A foreigner tourist, out of excitement or under the influence of charas, goes for trekking on fascinating but dangerous mountains of Parvati valley in Kullu and loses his way back to the valley. Next day help is sought from Chhape Ram and his team, a renowned rescuer in the valley, and they recover his body from a gorge. Such stories have become common in Kullu. Parvati valley, famous for world class Malana cream, has become a haunted place where trekkers, mostly from abroad, are felling to death one after another. Reasons are unknown but in most of the cases bodies were found in places far away from the trekking trail. Experts say negligence and consumption of drugs were putting these trekkers in trouble. In many cases it was noticed that trekker was alone and trying to climb a mountain face with no path. “We found body of Czech national Petr Slanina at a place near Chhalal village where no path was leading. He might have deviated from the trail and tried to climb a dangerous hill with no existing path. He was alone and it was the biggest mistake that he did,” said Chhape Ram Negi of Negi’s Himalayan Adventure who is an authorized rescuer of Israeli nationals in India. “Charas and guts to go alone on mountains are the main enemies of foreign trekkers. They can spend thousands on charas but refuse to hire a local guide,” he added. Charas makes person fearless and kills his capability of understanding the situation. It was noticed that hotel and guest house owners in Manikaran and Kasol area were not guiding their guests properly. “Surprisingly most of the accidents happened in circumference of only 2-3km around Kasol village. They underestimated the mountains and lost their lives. If cold have lived if they
A foreigner tourist, out of excitement or under the influence of charas, goes for trekking on fascinating but dangerous mountains of Parvati valley in Kullu and loses his way back to the valley. Next day help is sought from Chhape Ram and his team, a renowned rescuer in the valley, and they recover his body
