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Bagini Glacier

Bagini Glacier  The Bagini Glacier drains the snows of several peaks that form part of the near-impassable Northern Rim of the Nanda Devi Sanctuary in Eastern Garwhal. The glacier seeds the Dronagiri Gad, a feisty stream that descends a valley north-westwards to meet the west-bound Dhauli Ganga at a village called Jumma. In turn, the Dhauli meets the Alaknanda at Vishnuprayag, the first of numerous major prayag’s below Badrinath that serve as markers for the high course of the Ganga. On this trek, though we couldn’t see the iconic peak, we were well aware of its presence. In 1934 Eric Shipton, legendary British mountaineer of his time, along with the American Bill Tillman, made history by pioneering a route via the Rishi Ganga to gain access to the Inner Sanctuary of Nanda Devi. Two years later, Shipton returned to the sanctuary, and climbed out of it via the “Bagini Pass”, part of this Northern Barrier. He exited via our exact trekking route. The geography and the history of explora

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