु भएको ?
जड्हाँ : हैन म त मेरो खुट्टा किन नचलेको होला, कतै भाँच्यो कि क्याहो भन्थानेको नि । त्यसैले तँपाईहरुले थाना

नलगिकन अस्पताल पो लाने हो कि भनेर नि, ल अब जाँम थानामा ।

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एक चोटि सानो तिनो कामले प्रहरी थाना पुगेको बिकुराम प्रहरी थानाको सूचना पाटिमा टाँसेको केहि फोटो देखाउँदै :

हवल्दार जी यो फाटो किन यँहा टाँसेको ?
हवल्दार : यो फोटोहरु अपराधीहरुको हो, यिनीहरु फरार भएकाको खोजीकार्य हुदैछ, त्यसैले उनीहरुलाई समातेर जेलमा

हाल्न यो फोटो यो सुचना पाटिमा टाँसेको नि ।

बिकुराम अचम्म मान्दै : ल त्यसो भए तँपाईहरुले यस्तो के उल्लु काम गरेको नि, यस्तो अपराधीहरुको फोटो खिचेकै बेला

समातेर जेलमा हाल्नु पर्दैन त ।

Hiking Route: Lele to Godavari
Date: Feb 01, 2009
Hike Coordinator: Niraj Shah
Participants: Upendra Pradhan, Kapil Pandey, Pravinda Ranjit, Bhaskar Shrestha, Abishesh Joshi and Niraj Shah
Caption: Niraj Shah and Abishesh Joshi
Report By: Abishesh Joshi and Niraj Shah

Looking at previous statistics we were expecting quite a lot of participants for this hike as well. But when the final list of participants was compiled, the number came down to just nine. It seemed that D2′ians were more interested in “tough 2-day Night stay out-of-town” hikes rather than “short sweet-feel good” hikes.

So, on Sunday, as expected, nine enthusiastic hikers were to show up. But again, some thought the hike would be an easy walk and decided not to join in. Finally, there were six of us, travelling down South to Lalitpur country side. The original plan was to hike up from Lele to BhatteDanda and see the PIA crash site and come back down. But on enquiring locals about the hiking trail, we came to know that the short-sweet-feel-good hike would be too short to feel good. So we travelled on, down to the southernmost end of Lalitpur towards Chandanpur in search of an appropriate hiking trail. The search went on for quite a while (till 12 in the noon to be precise). Finally Upendra dai suggested a route he had travelled 12 years back. The hiking trail was from Lele village to Godavari. To get to the starting point we had to travel back down to Lele village, an hour’s drive from where the plan was conceived. So, back inside the van and towards Lele.

Lele finally and Godavari another four hours of walk…but does Upendra remember the trail he walked 12 years back? We all liked to believe that he did…and so we all followed his lead through ups and downs and didi ko pasal and beer ko glass and Mankamana temple and fighting the Ultraviolet assult with our improvised UV protection goggles (See the picture below for the UV protection goggles we mean). And after 4 and half hours we finally believed that Upendra knew the trail.

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01 hike started from naag dhaha	02 reflections on still water
03 ka bata Kachuwa Kha Kharayo Kharayo ko	04 bamboo fences around love huts
05 Slum Dog Bankrupt	06 .SlumGoats NoMoney
07 Smile and ever lasting smile	08 nakaruana ma hike ma chu
09 love huts	10 Beeesssst Hiker
11 naagraj	12 on the way to chandanpur
13 Upendra leading the hike	14 reluctantly he walked
15 believe it or not	16 oops wrong turn
18 this is how we survived (UV Protection)	19 the team had no clue where to start
21 I`ve got a bike, You can ride it if you like, It`s got a basket, A bell that rings, And things to make it look good	21 trail to Godavari
22 a these boots are made for walking	23 marching towards godavari
24 The curious case of Bhaskar Shrestha	25 Is this the trail I wallked 12 years back
26 Ohh yesss	27 Abishesh with his tools
27 practicing survival skills	28 Not high enough for a bungee dive
29 Guys follow me	29 that hill is still a long way away
30 tori baari ma ho tori baari ma	31 country side lalitpur
32 Green fields and blue sky…	34 Lele village – ward no
35 Upendra still leading	36 a Even tough hikers need a break
37 Bhaskar is happy with his new look	38 yo baato kaha jaaney ho
39 interesting landscape	40 Under construction – no steel frames
41 this picture reminds me of somebody	42 manakamana temple on the way
43 Mini Mankamana	44 the great KP
45 look who is in the mirror	46 time to climb up the hill
47 not again Upendra is still leading	48 bhaskar trying his best
49 hmmm still a long way	50 Niraj is exhausted
51 the trail	52 finally we reached at the top
53 sweaty Upendra	54 wild-fire
55 going down-hill	56 ohh yea we reached
57 time to pose for the pics	58 what we still have to walk to reach Godavari
59 into the woods	60 on the way to Godavari
61 at godavari	62 Different view

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Theme: Community Service
Hiking Route: Sankhu Bazaar,Lapsephedi, JersinghPauwa,Bajrayogini
Total Distance covered: Approx 25 Km
Duration: 6 hours
Date: September 07, 2008
Participants: NishchalS, SureshT, IshworM, RajendraB, PragyaB, PrajwalS, MaheshR
Report by: SureshT, PragyaB, RajendraB
Caption: PrajwalS, IshworM
Photos: NishchalS, IshworM, PrajwalS, PragyaB
Coordinator: NishchalS
Creative Support: Dijup Tuladhar/Pallavi Sharma

01 Team [NishchalS, SureshT, IshworM, RajendraB, PragyaB, PrajwalS, MaheshR]

02 An attic house with shed

As a continuation to the “Community Service” theme based hiking, this week we took a trip to Sankhu, a small historical town situated approx. 25 km north east of Kathmandu. Although we were supposed to be a group of 13, only 7 of us could manage to be a part of the hike that day. Passing through the busy and dusty area, we reached to a peaceful area of Sankhu at around 9 AM. After having breakfast at Sankhu bazaar, we headed towards Lapsephedi, the base of Jersingh Pouwa. Local villagers, including Dhami- Jhakris [Traditional Healers], were gathered in the main bazaar for participating in a local festival there.

03 Shree Kalika Sharan Secondary School

We intially had a plan to visit the local school at Lapshiphedi but unfortunately the school was off due to local festival. So we decided to visit the high school at Jarsingh Pauwa. We reached our destination Shree Kalika Sharan Secondary School; Jersingh Pauwa at around 12:30pm.This school stands as major institution in that locality, and is influenced by Tamang students and culture. We found the excitement among the students over there, might be thinking as if there is going to happen some special function.

04 Thanks d2..we knew the importance of speaking

As our tradition, we distributed copies and pencils among students of primary level, from Grade I to VI. We also conducted a small talk program on “IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION” in three different classes. Total of 6 enthusiastic students spoke brilliantly on the assigned topic. The expressed views were so practical that it got us spellbound.  We presented them with a special gift for their participation. We also distributed additional books and sport accessories to the school. Seeing the students play on the school ground with the accessories we provided brought a sense of great joy to all of us. Teachers supporting our visit seemed excited, as well.

05 Again seven of us

The physical exertion was momentarily forgotten, eclipsed by a sense of accomplishment. Our contribution was not even equivalent to a drop of water in the sea, but still the smiles on the faces of the children, during our informal program, meant a lot. As we left school and returned, we were unanimous about the idea of integrating community service as a part of all upcoming hikes.

06 Indeed….Small is Beautiful

We visited 232KW ‘Salinadi Power Plant’ at Lapsephedi; named after a religiously famous river Salinadi where thousands of devotees offer Pooja and recite the Swasthani manuscript every day throughout the month-long Brata. “Small is beautiful” written on the board, of course it was beautiful. The technical officer of the plant was very friendly and helpful. He explained the functioning and the other aspects of the plant. We came to know that the power generated from that plant is connected to the national power grid. We heard that there are so many micro hydro power plants throughout Nepal but observed closely for the first time. Since it was a little early to return home, the team decided to visit the BajraYogini Temple, just half an hour away from Lapsephedi.

07 Another hike starts to Bajra Yogini Temple

As we followed the route to the temple, the physical exertion started to take its toll again. The uphill route and growing hunger got us grounded momentarily on our way. Finally a few gulps of water and we were ready again for the final climb towards the temple.

08 Approaching the temple premises

Upon reaching the temple, we rested there for about half an hour. During the stay, we visited the main temple and then participated in a mini photo session before moving downwards the well maintained stairs of the temple. We then headed back to the Sankhu Bazaar.

09 Jaya Bageshwori

The ride back to home was exceptionally quiet this time.We were all recollecting our energies back and relaxing our overworked leg muscles. Nischal Dai, on the other hand, was busy in site-seeing and photography on our way back. The smooth road at Sankhu soon lead to the bumpy roads at Jorpati, and this time these bumps were not doing well on our tiring bodies. We stopped at Sinamangal at a local Thakali restaurant for our lunch at around 5pm.

Even though this week’s trip was not as physically demanding as compared to some of the past hikes, we were able to cover community service and a visit to the Bajrayogini temple, and of course delicious meal at a Thakali restaurant. Yum!!
Hats off to all the brains involved in conjuring up such a motivational theme. Let the feeling of communal service prosper in future hikes as well.

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11 Having breakfast @ Sankhu bazar	12 A snap with Jhaakris
13 Healing Jhaakri Beat and Dance	14 Encounter with a Jhaakri (Traditional Healer)
15 Shree Ganeshaaye Namaha	16 A Risky Journey
17 A small waterfall	18 Men busy repairing Ghatta (a tradional water driven spinning machine)
19 Truss engineering	20 Seems lost in woods
21 A beautiful member of nature	22 Hiking is not Easy. Come on, Hurry up!
23 reaching high in the open sky	24 Flowers ready to bloom
25 A mighty chain holding a whole bridge	26 An old man seems with no worries
27 Stony highway leading to Pauwa	28 Seven of us
29 guys getting ready to jump from 20ft wall	30 PragyaB on the move
31 A little snacks on the way	32 Our target school
33 Distributing copies and Pencils	34 Innocence with hopes
35 Nishchal donating stationeries to kids	36 A student orating on the essence of education II
37 Special gifts for their volunteering speech	38 I spoke on importance of education.. got rewarded
39 Without education every thing is dark	40 New Iteams added to class room
41 Hanging charts in class II	42 Hanging charts in class III
43 Let me help	44 Distributing playing items
45 Distributing playing items	46 Donating books and sports accessories to the school
47 Maximum utlization	48 let`s play in group
49 football was the center of attraction	50 I can be the national champion
51 students excited for a group photo	52 Thank you for gifts
53 Ready 1..2..3….	54 Let me fly higher…
55 Mahesh and Rajendra trying some stunts	56 Ban, Nepal ko Dhan. Let`s preserve it!
57 Descending one after another	58 Hey….are they ascending or descending!!!
59 Close Up of spiky caterpillar	60 A beautiful regal flower
61 SureshT quenching his thirst	62 Sanchai hunuhunchha Aamai…
63 Visit to Salinadi Power Plant	64 232KW production
65 A water turbine in operation	66 Curious RajendraB…
67 All set to take-off	68 Rejoicing in the fields
69 Dazzling green paddy fields overshadowed by dark clouds	70 A rice straw waiting for a shower
71 In the midst of Pine Forest	72 I am waiting for renovation
73 Gunabahal Temple at Bajra Yogini	74 In Front of Gunabahal Temple
75 Acquiring history of Bajrayogini	76 Sesh Naag revered
77 Stairway to Bajrayogini Temple	78 Adhesive and cohesive forces of nature
79 How weighty am I…	80 Many thanks to Ram dai
81 Tired hikers heading for home…	82 Different shades of the cloud

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