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Atop
The Unnamed Peaks on Gorichen Glachier
in Arunachal Himalayas
By
Kanak Chandra Deka. APS,
Suptd. of Police (Security), Assam.
The
idea of sending a Police team for High
Altitude Trekking to Gorichen Peak base
camp in Arunachal Himalayas was mooted
by Assam Police in 2001 at the initiative
of the Hon'ble DGP Assam, Shri H.K. Deka,
IPS.
A
team comprising of Shri A.J. Barua APS,
SI Manjur Ahmed,C/N Padmeswar Barman, C/N
Dwijen Kalita, C/N Lohit Nath, C/N Balmiki
Yadav and C/N Suresh Roy accompanied by
three members of the Assam Mountaineering
Association, Guwahati, namely, Shri Munin
Sarania, Shri Tarun Saikia and Shri Bhubaneswar
Prasad as guides under the leadership of
Shri K.C. Deka Prasad as guides under the
leadership of Shri K.C. Deka APS, uperintendent
of Police (Security), Special Branch, Assam
undertook the challenging task of high altitude
trekking to the formidable orichen Glacier
in the West Kameng district of Arunachal
Pradesh.
The
team left Guwahati on 27th October at 2
P.M. and moved to Tezpur and arrived there
in the evening. Shri Apurba Jibon Barua,
CO, 2nd APBn Makum joined the team
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at
Tezpur. The next morning i.e. on 28th
October, the team left for Bomdila
after abrief
halt at Lokhra Assam Rifle Camp where
Col. Daljit Rutel, CO 11 AR was kind
enought to give necessary guidance
and assistance during our visit to
the forward area.The area is dominated
by II Assam Rifles menupto Mago. The
team reached Bomdila the same evening.
SP
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Sonitpur had provided
armed escort upto Bhalukpung at our request.On
29th October, the team moved to JANG, the
road-head via Sela Pass (13,750 ft)and reached
there in the afternoon. The team members
were accommodated at the PWD Bunglow for
the night. There we arranged 5 mules and
2 porters for the onward journey on foot.
Next morning we started from Jang with 4
mules and 2 porters for New Milling, the
next approach march camp, situated at a
distance of 15 kms and at an altitude of
8,642 ft. Munin Sarania and Tarun Saikia
were left behind arrange to more mules from
Jang to carry extra loads, The trek to New
Milling was very teep,through deep forest
mostly of bamboo groves, muddy and full
of mule roppings. By the time we reached
New Milling it was almost dark. We stayed
at the PWD dak bunglow for the night.
On 30th October, the team marched to the
next approach camp at Thimbu,at a distance
of 18 kms and at an altitude of 10,764 ft.
The trek to Thimbu was very pleasant but
tiring at the same time as we had to descend
a slope of about 500 ft to the river Thimbu
TSU (TSU means river) We had an exhausting
time scrambling
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through the minor gorges of small
streams and tributaries.After crossing
over a wooden bridge, we had to climb
a steep slope of more than a thousand
feet to reach Thimbu village at 2
P.M. It was a small village with 70
families belonging to the Monpa tribe.
Their religion is mainly Buddhism.
The village has a Circle office, a
school, a Gompa and an Assam Rifles
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Camp. The other members we had left at Jang
also arrived at Thimbu in the evening. Here
we faced a new problem. There is a rule among
these villages that no mule or that is, mules
which we took from Jang were not allowed to
move beyond Thimbu. However, after great persuasion
we were allowed to continue with our mules
and porters beyond Thimbu.
On 31st October morning, we moved upto Mago
at a distance of 22 kms and at an altitude
of 11,615 ft. The route was very steep and
we had to cross Mago Tsu several times over
weak woodenbridges. Unfortunately, while crossing
over one bridge it was broken at one end due
which our mules could not cross the river.
We had to spend the night on the river bank
till the next morning and wait for the mules
from Mago the next day till 2 P.M. We left
behind the tree line, the Junipers and then
the boulders, moving onwards. We saw a totally
different landscape. The valley narrows with
steep sides and the mountains on either side
have distinct strata of rocks.
Mago village comprises of two parts– Doorie
at a higher altitude while the lower one is
known as Noorie. People here belong to the
Monpa community. Mago has the last post of
Assam Rifles and beyond this village there
is no other village to be found. We had comfortable
dips in the natural hot spring located near
the Army camp.
On 2nd November morning we left Mago and followed
a small rocky gradual slope for about 11 kms
and reached Jethang at an altitude of 13,372
ft. at 4 P.M. and tents were pitched on a
flat spot scattered by a few yak huts. We
felt cold due to strong winds after sunset,
We decided to attempt climbing two unnamed
peaks the next morning.
The dawn was bright on 4th November. After
a heavy breakfast, all the members were divided
into two teams for scaling two unnamed peaks
at Pt. 4940 mtrs and pt. 4720 mtrs. The first
one was led by Sl Manjur Ahmed along with
C/N Yadav,C/N S. Roy, C/N D. Kalita, C/N P.
Barman, C/N L. Nath and two AMA members, B.
Prashad and T. Saikia. The second peak was
led by me with Shri A.J. Barua and Munin Sarania.
We set off for the peaks early in the morning.
At 12.30 P.M. we climbed the peak (pt. 4720
mtrs) and stayed for about half an hour at
the top where there was a heavy wind. The
view from the top was entrancing. We had before
our eyes the whole panorama of the Gorichen
and Negi Kanchen group of peaks to the North
East. They possess both beauty and the mystery
of the unknown. We took some snaps on the
surrounding peaks. On the Western side a series
of unnamed peaks of different heights was
seen.
As the weather was turning bad we hurriedly
proceeded downward and returned to our camp
safely. The other team led by Manjur also
climbed the pt. 4950 mtr peak and reached
the top of the peak at 1 P.M. They returned
to the camp safely. We had flown Assam Police
Flags at the top of both the peaks. The summits
were rocky and we spent a few memorable moments
on the top before turning back.
On 5th November morning, we assembled at the
Campsite and the garbage etc. were burnt.The
campsite was cleaned and we started moving
downward. We reached Mago the same evening.
Next day the we reached Thimbu and Jang on
7th November evening. On 8th November morning,
we went to Tawang to see the second largest
Monastery in Asia and returned to Bomdilla
the same evening. On 9th November we left
Bomdila and reached Guwahati in the evening.
Thus, the first ever Mountaineering cum trekking
expendition to Gorichen Glacier was completed
and the team successfully added a feather
to Assam Police' mountaineering history.
Summiteers :
Sl Manjur Ahmed (leader), C/N V. Yadav, C/N
S. Roy, C/N D. Kalita, C/N P. Barman, C/N
L. Nath, B. Prasad and T. Saikia for Peak
pt. 4940 Mtrs.
Shri K.C. Deka, APS, SP(Security) SB (leader),
Shri A.J. Barua, Co 2nd AP Bn., Shri Munin
Sarania (AMA) for Peak pt. 4720 m.
Distance to Gorichen Glacier (Arunachal
Pradesh Himalaya)
The motorable road runs from Guwahati to Bomdila
to Tawang via Dirang. Sela pass and Jang.
For Gorichen area Jang is the road head. |
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Place |
Kms |
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Road |
Guwahati
to Bomdila |
341 |
| Bomdila
to Selapass |
107 |
| Sela
to Jang |
54 |
| Teak |
Jang
to New Milling |
15 |
| New
Milling to Thimbu |
18 |
| Thimbu
to Mago |
20 |
| Mago
to Jithang |
12 |
| Jithang
to pt. 4940 m |
8 |
| Jithang
to pt. 4720 m |
6 |
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