Of Men and Mountains

Kami and Naranjan reliving the sanctity of Sassui

If the conquest of a great peak brings moments of exaltation and bliss, which in the monotonous, materialistic existence of modern times nothing else can approach, it also presents great dangers. It is not the goal of grand alpinism to face peril, but it is one of the tests one must undergo to deserve the joy of rising for an instant above the state of crawling grubs.

On this proud and beautiful mountain we have lived hours of fraternal, warm and exalting nobility.

Here for a few days we have ceased to be slaves and have really been men. It is hard to return to servitude.

-Lionel Terray, French Mountaineer

A deliberate urgency has risen in the past for nature, specifically mountains. Everything is untrue and false except nature, the blistering waves of that magnificent setting sun you see the other day, the awe-inspiring views of full moon, the captivating views of valleys, meadows, rivers and plains.

My last trip to Bhanbhore (archeological site dating back to BC 300) was amazing, though the feeling was long being tamed, but it surely injected an obsession to go places and get footlose. Does it all really matters? To live up to expectations, in a way you are no more yourself? I ask that to myself now and then.

Anyways, the feeling of being face-to-face with nature has enticed all of us, no one can escape its chasm which will continue to inspire all of us for eternity.

The plans are pretty good; first the interior Sindh,

Rani Kot
Sachal Sarmast
Lakes in Nawabshah, Deh Akro-II Wetlands (if possible)
Larkana and Moen-Jo-Daro (and Khat Dhoro, Drigh Lake, Lung Lake also)
Runn of Kutch via Badin District

And then the northern areas, that will be covered later once we get lost in the above areas. My friends are lazy asses, I will have to move them.