A route to
Badrinath has been
searched out by the northern side of this zone. The distance along the
present traditional route from Gomukh to Badrinath is 250 miles (400
Km.), but along this straight route it is only 25 miles (40 Km.). In
the last 2-3 Years, some dare-devil saints have even gone to Badrinath
along this route. A porter named Dalip Singh of village Mukhwa who had
accompanied a mountaineering party from Switzerland, got the idea of
this route. Later, under his leadership 2-3 expeditions took place and
all of them succeed in reaching the destination. Starting from Gomukh
and halting the first day in the Stone Cave of Tapovan, second day at
Sita glacier, their day on Chaturangi glacier, fourth day on the bank
of Arba river and on the fifth day one reaches Badrinath via the
villages Gustoti and Mana. To stay at night in a small tent pitched in
the open area enduring the severe cold blowing from all sides is nothing
short of fighting with death. Still, due to the fatigue, one curls up
and gets a couple of hour's sleep. Also by lying huddled up together,
some heat is generated.
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