Forgot about the trek... The Amazing Devaria / Deoria Tal (Lake)

Just forgot to add... the uphill climb/trek was to a beautiful Lake named Devaria Tal (Village Sari, Near Ukhimath, Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand)... BTW, some people spell it as Deoria Tal, but I like Devaria Tal better...

I must say, a wonderful experience... Lush (really lush) green surroundings, huge Snow laden Mountain Ranges as the backdrop, Night Camping, Jungle Trek, Crystal clear Skies in the night for Star Gazing... what more do you want? Oh yes, the Beautiful Lake itself ;)

A must visit place, highly recommended...!!
Don't miss it while it's still not very famous...

Here is the official link but with very little details. Let me know if you need more details about the place...
http://gov.ua.nic.in/uttaranchaltourism/Devaria tal.htm

Also, my pictures below are much better than what you'll probably find on the Internet ;)

Finally, here are the (great, LoL) pictures...

The Beautiful Lake: Devaria Tal


The Lushy/Mushy Greens all around our Camp...



The Mesmerizing Sunset (and Sun rays)...



The towering Chaukhamba (4 Peaks) mountain...
About 7000+ mts, almost as big as mountains get, and as close
as you can get to one of the big ones... Icing on the Lake ;)


Happy Trekking,
Saurabh

The importance of being fit...

Just wanted to add... that recently I shocked myself when I was tired like hell in my attempt to do about a 3km uphill trek... I was resting on my past laurels and was feeling (a little over) confident that 3km wouldn't be a big deal, but I was proved wrong, very wrong...

7-8 minutes into the climb, and it felt like somebody stole my oxygen cylinder... Things improved slightly as I continued the climb, but the fact that I was not as fit as I used to be, is still haunting me :(

Did finally manage to finish the trek, but took much longer than the usual time...

So, I'm now working on getting a little more fit everyday, and if you're reading this and have had a similar experience, please get started too...

Best of Luck..!!