TREKKING TO NORTH KASHMIR JUNGLEs- langmarg,laalmarg,mohandmarg

                                  ASALAMUALAIKUM  (W.B)

Hi everybody i have come up with another story of my trekking into the jungles of kashmir, with an overwhelming,adventures,emotional,inspirational and painful journey of mine.

                                 DREAM CHASE (langmarg)
Well, i call it my dream chase becasue i was planning a trip 2-3 yrs ago bt every year i was stucked with one another work though i could not made it in these past years. one can go there in june,july & august only as it is summer season in kashmir in these months. Ahamdullilah finally one of our family friend is forest guard he is having a duty there, he told me to be ready , program was delayed 2 times due to weather issue  & on 27th june 6am i packed my bag & moved onn...

                                                   Beginning

I started the journey at 6:30am, took some choclates & biscuits for timepass, it made me took less weight cause , arrangement for food were done by  (Javed). i reached his home by 7:15am.  two more forest guard were to come with us waited for them . finally they came . we  took some rice,potato,onions & 1 cock (murga ) haha. things were contributed between 4 of us. 

                                                             

                                                         Trekking

We started to climb at 9am, in few minuts i started breathing . it was like i could here the sound of my heart beating. so tough for our generation to for trekking. though i used to run daily that helped me lot. after 1 hr we took our first rest, it was for 5-10 mins, drunk water, it was test for me so far, i  have had more to go there were 3 more with me, they were habitual & experiencing about this & we started again. we continued till  (BUDDHI KOTHA),  Rested there for few minutes it was like 11am at that time.

buddhi kotha

                                                        pics taken at budhhi kotha 

We continued walking for another 1hr till  (JASAN) at 12am .  JASAN is kind of hilly areaa, we rested there for 10-15 mins.

                                                                 JASAN

                                                                  selfie time

After rest we continued to our destination for another 1 hr, my legs were shaked, i was to think of resting & sleep for an hour but i couldnot spoke out my wish. Though i some how managed my pain & finally we reached at (langmargi) . i was very hungry, i told my partners about being hungry. they were very known to the (gujjar,pahadi) peoples living there. one of the kotha (little woodstock villas) wala invited us for tea, it was 1pm now. we agreed & went into the kotha & had tea. ALHAMDULLILAH i drunk 2-3 cup tea with chapati & butter, big hearted people they are. we rested there for an hour they arranged the lunch there as well. in between i stood & went to offer nimaz. After having lunch we again pull our bags & went to destination were we have to stay at night. it was javed`s sisters kotha. there we drunk tea again & kept our things & moved on to travel the jungle.

                                                      

                                                                   Adventure

                                            into the jungle

Well, my partners went to checkout if there are tree cutteres , its there duty . i went with them & it was a beautiful journey. silent world, 

we checked out these places:-

*RANGNARD:- 4:45PM

in between rangnard to maali you cn checkout beautiful scenery in below given my photos link

 MAALI:- 5:59pm

                                         

  

we continuously walked for 20mins & reached to Langmarg              

LANGMARG:-  6;30PM

Langmarg is a meadow in Aragam Village of Jammu and Kashmir at an altitude of 3299 meters (10,823 feet) and is nearby to Gailbal Forest, Daitwās and Pīrpal. The Langmarg meadow is famous among backpackers as the meadow basically acts as a base camp for further Treks to Larmarg, Moonmarg and other meadows. The Langmarg meadow usually remains abuzz with Shepherds and Gujjars as the meadow is also used as a grazing ground and the Sheep Husbandry Department, also shows its presence by setting up camps during summers. With the onset of Winter the meadow is emptied as the it snows heavily there making it almost impossible for human life to thrive.^[1]

• Type: Mountain
• Location: Jammu and Kashmir, Himalayan North, South Asia, Asia
• Latitude: 34° 20' 26.8" (34.3408°) north
• Longitude: 74° 44' 7.9" (74.7355°) east

SELFIE

                                                              LANGMARG
                                                                                       

SUBHANALLAH what a beauty !

                 

                                          (NIGHT AT KOTHA)

 we returned back to the kotha, we reached there by 8:10pm after offerin nimaz in masajid .

alhamdullilah we were respectfully wellcomed & they offered us with namkeen tea with roti & ghee.

i felt very tired & have bit of sleep, they woke me up for dinner & had dinner , i prayed nimaz & it felt like i have completed my day now SUBHANALLAH. they arranged for blanket &  it was a beautiful breeze, sound of trees, woke up at 5:30 for nimaz..

NEXT DAY 28-JUNE

After drinking tea we started a day to go the remaining place for checkout of tree cutters, how hardworking forest guards are to save jungle from deforestation.

                                              morning pic before journeyon 28june

inside view of kotha (making rotis)

ENCOUNTER at (jadian rabgnard)

While travelling to other place we saw fire in forest , by crawling & silently we tried to reach them but they manged to flew away, i was told by forest guards, if anyone asks who you are jut tell them i am a new recruit hahaha.. but we caught coal burners, they didnot disclose the names ,though we took axe from them & told to present themselves to DFO &took axe from him.

Gagarpatha:- 11:48am

we reached at gagarpath, there were some known persons to my partners, had tea there with ghee,paratha. how generious & humble  these peoples are so, much innocence. they respect there guest they just dont leave there guest without having anything.

                                                     

                                                       

                                                GAGARPATHA PICS ABOVE SHOWN   

Garwatangali:- 1:42pm

After coming from gagarpatha we had a rest at (Garwatangali), from garwatangali 2 of our partners returned to langmarg, some emergency made them go to home. javed & me planned to move on ..
                                                                                                                                     

Laalmarg:- 3:14pm
                   
Subhanallah! one of the best places i ever saw , these places truely made kashmir to call heaven on eatrh. We offered nimaz at 3:24pm  there & moved on to next destination other side of the mountain shown in below pic laalmarg.             

                                                              laalmarg

                                         me at laalmarg


Mohand marg:- 4:18pm
            Mohand Marg- Sir Aurel Stein's Private Kingdom-- Located by M.A.QURESHI 
Description Mohand marg about 11000 feet above the sea level.Summer kingdom of Sir Aurel stein's situated in the lap of Harmukh mountain.(M.A.Qureshi).

                                                     me at  mohandmarg historic stone

   mohandmarg

                                     

                                   Return

After spending some quality time there, to discus about the stone i heard its newly planted stone, it weighs about 350kg, it took 40 labours a day to climb it to mohand marg.

                                           

garwatangali

laalmarg

mohandmarg

                Alhamdullilah we reached safely, in betwen we offered nimaz at garwatangali & moved on to langmarg basti to stay for a night there , after walking 5-6 kms we reached to our destination by 7:00pm
                                        BACK TO HOME
On 29th june 7:48am we turned out to home, it was raining ,it was slippery but it was awesome. alhamdullilah i safely reached home.

                                                             checkout my returning video clip in rain https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipPbJ6s5KrvmZsKQy3nG3Shjp2hVsDNuwt8GMOKl
 
                 
                                                   EXPERIENCE
Alhamdullilah its been a great experience for m, i learnt i could touch more heights in terms of trekking inshallah, learned to be helpful, learned to respect your guest no matter what ior who, learned to be thankful to ALLAH for such beautiful nature.

   'walking in the rains, between the silver shades, making my heart fades.....
                                                                                                               -wajahat bhat-

view from langmarg