As we decided not to climb the passes today we started our trek late. After breakfast we left the village around 9.30 am. Our destination for today is the village of Sumdah Do which should take around 5 hrs. Deep said that it’s a continuous descend to the village and we will have to cross the river on foot sometimes. But the rains yesterday night made our trek not so easy. The water level was more than usual and that too faster flow than expected. The walk was not so tiresome, but it was a long one. We had to cross the river many times on foot as the path did not exist on the side we were walking. To cross te river we had to take off our shoes and then cross holding each other’s hands as the water was flowing at very high speeds. The depth was also above knee level and at times it went up to the hip level. The freezing waters made the crossings difficult. But overall it was fun as we never really in a dangerous situation other than getting wet.
Like yesterday we had to climb up and down the river banks
many times as the routes were not existing. Finally we reached a small wooden
bridge where the route parted into two. One goes to Alchi via Stakpsi La, which
was our initial plan. The second one goes to a tarred road towards the village
of Sumdah Do. We had our lunch there and walked along the road to Sumdah Do. It
was really a boring walk as walking along the road is not interesting.
We reached the village around 3.30 pm. Again a small village
with 8 houses. The homestay was in a beautiful house with very large rooms. The
hosts were really nice. They prepared tea and snacks for the evening and a pure
Ladakhi dinner. AS with every homestay the
home made food where the highlights of our trek.
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