DR ARCHANA'S BLOG

The journey began on 11th Oct 2022 for Har ki Dun Trek. We were supposed to reach Mussoorie and stay there overnight.  It was a train journey by Naini-Doon Express by chair car and we reached Dehradun in 4hrs. From there we proceeded to Mussoorie where we were supposed to meet others who were coming in for the trek from Indore, Pune, Bilaspur, Bhopal and Gumkhal. We were 10 of us, out of which 6 of us were batchmates, all  senior citizens, with ages 62yrs and above. The excitement was brewing high though apprehensions too were growing for it was a moderately difficult trek of 27 km up and 27 km down, a total of 54 km. We were supposed to reach the base of Swargrohini and reach an altitude of 11700 ft. Understanding my capabilities we had asked beforehand, for an extra porter (in addition to the offloading of 10 kg luggage which was included in the package) to carry our day pack and to guide us back in case we were unable to complete and felt the need to terminate the trek at any point 

  न खत्म करो  इस बहुमूल्य आवरण को न हताश हो न निराश हो जिस जाल ने  फंसा रक्खा है तुम्हें काटकर उसको जो देखोगे चहूं ओर तो पाओगे आयाम हैं बहुत  हर विधा के और बदलना  इनका स्वरूप है खोज में जो निकलोगे तो विराट इस प्रकृति के इंद्रधनुषीय रंगों में  खो कर रह जाओगे पाओगे कुछ या नहीं ये तो नहीं कह सकती क्योंकि पाना क्या और खोना क्या क्योंकि सब कुछ तो इस विराटता में अल्पकालिक ही है आधार होते हुए भी आधारहीन है तो फिर खोज किसकी क्योंकि खोजने को कुछ है ही नहीं जो है वो प्रत्यक्ष है उसे स्वीकार जो  बुनोगे ताना बाना और अपने रंगों से रंगोगे आसमान अपना तो कई जनम  इस जनम में ही जी जाओगे नहीं रहेगी फिर  कई जन्मों की ख्वाहिश पंच तत्व में विलीन हो तब तुम चिरकालिक पूर्णविराम पा जाओगे डॉ अर्चना टंडन