Travelled to Solang valley (Indian Himalayas)

Last time I visited Solang Valley was in June and look, in just 3 months I am back in the mountains here. This time I have come to volunteer in a trail running event. The event is on 5-6 October in which runners are going to run 100 kms that too with 7450 meters elevation gain.

Let me talk about my trip, last night I got a bus at 8 pm, whose conductor told me that the bus will drop me at Manali after 14 hours. That means it will take 14 hours to cover a distance of 600 kms. I had 3 bags ready because I have to stay in the mountains for about 10 days. Clothes were packed in one bag, camera in another and camera in another.

I fell asleep after half an hour while sitting in the bus and when I woke up I had reached Kullu, it was 8 am and the weather was clear outside. Manali is still 40 kms from here which the bus takes 2.5 hours to cover. After landing in Manali, I first have breakfast, after which I buy some things for myself and go to the admin office from where I had to take permission regarding the event, which the admin did not give saying that come after lunch.

From here I take an auto rickshaw for 700 Indian rupees which will take me to Solang Valley. The rickshaw took 40 minutes to cover a distance of 14 km. After reaching Solang, I check in at the hotel and after having lunch I leave for the route where the race is going to be held. While hiking on the route, it starts raining, so I wait for some time under a tree for the rain to stop and when the rain turns into thundering and lighting, then I come out of the forest and start walking back to the hotel.

I was able to go only 5 km on the route, after coming to the hotel, I take a bath and after drinking a hot tea, I am now lying in the quilt and writing a blog for hive. Now the rain has stopped outside and the weather has become cold. Whatever work could not be done today, I will do it tomorrow and I hope that the weather will be clear tomorrow.

Disclaimer: This post is originally written in Hindi and I have used Google Translator to translate the Hindi text in English. All the photos have been clicked by me from one plus phone and thumbnail photo edited in mobile app snapseed.

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