17/06/2026
12,778 ft.
21 of us.
One absolutely vertical final stretch. đď¸
This yearâs annual trek with our Badlaav learners took us to Yulla Kanda in Kinnaur, home to the worldâs highest Krishna temple, sitting beside a glacial lake that looks unreal in person.
Our kids had been training for months for this one â JC âs physical conditioning, Aakaar chauhan âs boxing drills, the whole grind and it showed.
Two nights at a homestay run by the warmest family (a different feast every single day), one night camping at base camp trading horror stories and playing Mafia and The 50 under the stars, a flower valley with a waterfall we didnât see coming, and then a climb so steep we were basically scrambling.
Once we finished, we were told a lot of groups donât make it past the halfway point on this trek.
Every single one of our kids did (and middle aged facilitators too đ)
Endless gratitude to JC and Abhijit Singh for planning, leading, and pushing us (gently and otherwise) the whole way, our homestay family - Yogesh Kumar , for treating us like their own, our guide - mr.vj , for keeping us safe and every kid who pushed through tired legs and thin air to stand at that summit.
đ Yulla Kanda, Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh
