Kareri Lake: the first trek

New friends, a bonfire under the stars and sunrise above a slippery trail.

Kareri was my first official trek, shared with Shivam and new friends including Victor, Shubhankar and Chanchal. At the lake we stayed beneath snow-covered mountains, talking around a bonfire and watching stars instead of sleeping.

Morning brought a slippery walk over frozen ground, a temple beside the lake and a sunrise we recorded but never posted. This is that unpublished beginning.