Myself and a friend did the first trek of the season in March 2007 till Goecha La pass at 5000mtrs above sea level in Sikkim thats the closest u can get to Mt Kanchenunga the third highest peak in the world without flying over it or being Sherpa.The snow was yet to melt beyond Dzongri in alpine meadows, the last habitable village of Tsoka thats Malana/Vaisisth in the makin akin to Himachal Pradesh minus the grass scene with only chilled beer and mobile phone coverage with solar power being worldly comfort in log huts at 08 hrs uphill climb of above 1000mtr from Yuksom being ur initiation into the kanchaneunga Sanctury.The place is overrun with international cliental minus the haldiram mixture/Kurkure and maggi packets spewing insensitive local trekkers u will find in Uttranachal and Himachal maybe tahts the reason it is the costliest place to trek in india.Talk with others trekkers revealed money upto $35 per person perday changing hands, the thumb rule being the further away u book ur trek from in maybe delhi ot kolkata the costlier it is than maybe darjeeling or gangtok it's cheapest at Yuksom. where the going rate is Rs 300/- to 200/- per porter/cook or guide without any equipment to hire. so do u calculation backward to know how much the middle men are pocketing. The link to detailed food plan, route map on google doc is as follows:
Also the photo essay of the trek with comments on You Tube is as follows:
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