The Mountain Way of Life
The mountains always attract me. The sloping sides and sharp rounded ridges form the high point or the peak of the Himalayas. Mountains are considered very sacred in all religions. And I believe that mountains connect us to another dimension. You could find yourself when you travel to the beautiful mountains of the Himalayas and You will be surrounded by such tranquilly which is called The Mountain Way of Life. I often think about how people live their everyday lives in the mountains, because life is so difficult there in terms of a lack of resources. However, you cannot ignore both the challenges and the beauty of nature. One triggers you to work very hard to get food and other necessities to survive, and the other always motivates you to do so. I mean the beauty of the plaintiff.
I was very excited about visiting the mountains. My first trip was to Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. This trip, which had been organized by my college in 2015, And I got to know that I had mountain sickness. I was getting very exhausted during the trip. But I enjoyed the moments I had spent among the mountains. It was my first experience, and I couldn’t get my eyes off of the scene, whatever I had been looking at. Shimla is a very lovely hill station in Himachal Pradesh, India. It used to be the summer capital of British India, with a well-planned architecture, and it is located at an altitude of 2,205 m.
Let me move to my 2019 Manali trip with friends. Manali located at an altitude of 2,050 m. This trip was one of the most memorable, and I also used to make vlogs during this trip. As soon as we left our town in a taxi. As the peak approached, I began to feel uncomfortable, and owing to altitude sickness, I began vomiting. But I knew I had to deal with this. In the late night, we reached our destination, Manali. It was the month of February and the mountains were covered with snow. The roads were also sliding due to the melting snow.
I went to sleep, and when I woke up the next morning, my heart inflated with the scene I saw through the window of my hotel. That was the most beautiful morning scene I have ever seen. After getting ready, we started exploring the city and enjoyed the food in town. Again, I was observing the native people who had lived there and the activities they were doing.
I saw a man of about thirty-five years old climbing up with a gas cylinder on his back. After exploring the city, we visited the holiest Hadimba Devi temple and the frozen lake. It was also an attraction for tourists. The city’s streets were blanketed in white snow And I was enjoying making the snowman.
It was our first task to explore the city and visit the temple. Later, we were planning to go mountain trekking at Kullu Bijli Mahadev. After getting a wonderful experience of the beautiful Manali hill station, we packed our bags in the evening and left for Kullu. Kullu is 40 km away from Manali, and the beautiful Beas River connects both towns together.
While travelling to Kullu, we stopped somewhere between Kullu and Manali. and spontaneously planned for rafting. And it was all over our first rafting experience during the winter. The Beas River was a rising river, and the white water scared us with its flow. I have an entire vlog of my rafting experience. You can also visit it on my YouTube channel.
The river Beas is named after the author of the Indian epic Mahabharata, Veda Vyasa, who is claimed to have constructed it from its source lake, the Beas Kund. The source of the river is Beas Kund. It is also known as the Vipasha River in Himachal. It connects the Kullu Valley with the Lahaul and Spiti Valleys of Himachal Pradesh, India.
The Beas River was referred to as one of the rivers that caused problems during Alexander’s invasion. In a separate narrative, I’ll tell you about the rest of my rafting excursion on the Beas River. Let’s leave this journey here, and I will continue the story “The Mountain Way of Life” in my next story.
