MAHALAYA
The beginning, a new route at Lalung valley, September 2017 During September 2017, we joined our friends Tad McCrea & Jon Griffin both from the United States, for an expedition to the remote Lalung valley at the head waters of Suru River, in Jammu & Kashmir. We started early in the morning on the 8 th and reached the village of Zoildok on the evening of the10 th , via Leh & Kargil, en route crossing some famous high altitude passes. Zoildok is a small village situated at an altitude of 3650 meters near Ringdom monastery, which falls on the way to Padam from Kargil. We stayed here for couple of days at Tundup’s home to organise our porters for the hike to base camp. Mt Nun (7135mt) & Kun (7077mt) seen from Zoildok On the morning of the 12th, we drove up for an hour towards Pensi La (4400 meters) and started our hike. On our way to basecamp we had to cross the Lalung nala a few times. After 3 hours of hiking we reached...