Shopping to Ski <>

Skiing is on the cards after trying out ice skating, rather ice balancing!

It might be more easier than skating though, mainly because you don’t fall hard…hope to experience it before I leave…not the fall my friends, skiing!

I just loved the backdrop, water being sprayed on to form ice layers, the way the skates were arranged and the guy trying to decide on the best one to choose!

Journey of a lifetime ~

How do you describe the feeling that you get, after years and years of expectations to do something that you always wanted & you succeeded…am sure there are countless hearts who experienced the same…and some still waiting, believe me you are more lucky.

To go up an hill, see the distant hills, feel the cool breeze at the top of it, were some of my desires that I had…for years. And did I loose my enthusiasm all along! never…I just did not want to stop taking pictures, I wanted to explore. What better way than going up the whistler at -40’C wind chill…Woooow…awesome!

Took this picture through the glass [glass was blurred & with friends help was able to focus out] more than 1000 feet above, both the car ropes moving up & down due to wind, extreme cold, shivering hands, ice cold feet, gasping breath…

Luckily I got stuck up there for 5 minutes due to some problem! I was glad, not my companions in the Gondola…That gave me some time to take this…I could have taken better shots, if I had owned a better lens... but was happy with the output I got...

Behind the hills...

I was not searching for any peaks after reaching this point. But by the time I reached the top I had realised how hard mentally it would be to climb it, more than the physical effort. Feat achieved by Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest dawned before me.

Personally I have been wanting to go up such a hill for years and I happen to do it when the wind chill was almost -40' C. Experience of a lifetime...trip in rope car [called 'Gondola'] 1000 feet above, astounding view of the entire area spread across the mountains...

My list of desired places to visit still has Ley, Ladakh...though it's a practical possibility in the future, as of now I'm contented to keep this for some time...