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A trek to frozen Lake-Brahma Taal in uttarakhand

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Manjunath Madhav Nayak Snow Laden Mountains, Lush Green Forest, Frozen Lakes, Gaiters, Crampons, Ruck-Sack, Hiking pole, RTPCR negative report, Vaccination certificate, freezing temperatures from -10 degrees to 8 degrees Celsius, sighting of the hazy Mt Trishul and Mt Nanda Ghunti, star nights, rampant checking at airports, hotels, check-post en-route all was a challenge by  itself to trek in the winters in the Kumaon  Himalayan ranges in Uttarakhand state & snow on the trees, was a sight to behold says Manjunath Nayak, partner of the GRS fantasy Park. The Mountain Goat an adventure wing of the Tiger Adventure Foundation had organized a winter trekking expedition to the Mt Brahma Tal Lake in Kumaon Himalayan ranges from 23 rd Dec 2022 to 1 st Jan 2022.  Ramakanth Rao The team consisted of fifteen trekkers of whom 9 were males and 6 females from cross section of the society like, Doctors, Students, Software engineers, Architect and Entrepreneurs. The team left Mysuru on 23 rd Dec