{"id":7748,"date":"2012-08-20T10:16:46","date_gmt":"2012-08-20T04:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/?p=7748"},"modified":"2012-08-20T10:17:37","modified_gmt":"2012-08-20T04:47:37","slug":"chadar-expedition-january-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/chadar-expedition-january-2013.html","title":{"rendered":"Chadar Expedition &#8211; January 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 10px;\" title=\"chadar trek\" src=\"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/image\/chadar_trek.jpg\" alt=\"chadar trek\" align=\"right\" \/>Chadar Trek is an unusual expedition of walking on a frozen river. The Zanskar River in Ladakh freezes in winter, enabling walking on the ice sheet in a narrow gorge that is inaccessible in summer.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the announcement on Chadar Expedition for January 2013. The expedition will be lead by Manish Lakhani, a chadar veteran who has been trekking on the ice-shelf of Zanskar River for seven years now. Chadar expert Lobasang, a Ladakhi with over a dozen chadar expeditions to his credit will be the tour guide for the trek.<\/p>\n<p>The expedition is scheduled from January 12th to 29th of 2013. See more details on the expedition, including the full itinerary and pricing at the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/chadar-trek-expedition-january-2011-walking-on-frozen-zanskar-river\">Chadar Expedition<\/a> page.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I went on this trek in with Manish in Jan-Feb 2011. Below are some images from my trip. Also see Manish&#8217;s account of <a href=\"http:\/\/kingdom-of-sky.blogspot.com\/2011\/02\/chadar-expedition-2011-ki-ki-so-so-lha.html\">Chadar Trek<\/a> 2011.<\/p>\n<div id=\"left_01\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/ajax.googleapis.com\/ajax\/libs\/jquery\/1.3.2\/jquery.min.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/photography.paintedstork.com\/assets\/fadeslideshow.js\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\nvar mygallery=new fadeSlideShow({ \twrapperid: \"left_01\", \tdimensions: [640, 400], \timagearray: [ \t\t[\"http:\/\/imagegallery.paintedstork.com\/d\/2862-1\/chadar_trek_40.jpg\", \"\", \"\", \"\"], \t\t[\"http:\/\/imagegallery.paintedstork.com\/d\/2886-1\/chadar_trek_52.jpg\", \"\", \"\", \"\"], \t\t[\"http:\/\/imagegallery.paintedstork.com\/d\/2900-1\/chadar_trek_60.jpg\", \"\", \"\", \"\"], \t\t[\"http:\/\/imagegallery.paintedstork.com\/d\/2948-1\/chadar_trek_87.jpg\", \"\", \"\", \"\"], \t\t[\"http:\/\/imagegallery.paintedstork.com\/d\/2972-1\/chadar_trek_99.jpg\", \"\", \"\", \"\"], \t\t[\"http:\/\/imagegallery.paintedstork.com\/d\/3010-1\/chadar_trek_118.jpg\", \"\", \"\", \"\"], \t\t[\"http:\/\/imagegallery.paintedstork.com\/d\/3026-1\/chadar_trek_128.jpg\", \"\", \"\", \"\"], \t\t[\"http:\/\/imagegallery.paintedstork.com\/d\/3116-1\/chadar_trek_160.jpg\", \"\", \"\", \"\"], \t\t[\"http:\/\/imagegallery.paintedstork.com\/d\/3086-1\/chadar_trek_158.jpg\", \"\", \"\", \"\"], \t\t[\"http:\/\/imagegallery.paintedstork.com\/d\/2932-1\/chadar_trek_77.jpg\", \"\", \"\", \"\"] \t], \tdisplaymode: {type:'auto', pause:3500, cycles:0, wraparound:false}, \tpersist: false, \tfadeduration: 1500, \tdescreveal: \"ondemand\", \ttogglerid: \"\" })\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p><noscript>&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;If you are not seeing a slideshow of images here, you may have to load this page using a browser window that has javascript enabled.<\/noscript><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chadar Trek is an unusual expedition of walking on a frozen river. 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