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Mountaineering is an experience and an education that the finest universities and the most affluent nations of the world cannot match. It is an arousal, an awakening. An awareness in a person about waht nature has to offer in all its splendid diversity. It is an understanding of the complex interplay between mind, heart and soul of a man and nature on one hand and his unending quest of attaining excellence on the other. Mountaineering inspires a man to attain that elusive peak within himself, by offering a suitable arena in its many facets and activities. Mountaineering as a sport has its own delights. It has an ample dose of challenge, adventure and risk. However most people do not get an opportunity for such a rare experience as it involves big budgeting, exhaustive planning, elaborate logistic facilities, specialised equipment, technical guidance, expertise on the mountains and adequate support group of launch and conduct such a venture with adequate and reasonable margin of safety. Wanderlust adventures will plan, organise and execute specialised mountaineering expeditions to select peaks in the Himalayas, with varying degrees of difficulty and at altitudes ranging from 17000 ft to 25000 ft for exclusive groups, who may be otherwise novoice to this sport, but have love for nature and are reasonably physically fit. We also organise ad conduct specialised high altitude treks to the more difficlut and inner regions of the Himalayas, which require technical guidance and exclusive support. The location, duration, adventure activity, cusine and other special requirements will be tailormade for the group.
Himalayan Peaks
We have classified various peaks in the himalayas into three broadf groups. We recomment that the novoice groups shoud systematically graduate to peaks for higher altitude and difficulty in order to build up technical expertise, confidence, mental and physical robustness so as to take on higher challenges in the mountains.
Beginnner's Delight - Class A
These peaks are selected for beginners and novoices. They have reasonable degree of difficulty, adequate challege and element of risk and demand avrage physical fitness ( a person capable of walking 7 to 8 kms at average pace has adequate physical fitness ). These peaks involve climbing on moderatelt steep rocky patches, snow and ice slopes, handaling and use of mountaineering equipment at altitudes upto 20,000 ft.
Budding Mountaineers - Class B
These peaks are ideal for those climbers in whose soul, the fire of adventure and challenge has been sufficiently kindled and has either earlier participated in one such venture or have undergone a course of formal training. These peaks are between altitude of 20,000 ft to 22,000 ft and involve some technical climbing over steep snow, ice and rocky patches.
High Adventure - Class C
These peaks are in the altitue of 23,000 to 25,000 feet and are peaks listed under Classes A & B and those next venture in the Himalayas would be to tackle a very high and difficult mountain such as Nanda Devi, Kanchenjunga and may even be Everest - the Mecca of all mountains.
Beginners Delight - Class A ( Peak of Moderare Difficulty ) HIMACHAL HIMALAYAS
a) Names of the Peaks i) Ladakhi 18,200 ft ii) Manali 18,900 ft iii) Shitidar 17,500 ft b) Road Head Camp Solang Nalam 116 kms ahead of Manali is a beautiful hill station in the himalayas approx 520 kms from New Deldhi. c) Base Camp Beas Kund at 11,500 ft d) Trek to the base camp 3 days e) No. of higher camps 2 f) Duration of expedition 25 to 30 days g) Suitable period 1st June to 15th October GARHWAL HIMALAYAS
a) Names of the Peaks
LADAKH HIMALAYAS ( Zanskar Range )i) Rudugaira 19,500 ft ii) Thelu 20,100 ft iii) Drupadi ka Danda - 19,300 ft b) Road Head Camp Gangotri, the source of river Ganga which at 10,000 ft and is approx 630 kms from New Delhi. c) Base Camp 13,500 ft d) Trek to the base camp 3 to 5ays e) No. of higher camps 2 f) Duration of expedition 25 to 30 days g) Suitable period 1st June to 15th October
a) Names of the Peaks i) Shinkun (Shingo) 20,300 ft b) Road Head Camp Darcha. It is approx 220 kms ahead of Manali and is at a height of 13000 ft c) Base Camp Shinkun Pass South 16,200 ft d) Trek to the base camp 7 e) No. of higher camps 2 f) Duration of expedition 30 to 35 days g) Suitable period 1st July to 30th Sepetmber h) It is further recommended that after the climb of the peak, members should also trek from Shinkun pass to Padam through the world famous Zanskar valley and return via Ladakh. Details of this trek will be sent on request. In such a case, total duration of the expedition cum trek will be 45 days. Beginners Delight - Class BHIMACHAL HIMALAYAS
a) Names of the Peaks i) Hanuman Tibba 19,800 ft ii) Deo Tibba 20,100 ft iii) White Sail 20,900 ft b) Duration of expedition 30 to 35 days c) Suitable period 1st June to 15th October GARHWAL HIMALAYAS
a) Names of the Peaks i) Banderpunch 21,300 ft ii) Gangotri 22,050 ft iii) Kedardome 20,900 ft iv) Jaonlii 20,200 ft b) Duration of expedition 30 to 35 days c) Suitable period 1st June to 15th October LADAKH HIMALAYAS
a) Names of the Peaks
i) Stok Kangri 20,500 ft b) Duration of expedition 40 to 45 days c) Suitable period 1st June to 30th September High Adventure - Class CLADAKH HIMALAYAS ( Zanskar Range )
a) Names of the Peaks i) Nun 23,400 ft ii) Kun 23,250 ft iii) White Needle 20,050 ft iv) Pinnacle 20,800 ft b) Duration of expedition 35 to 45 days c) Suitable period 1st July to 30th Sepetmber GARHWAL HIMALAYAS
a) Names of the Peaks i) Chukumba 23,400 ft ii) Abi Gamin 23,250 ft iii) Sri Kailash 20,050 ft iv) Kedarnath 20,800 ft b) Duration of expedition 35 to 45 days c) Suitable period 1st June to 15th July 15th August to 30th September Note:
Duration of all expeditions can be varied depending on whatever the group desires to climb all the peaks / some of the peaks / only one peak during that expedition. Most of the peaks on an expedition can be attempted from a common base camp.
Other interesting expeditions which we have been operating are:
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