The YouTube video above is based on my poem ‘ Pleasures of the path ‘ .
I shot this video during my trek to Kuari Pass and I was completely mesmerized by the beauty of the Himalayas in Autumn season. It’s difficult to experience the same by watching this video but i hope my poetry did little magic to evoke the same emotions which I felt during the trek.
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You are distressed,
You are Anxious,
Do you know why?
‘cause you are Lost !
You are Lost in a Jungle,
An artificial world,
Built by you, standing on lies.
A concrete world i.e. unreal!
There’s a Portal out there,
Portal to Peace and tranquillity.
Wander through and embrace,
The strength and power,
The Sunshine and rain,
The life in the Lap of mother Nature….
©2023 Piyush Singh
There’s a world out there,
Out there in the wild,
Your roots lie there in the open,
Waiting to grow you with sunshine.
©2023 Piyush Singh
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When nothing in life makes sense, when you feel lost in the polluted urban jungle which you call home, then you have to go back to your roots, the wilderness from where your species evolved. That place, those mountains from where you truly belong.
After another difficult year , I decided to go for another Himalayan trek in the last week of October 2021 and my destination was Kuari Pass which lies at 3876m height (from sea level) in the Garhwal region of Himalayas ,Uttarakhand.
It was an autumn season in the Garhwal Himalayas and the entire trail was coloured in green , brown and golden colours. You can only see snow above 4100 meters at various mountain peaks that surround you through out the trek.
Some of the peaks that takes your breath away during this trek are Mt. Dronagiri (7066m), Mt Kamet (7756m ), Mt Nanda Devi (7816m) and the nearest to Kuari pass, Mt Pangarchulla (4575m). You feel their presence like a shadow through out the trek.
The trek starts from Dhak Village in Joshimath (about 513km from New Delhi) and from there the entire trail is a steep ascend. The trail takes you through beautiful Deodar and oak forest called as Tali . From your camp in tali forest , you ascend above tree line, walk through golden bushes and various ridges to reach Kuari pass summit. And from there you return back to your camp in Tali forest.
From Tali forest camp you then trek to magnificent Tali Lake and descend to Auli via Gorsan Bugyal, a breath taking green meadow. From Auli you finally return back to Joshimath via ropeway which in itself a breath-taking experience. The entire duration of the trek is 4 days.
The entire trail is covered in snow from December to march and since this trek was firstly explored by Lord Curzon during British rule, it is also known as Lord Curzon Trail.
The Glistening forests , the shining bushes, walking among clouds and the stunning view of the lake were the hallmarks of the entire trek. Camping in the middle of a Himalayan forest and the stunning milky way galaxy watching you from above during chilly nights , is an experience that you will never forget.
These wilderness pushes you towards your roots, which is free from all tainted thoughts you have spoilt yourself with. And when you finally get to know what wrong you have done it is often too late.
So travel, trek to these places and see yourself correcting yourself with each heavy breath you take during the ascend.
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High above the mountains,
They come to greet you,
For what you have done,
The obstacles you’ve overcome !
Your sweat against adversities,
Your tears drenched in equanimity,
Together they come to hail,
With the clouds they all sail !
“O mighty soul! I bow to thee,
For the pain you’ve gone through,
Your bruised feet and mighty will”
Those clouds sang, a sight to behold!
©2022 Piyush Singh
The following pics are from my recent trek to Kuari Pass in Garhwal Himalayas, Joshimath Uttarakhand ( about which I will write soon). It was like a fairy tale, the clouds greeted us when we were descending from the summit . It was a mesmerizing, poetic moment that took away all the pains we have gone throughout the ascend.
I hope you guys equally enjoy this….
Life churns in the lap
Of the wilderness of white.
My heart savoured the
Glistening spectacle of white!
My body shivered in
The icy breeze with delight.
As my soul got drenched
In the magic of white !
©2022 Piyush Singh
These moments were captured by me in the extreme cold condition at Sissu , Himachal Pradesh ( -5 or -7°C). I was completely mesmerized by this face of nature and it was tough to take the photo with my bare hands, the cold was cutting through my bones. But I was adamant to capture these moments by testing my limits.
I hope you guys equally enjoy this…
The sound of water splashing magic all around….
A divine symphony etched in each drop…
Embrace it and drift away from the chaos of time
As you get lost in the utopia of ‘Now’
©2021 Piyush Singh
PS -pic is of Jogini Falls Manali Himachal Pradesh…
Far away from home,
Up on those roads,
Tread through the boulders,
Walk through the forest,
Where trees touch sky
And your breath seems to fly.
Up, on the snow,
Your feet refuse to slow,
Let them feel the rocks,
Let them climb on and on !
When you reach the gates,
You’re welcomed by icy gales,
The pains of the path,
Find its meaning at last,
When you sweat finally glows,
With the rays of the star !
©2021 Piyush Singh
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Pleasures of the unknown,
Waiting for your first step.
Reveries lying on a dusty road,
Craves for your wanderlust!
Winds from the unknown,
Whispering their desire to tread,
To tread inside my heart and infuse
Pleasures they carry from billion souls!
The roads ahead are tough to tread,
But my heart and legs are ready to fret,
I crave to adorn bruises and scars
As I pursue pleasures of the path!
©2021 Piyush Singh
The perils I taste,
The icy gales I breathe,
All the pains I go through
To seek the abode of happiness!
What is it my heart seeks?
And why I exist in this chaos?
All the questions I try to find,
Up above, on the mountains !
Out in the wilderness of life,
I try to push against headwinds.
I tumble and fall on those slopes,
I try to feel divine through pain!
Up above , near the star,
Where my sweat shined,
My tears twinkled with ice
And my soul became Divine !
©2021 Piyush Singh
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