Kinnaur

There were two other wonderful trips to Kinnaur. Sorang valley gave us a fine two-week holiday in an unspoilt forest, where we stayed in caves and watched a bear playing around, unmindful of intruders. ‘Doing nothing’ on a trek like this is more than achieving a lot on an expedition.. The memory of a trip to Hansbeshan in winter, with just one other companion, is also a cherished one. We went up a deserted valley and enjoyed the clear distant views. Walking on fresh snow under the pines with no one around or waiting for dawn after the cold winter night for the first sunlight to warm you is an experience: it was the best Christmas and New Year I have spent in the Himalaya.