Indian Himalayas

Over the past month I have been working for World Challenge Expedition Australia on an experiential learning expedition in the Indian Himalayas. The idea of the expedition is for the students to take charge of the trip with myself overseeing this and taking charge of all technical issues. The expeditions had a number of phases with the first section seeing us heading up to Mussoorie which is a mountain hill station based at 2000m where we spent 3 days doing some day treks to acclimatise. Following this we travelled further north to start our main trek which was a 6 day trek to the top of the Rantham Pass which lays at 4000m with stunning 360 views of the surrounding peaks. With the students being from Australia they had not see snow before which was a highlight for many. Following the end of the trek it was time for some rest where we took a white 24k water rafting trip down the river Gangies before heading to Agra to visit the Taj Mahal and then on to the pink city of Japure. During our time in Japure we undertook a community project at a local school where we helped out with some construction work. India for me was a amazing eye opening country which I am looking forwards to returning to and hopefully venturing further into Himalayas next time.