February 2025¶
Generic Updates¶
A lot has happened since the last update (January2025). I had to extend my time at the office because some projects spilled over and needed closing before my exit. Things came to a end finally on the 16th of Feb.
I was traveling to Darjeeling for the Sandakphu-Phalut trek on the very next day. I was really looking forward to this trek because my flatmate from Bangalore was also coming here and it was his first Himalayan Trek.
The trek was nice and comfortable. I had some minor trouble with my knee but at this point I was used to the pain, so some painkillers did the trick. I also ended up icing my knee once on the trail which did help a lot.
After this, I had about a week of downtime in Darjeeling before my Basic Mountaineering Course began. It was spent entirely with Kevin. My knee was constantly in pain throughout and no amount of exercises seemed to help. At some point I just decided to give up and just suffer through the pain.
That was it. The next update will arrive after the BMC and I will write a detailed report on the BMC as well.