No baba or tent but a little circle with a linga and some flags etc which I show you in the video. Go to Gangotri on Google Earth and then follow the river with "photos" turned on. You will see Gomukh at the end of the curve of photos. On my screen my video is actually posted there. (Turn on videos also. I can't figure out how to paste in the kmz here....
@geeslin108 yes i understand that but what i'm saying is that the topographic image that Google image doesn't have a high enough resolution for me to see where that shrine is in comparison to the glacier.
No tent anywhere in there. But this was very late int he season so he may have moved on. The little shrine can be seen in one of the photos posted on GoogleEarth. It's the 3rd photo from the face of the glacier (which is clearly visible) the only photo with a rock shrine in the foreground.
@geeslin108 believe it or not, that shrine was about 150 metres from the face of the glacier in 2000 when i was last threre. That shrine use to have a baba there after the snow receded each year, i actually played chess with him. Wow, that is receding alot.
Well, I'm just guessing from the looks of the photo with the shrine in it on Google Earth and the look of the land on the aerial view then using the distance ruler. But it's definitely more than 150 meters and in ten years 300 meters(450-150)works out to only 30 meters a year which is not as bad as they thought it was for a while. (They thought it was 75 meters a year).
@stoli4 Quite remarkable but not for anyone with a fear of heights. Totally different from Kedarnath and Badrinath trips, moreso than I ever expected.
@geeslin108 we were going to cross the glacier and come out on that side of the range just to take in the Kedarnath festival but we had other treks we had planned, (Leh and Ladakh). I've thoroughly enjoyed your video of the region, it put a smile on my face.... :D .... thanks
If i'm calculating well enough, i think that glacier shrink by about 200 metres... I'd actually love to hear from you just so i understand where the mouth of the river is at the time of you journey
It was previously claimed that it was receding at 75 mts per year but now it seems that may not be correct and that it is not so bad. It is quite a distance from the 1891 marker but how far I don't know. You can see it on Googlearth.
It is only open from mid Spring to mid Fall. At the beginning and end of the season it can get pretty cold at night. and during the monsoon it can be wet and overcast which is not so nice. So the best time is the time before the monsoon and after it with a little preference for the post-monsoon. Things will be cooler and greener on the way there and the Ganga is running at its fullest and most dramatic due to a combination of Summer melt and monsoon runoff.
heaven on earth, after seeing your videos i surely want to visit this place some day, god bless all.
shadowbhotia 10 months ago
Google earth doesn't update its images enough... was there a baba and his tent set up between the 1891 marker and the face of the glacier?
stoli4 1 year ago
@stoli4
No baba or tent but a little circle with a linga and some flags etc which I show you in the video. Go to Gangotri on Google Earth and then follow the river with "photos" turned on. You will see Gomukh at the end of the curve of photos. On my screen my video is actually posted there. (Turn on videos also. I can't figure out how to paste in the kmz here....
geeslin108 1 year ago
@geeslin108 yes i understand that but what i'm saying is that the topographic image that Google image doesn't have a high enough resolution for me to see where that shrine is in comparison to the glacier.
stoli4 1 year ago
@stoli4
No tent anywhere in there. But this was very late int he season so he may have moved on. The little shrine can be seen in one of the photos posted on GoogleEarth. It's the 3rd photo from the face of the glacier (which is clearly visible) the only photo with a rock shrine in the foreground.
geeslin108 1 year ago
@geeslin108 okay... now how far is the face of the glacier from that shrine??
stoli4 1 year ago
@stoli4
The little shrine is probably about 4-500 meters from the face of the glacier. Maybe less. Hard to tell.
geeslin108 1 year ago
@geeslin108 believe it or not, that shrine was about 150 metres from the face of the glacier in 2000 when i was last threre. That shrine use to have a baba there after the snow receded each year, i actually played chess with him. Wow, that is receding alot.
stoli4 1 year ago
@stoli4
Well, I'm just guessing from the looks of the photo with the shrine in it on Google Earth and the look of the land on the aerial view then using the distance ruler. But it's definitely more than 150 meters and in ten years 300 meters(450-150)works out to only 30 meters a year which is not as bad as they thought it was for a while. (They thought it was 75 meters a year).
geeslin108 1 year ago
@geeslin108 Yeah, i guess the math of it does take some edge off the whole idea, i'm still shocked by it. Did you enjoy the trek?
stoli4 1 year ago
@stoli4 Quite remarkable but not for anyone with a fear of heights. Totally different from Kedarnath and Badrinath trips, moreso than I ever expected.
geeslin108 1 year ago
@geeslin108 we were going to cross the glacier and come out on that side of the range just to take in the Kedarnath festival but we had other treks we had planned, (Leh and Ladakh). I've thoroughly enjoyed your video of the region, it put a smile on my face.... :D .... thanks
stoli4 1 year ago
If i'm calculating well enough, i think that glacier shrink by about 200 metres... I'd actually love to hear from you just so i understand where the mouth of the river is at the time of you journey
stoli4 1 year ago
@stoli4
It was previously claimed that it was receding at 75 mts per year but now it seems that may not be correct and that it is not so bad. It is quite a distance from the 1891 marker but how far I don't know. You can see it on Googlearth.
geeslin108 1 year ago
When is the best time of year to go there?
SatwaMan 2 years ago
It is only open from mid Spring to mid Fall. At the beginning and end of the season it can get pretty cold at night. and during the monsoon it can be wet and overcast which is not so nice. So the best time is the time before the monsoon and after it with a little preference for the post-monsoon. Things will be cooler and greener on the way there and the Ganga is running at its fullest and most dramatic due to a combination of Summer melt and monsoon runoff.
geeslin108 2 years ago
@geeslin108
Thanks.
And thanks for posting these videos. I hope to go there one day and spend some time.
SatwaMan 2 years ago
@geeslin108
What time of year is this video taken?
SatwaMan 2 years ago
Oct 1 2009
geeslin108 2 years ago
Yay..I am the first to view..so so cool!
remeytaylor 2 years ago