Stay
Where to sleep
Same dorm all week so the bag stays put on the high day.

The week is a base. One day goes up toward Hampta’s start, and the rest does not pretend to be a crossing.
Written by Dev
Before you go. If the taxi driver says the road is shut, believe them. Do not make the high day a dare.
I am not writing the full Hampta crossing. This notebook is for someone who wants one hard day and a bed every night.
Manali, dorm, nothing ambitious.
A long walk in town and up toward Vashisht. Back before dark.
Sleep is the training.
Shared taxi toward the road head, walk until the turnaround time you set in the morning, then down.
Food and laundry.
Weather day. Use it or don’t.
Bus down to the plains.
Stay
Same dorm all week so the bag stays put on the high day.
Move
One shared seat in. Walk after that. Leave a buffer on the day you go home.
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