Introduction
Ever since the trekkIyers successfuly completed the Markha Valley Trek in May 2022, as a group we were on the look out for a suitable second Himalayan trek. Something that was neither too hard nor too easy; Moderate level - to use the technical lingo! On 5th January 2023 Dr Swamy sent a message in our WA group. He was checking out the Khopra Ridge Trek in the Annapurna range area of Nepal. Swamy had talked to the orgainsers TTH - Trek to Himalayas who required minimum 5 people to confirm the trek. Swamy himself, his wife Sumathi & his nephew Aditya were planning to participate. The trekkIyers group was promoted by & the founding members were : (1) Dr Narayanaswamy (2) my BIL - jijaji - Dr Ramesh Raman (3) my younger brother Vaidhyanathan (4) our school friend Sridhar & (5) yours truly. At the time of writing this blog (April 2023), three of us were 52 years old, one was 55 & the eldest 57! Shankar (A CA friend & also an Iyer) who was aware about our mai...