At 2009-05-22 11:51:16 +0530, [email protected] wrote: > > I am assuming that the Homkund mentioned here is Hemkund which is the > famous Sikh pilgrimage spot near the Valley of Flowers.
No, it isn't. Homkund is ahead of Roopkund, across the Shila Samudra glacier. > Has anyone here been to the Valley recently? I wonder if it is still > the same? I was there with a friend in 2003, and it was brilliant (despite my doing my best to kill myself through ignorance of acclimatisation). Others on list have been there (slightly) more recently; but someone I know tried two years ago, and found the route ahead of Ghangharia blocked by a series of landslides. -- ams
