The Climb Down

Dear TomHa,
Look at those buggers' face. Yep, this is the scene right after we had come out of Tentu Gully, a freaking freaky place. The slopes are super steep, the snow is out of this world, and guess what, there are ashes, I think over there. Do not ask me how those black stuff found their way to such a freaky place, because I do not know. All I know is that they make the whole slope rather slippery and thus make the whole climb down more than !ncred!ble.
That's not all! As we progress painstakingly down that freaking slope, it becomes incredibly white-out. That's not all, Hem-ji and Weisheng, who are leading in front, disappear in this freaky setting. I super panicked. I increased my pace and guessed what, I could not see BJ who had been behind me! Kaozz... If you all had seen sleepy hollow before, that is exactly how the white out turned out to be in Tentu Gully. Worst still, a lot of the stones appeared to look like Hem-ji and walking towards them to only see that they apparate into stones is very traumatising. So, I called out to Weisheng. Not in the handphone or walkie talkie sense, but in the shouting sense. No reply, so I shouted again. This time there was a reply, but it was from behind. Had I passed Weisheng? A million questions raced through my mind, and compounded with the fear of getting lost in some god-forsaken land, I traced back, in the direction of the reply. I see BJ instead. Damn it. BJ must have heard some noise and replied to it instead. So back to tracing the footsteps in the snow and continue. Until a point when I walked out of the white out, some 1.5h later, I think, finally, I see hope. There is WS, some distance below waving. Phew... this is a classic case of seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Glissade down the slope to see more people! Never have I been so scared and relief in such a short span of time ever before in my life. Super freaky experience.
Then, it was rest and relax, as we spent some days at Beas Kund and then Dundee and then Manali. I walked pretty fast downhill, through the rocky morraines and vegetation. It's always a happy experience to walk downhill, although it would mean saying goodbye to the mountains and hello to knee pain. Campfire was at Dundee. Had a super big lamb leg that is roasted over the campfire. Not very well done, but it was super tasty and extremely nice. The Indian guides were extremely generous with their whiskeys and there were like a lot more whiskies in the cup than the pepsi. Eeewwww... Given that I am an extrememly inexperienced drinker, I was so stunned by the amount of alcohol that went into my digestive system. The traditional rice wine was a lot worse. I think it is called rice wine because they put in 1 grain of rice into a whole bottle of alcohol. Super freaky. More freaky than the one I had at Manali village. Instant knockout. I became rather high, although I jolly well know what I was doing at the point of time. We danced and sang round the campfire. Super happy.
So that's all about the expedition as I am too lazy to type out the R and R in details. It was pretty boring, compounded by the fact that 7 guys had seen each other for too many days and nights! Luckily, none of us is a brokeback or Ang Lee would have called us up for an audition for Borkeback Mountain II: The Indian Experience.
Woohoo!