Santosh didn't care.. "Whatever's up there, we just gotta climb it!" You can see that the route has started to top out, it's not very steep here anymore. Up until now we had seen only two other people the whole day.

You can't see it, but our tent is on one of those ridges, three thousand feet below.

Original Comments

Yeah!! No crowds on the trail is a good thing. That made taking this route well worth it, despite the extra steepness!
-- SPoonen, 7/17/02