Well, expedition is up and running. Our small team come forward Garwhal. On September, 14 we left Delhi and the next afternoon safely reached up to Joshimath, a small small town in the Central Garwhal of about some thousand souls in population.

The things were rather tiresome in Delhi: buying food, running for a permit (without success this time: probably we should come back here again and Yannick is our volunteer to do that).

We found Joshimath very lively and noisy. And this is because of a local festival there. Everything appeared very nice.

While we are waiting for a local a climbing permit for Arwa Tower: it was Sunday yesterday, today is Monday but festival, - everywhere Ambushes.
Nevertheless we hope to get to Badrinath tomorrow evening and then to have a day-trip to Arwa Tower (6300m) foot for acclimatization climbs during 10 days..
Then we will come back in Joshimath and further head to Changabang/Kalanka/Dunagiri/Tirsuli/Hardeol (all the peaks are 6800-7200 meters*).

Our greetings and kisses for all of you, Christian Trommsdorff, Yannick Graziani, Vanessa and Carolina