THE FROZEN WEEK
It was a week before my birthday, dad had just come home from work and was talking to my mom about a trek. Dad discovered his love for the mountains, especially Himalayas at the age of 35 and he has been trekking since then. He took me to my first Himalayan trek after my 10th exams. So that day when he was talking about a trek I thought he was planning to go for it. But after a while, he called me and asked if I would like to do the chaddar trek. I jumped in excitement. Doing the chaddar trek is on the list of all Himalayan trekkers. Yes! I wanted to do the chaddar trek. A week later dad told me all the bookings were done and said I should start preparing myself physically and mentally. December passed in the blink of an eye. And soon it was January. I leave in 18 days. All the trek gear was on my room floor for the next two weeks to come. I was going to go from 27 to -27 degrees in some days and when you are packing your bag for such a survival trip you have to keep in mind a lot o...