Goecha la to Singalila Trek in 14 days, along India Nepal Border travel -Singalila in the Himalaya
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- Award winning film on 14 day long Himalayan Trek in Sikkim and Nepal border covering Singalila, Dzongri trek, Goecha la trek, HMI base camp trek and Singalila trek along the Singalila ridge through Singalila National Park and Khangchenjunga National Park in India and Nepal overlooking the views of Mount Kangchenjunga and Mount Everest.
Chapters:
00:00 Beginning Credits
00:29 Trailer
01:20 Title
01:27 Introduction to Trip
02:55 Yuksam (Base)
03:19 Starting the trek
04:51 Tshoka (Last Village)
05:46 Dzongri (2nd Base) Khangchenjunga View
06:35 Trek to Goechala
07:57 Goechala (Northernmost Point)
08:55 Dzongri (Back to 2nd Base)
10:07 Beak Bari (Near HMI Base camp)
10:38 HMI Base Camp
11:26 Everest and Khangchunga View
13:34 Danphe Bhir (Highest Pass)
14:28 Lam Pokhari Lake
15:41 Door, Nepal (Entry to Nepali Village)
16:52 End Credits
■ ■ Film Festivals / Awards
■ 2017 NOMINATED International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala (IDSFFK) 2017
■ 2017 Special Recognition Girimitra Sammelan 2017
■ 2016 Dec 23 Pokhara International Mountain Film Festival, Pokhara, Nepal.
■ 2017 Feb 12, Special Recognition Award, IMF Mountain Film Festival 2017, Indian Mountaineering Foundation, New Delhi, India
■ 2018 April 1, Official Selection, International Tourism Film Festival, Riga, Croatia
■ 2018 Kadakam Forest and Environmental; Film Festival, Silent Valley National Park, Palakkad, Kerala
■ 2019 CMS Festival, New Delhi
■ ■ Non Festival Screenings
Friends of Elephant, Nama Metro, Bangalore
■ ■ The Story
With ten porters, two guides and a cook, the team of three: George, Alexa and Blanchet starts their epic trek from Yuksam in West Sikkim.
The team head north to Goecha La Pass to see early morning views of Mount Khangchenjunga and, then head west to the border of Nepal or the Singalila Ridge.
From there they head south along the Singali La ridge to see Mount Everest and Mount Khangchenjunga.
On the 13th day, the team reach a remote village at the border of India and Nepal, inhibited by a nomadic yak herder. The film was shot using camera powered by custom made solar chargers, as there was no power facility during the entire trek.
George was affected by Keratoconus, a rare eye disorder which decreases the thickness of cornea and results in a distorted vision, during his childhood. During his teenage years, he lost all his hopes about life as this took him away from what he wanted to do in his life and what he dreamed. George finds that traveling is one of the best medicines for his eyes and end up trekking in the Himalayas to find solace and tranquility.
A film by
GEORGE THENGUMMOOTTIL
KERATOCONUS FOUNDATION INDIA
Produced by
DHANRAJ GURUNG
RED PANDA TOURS & TRAVELS
Cast
SURYA GIRISH
AS GEORGE THENGUMMOOTTIL
Stock footage
KANUPRIYA RANIWALA
RAMSHAJ WAYANAD
Camera Assistant
BIRKHA LIMBOO
Location Manager
TULA RAM GURUNG
Location Assistant
NAMSANG LIMBU
Logistics
ATM RAI
BHIM HANG LIMBOO
DHAN RAJ RAI
MANGAL SING LIMBOO
NAMSANG LIMBU
PASSANG LEPCHA
PEMA SHERPA
UGEN KARTHOK
Trekking Team
ALEXA HONE BLANCHET
BLANCHET RICHARD
GEORGE THENGUMMOOTTIL
Transport
RAJU
Film Editor
GEORGE THENGUMMOOTTIL
Songs
1. SINGALILA IN THE HIMALAYA
Writer AMAN JOHN
Singer ADITI SIVARAMAN
2. HIMALAYA
Performer/Writer JO KELLY
CAFE MANTRA MUSIC
Music
1. Om Mani Padme Hum
2. SAD DAY
Composer Benjamin Tissot / bensound.com
3. BETTER DAYS
Composer Benjamin Tissot / bensound.com
4. HIMALAYA
Composer Edoardo Romani Capelo
5. KEEP IT SIMPLE
Composer 9loops
Engineering / Solar Power
DR. THOMAS THENGUMMOOTTIL
Special Thanks to
BINOY VALSAN
MALAIKA VAZ
Thanks to
DHEERAJ AITHAL
DOMINIC XAVIER
GIRI SHANKAR
NISHITHA IYANAHALLY
NOBLE MATHEW
PHUB NAMGAY
SIDDHARTH REDDY
SOORAJ PUTHIYEDAM
VISHAL SUVARNA
VYDHEHI KADUR
DR. J. BHUNIA
KINZONG BHUTIA
PRIYA SINGH
ADARSH NC
SANDESH KADUR
FELIS CREATIONS PVT LTD
KHANGCHENDZONGA CONSERVATION COMMITTEE (KCC)
THE HIMALAYAN CLUB
FORESTS, ENVIRONMENT & WILDLIFE -
MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT, SIKKIM
KANGCHENDZONGA NATIONAL PARK
SINGALILA NATIONAL PARK
VARSEY RHODODENTRON SANCTUARY
MINISTRY OF FOREST AND SOIL CONSERVATION, NEPAL
KANGCHENDZONGA CONSERVATION AREA
INFORMATION & PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT,
WAYANAD, KERALA
VAGAMON HEIGHTS, KERALA
BASED ON THE 14 DAY SINGALI LA
ROUND TREK IN SIKKIM
2016 THEINDIA.INFO / theindia.info
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Absolutely Incredible . I always wanted to go to Sikkim . This trek could be another reason to visit .
Thank you George for taking us there
All the best for the trek. Now i think treks are not open due because nature wanted people to take a break for sometime . Once nature gives permission treks should be open. Thank you. Thanks a lot. Please feel free to share the video with your friends... Thank you
awesome VDO and great song i love it !
Thanks a lot Pongpan.
please share the video with your friends.. Thank you
beautiful man. can see you guys hard work. :-)
Thank you
Hi dear George, I was amazed to see a malayalee name in a poster in Yuksom @redpanda office. I read again your name and confirmed you as a Malayalee, and also panda sir told your story of Documentary. Happiness was greater again. Documentary is awsome. No words to say.
I am also happy that my eyes witnessed the same.( Goechala)
Thanks a lot. Yes i am from kerala. Happy to see that you saw goechala. The film was actually screened at the kerala film festival. Thank you
This is a delightfully surreal display of one the world's hidden wonders of epic beauty. Much success to you!
+teamofprosvideo Thanks a lot.
+teamofprosvideo Thanks a lot.
Hats off man..!! It was heavenly..:)
THanks Man
Hi George...I frm Sikkim presently residin in bengaluru since 2005...Thank u man for makin me admire n miss ma home .....🙏
You are welcome. I stay in Bangalore...
Hey brother, im frm sikkim presently residing in bangalore for last 15 yrs..u made me miss home brother...BTW I feel ur story telling...No Medicine can come close in healing of my eyes....Thats a story in itself.... God Bless u brother....Stay in peace always.
Thanks for watching and happy to know that you enjoyed watching it. I am also staying in Bangalore as of now. Will goto Sikkim again next year.. hopefully
Your videos tell us that you are a true nature & himalayas lover. One of most beautiful documentaries on Himalayas ever made. It makes me feel that I am in that place by myself. Hope to see more videos coming from you. God bless you. And you r one of the luckiest persons on earth who could make their journey into Himalayas. There is no place on Earth which can be so enchanting & spiritual & peaceful at the same time as Himalayas. Hope you can keep continuing your Holy Journeys into Himalayas.
+tanusree chowdhury thankyou.. i am not sure whether i am lucky, but i l just love being on the mountains.. i plan to make one more video soon.. thanks a lot...
+tanusree chowdhury thankyou.. i am not sure whether i am lucky, but i l just love being on the mountains.. i plan to make one more video soon.. thanks a lot...
One of the best trekking documentary
+Ratheesh Raveendran thank you ratheesh
From Sikkim ❤❤
Thank you
Nice ,absolutely nice, thanks a lot.
Thank you
wow amazing video love it. tks a lot for the sharing we hve been able to view those amazing views of the mountains.
Thank you.. george
This an epic trekking documented by you .You made it bro .Congrats for all your future productions and works.Thanks for sharing your experiences with the world .
Thanks a lot
I wast lost. superB
Sorry to hear that... thank you
So serene...!!!
Thank you
This one of the best trekking documentary I've seen! Looking forward to see your next Himalayan film!
+Jone Dison thankyou.
Just awesome.. Speechless..
Thank you
Wow
Thank ypu
Awesome my friend. Worth watching many times
Thanks a lot
Great great video..
Thank you
Best Till now....keep it up....Way more to go
+abhinavmo1987 thankyou
It is beautiful video as well as more informative too.....great work
+Trans-mit Circle thanks a lot. Thankyou
Outstanding photography, pacing, music and journey.
Thanks a lot..
Please share this with your friends.. thank you
best ever..
+supriyo bag thankyou
Wonderful , please carry on and on !
Thanks a lot
You just portrayed the true elegance of the panaromic beauty of Singalila . Love the work ❤️
Thank you. Happy to know that you enjoyed the video
So amazing work sir
Thank you
very much inspiration work, Hat off
Thanks a lot
This is FABULOUS George . Iam a traveller and this video catalysis the thirst in me to travel... Keep travelling and inspiring :)
Thank you Shabin.. All the best for your travel.. I just saw ur email.. Will reply soon. Thank you. George
Great work done and hats off to your discovery and search. Keep Moving George brother..
+Karthi Keyan thanks a lot dear Karthikeyan..
Excellent speechless awesome
Thank you
George, God has given you beautiful eyes. Everybody cannot appreciate Himalayas the way you do. I feel this is how one is nearest to God, and when in the Himalayas I wish I could stay back there and wander. However, I wish you all luck with your journeys and your vision, so that we could enjoy what you show us through your vision. Good luck.
Thanks a lot
brother my respect to you...you are awesome
Thank you
Wonderful vedio
Thank you
Beautiful scenery...with awesome photography skills❤️❤️👍
Thanks a lot
Beautiful video. Thanks for showing the real beauty of India :)
Thanks a lot..
This video has both india and nepal
congratulations for your award
Thank you Mr Mukherjee
Wonderful indeed! I felt I was there. Thanks for share!👌👌👌
Thanks a lot
Feel free to share this with your friends.. Thank you
Wonderful
Thank you..
Just fantastic. It should have been two hours long.
Thanks a lot. May be next time i will make it two hours.. thank you
I'd be glad! Do you, by chance, know of some other great travel/nature-films from Sikkim/Nepal/Himalaya. I mean apart from the scores of Everest-movies that occasionally even hit the big screen. ?
One feature film i like are the Himalaya 1999 movie , Himalaya by Michael Palin BBC, 7 Years in Tibet, Will write to you when something else comes to mind..
Kudos to you
Thank you..
Mr.George,i have been waiting for more such wonderful documentaries from you.
Thank you
Beautiful movie. Wish one i too get chance to visit there.
Thank you. It should be open soon..its a beautiful place
Very informative.Thankyou for dedicating 👍
You are welcome
this is amazing ...great work George and the play back is melodious too....
+Jayesh Minde thankyou dear Minde.
Inspirational man✔
+Gowtham Bobby thank you
Great Work George. Thank you. Yuksom is lovely. Im going there with my family for the second time in 4 years this May. Unfortunately we can stay only for a week. Thanks once again
Thanks Mr Manoj. Its a lovely place..
Beautifully captured the beauty of the Singalila range. I have been there last month to HMI basic course. But didn't see the other part of the range. Thank you for showing!
. thanks a lot for your beautiful comments.. please feel free to share this with your friends and family. Thank you
So touching and and wonderful adventures journey ,which gives us a huge and enthusiastic energy to visit to such kind of God gifted place..thank you so much for updating such kind of beautiful and deserving video.. .
Thank you Nima
Blissful!!!
Thank you
You took me through heaven... excellent .your video detoxed me.
Thanks a lot
u done a wonderful job.
+kavitha a thankyou
this is great documentary. Totally loved it. they way you captured the video..hats off...waiting for the next..
Thanks a lot, thank you. I will me making another one soon, the coming year.. still struggling to make some funds to do it. Thank you
sir i have already called them,thank u so much for your information
+chandrasekhar mukherjee ok cool
Excelent.
Thank you
great vid george
+greg turner thankyou
Visual treat. Shot with Go pro and 500 D....Amazing. Feel proud to have been associated with you.
Yes mostly gopro and few 500d shots. Thanks a lot sir
The video is soothing and claming to watch ❤
Thankyou
Kalakki chetta!
Thank you chetta
George, excellent work. Spell bounding scenery all around and Well captured visuals. Your commentary did elevate the proceedings. Wonderful documentary.
+harish gonthina thankyou harish. Thanks a lot
amazing amazing ..:)
Thank you
Please feel free to share this with your friends
Sambhavam colour aayittund sir..waiting for more of your works from himalayas!
Thank you Buddy
Thanks buddy... I will be doing more treks in the Himalayas. Probably another one in December.,,feel free to share this video with your friends...
+George Thengummoottil As an enthusiast trekker,it's my pleasure sir.
Thanks buddy..
+Akshay kmr thankyou Mr Kumar
I really appreciate you brother because you could see one of the most beautiful place to us. God gives some pains to us but when we can try to overcome this then we could understand its not a pain.. Its challenge to us. Proud you soo. Wish you can take adventurous more. Thank alot 👍👍👍👍👍
+Ratheesh Raveendran thankyou
Pleasant Video,, One of God's Majestic Creation
+Jeffrey Khobung thankyou. Yes
Good Work Sir George... Keep making such Wonderful videos
+Jeffrey Khobung thankyou
+Jeffrey Khobung thankyou..
I liked
Thank you
Very nice video.
+Dibyajyoti Borah thankyou Dibyajyoti...
+Dibyajyoti Borah thankyou
നന്നായ് ചിത്രീകരിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു.ശബ്ദം നൽകിയതിൽ വന്ന ചെറിയ പ്രശ്നമൊഴിച്ചാൽ ഒരൊന്നൊന്നര ഡോക്യുമെന്ററി.നല്ല ഒരുപാട് ഷോട്ടുകൾ കാണിച്ചു തന്നതിന് നന്ദി......
Thank you
Woww💚.....fabulous making👌.....really awesome....the nature sceneries....background music and the voice just melts and blends with nature!....👌👌
Thanks a lot. Happy to know that you enjoyed it.,
great work sir!
Thank you
wow grt ..
+Pelden Wangchuk hey synik {i hope u are peldon who atudied at sherubtse, bhutan} thankyou.
George Thengummoottil yea u got Me right ... really grt vedio sirjii
Thank you
Great work.. i am also a malayali with Himalayan dreams. I have done couple of mountaineering expeditions in Himachal Pradesh and Kashmir.. After seeing this video i am planning an expedition in this region..i loved this video .. truly great job..I liked your attitude towards life even more..All the best in your upcoming adventures..
Thanks a lot Kumar. Good to know that you have explored himachal.. i have jut been to himachal, but not explored... all the best for your next trip. Thank you
Thank you..you too..
Wish weather was a bit more kind but then who are we to say/ask. Yet, stunning footage. Heart longs to be in the mountains.
May you travel many more places, trails. Take care.
Thanks a lot.m your kind words are are very motivatve when I stay in a middle of a concrete mountain in the middle of Bombay now
Hi George bro iam done singalila treck on last year it's really wonderful experience we are really enjoyed atmosphere of chitre,tonglu,tumling,kalipohkri villages and we are done jungle walk experience to walk with rimick village thank u for reliving and remembering that places once again loved ur camera work more power to u brother stay blessed
Happy to know that you have done it as I see very few people doing this trek, thank you.
Awesome video, I was brought here by nofilmschool! Nepal and the Himalayas are topics that I can truly appreciate. I recently did a small documentary-style multimedia project on the region myself.
+BeefJerky4104 thankyou. I would lo watch ur multimedia project.. u from nepal?
+George Thengummoottil I'm not from Nepal, but I am a trekker. In 2002 I made it up to Everest Base Camp and also did the Annapurna pass. If you want to watch my project take a look at nepal.charlesduoto.com. It's about my father who was just trekking in Nepal. The project was done mostly from his POV.
👍👍
Thank you
Oh wow....ur channel is pro👍👍
I first thought u are some foreigner..🙏
Very nice video. Thanks for making it. I went to Darjeeling about 20 years ago...but I think I will add this trek to the list of places. I would like to visit
Thank you
Nice to know that you have been to Darjeeling 20 years ago.. it should have been very beautiful then...
Well edited, well captured , well thought background sounds. Perfect. U have put a lot of effort in life as well as in this video making
Thanks a lot. Thank you
It rook a few months to make the story from the unplanned shoot. Thank you
Please feel free to share this with your friends. Thank you
Wonderful presentation George.. I really loved it.. have done Goechla la trail in 2013... as a trekker mountain lover and a photography enthusiast could get some good tips on film making through your EYES..keep up the good work.
+doc lens +doc lens thankyou.. wish you all the best for making your next film..
I came to this page by a happy accident. I am an India born Canadian. Born in Munnar. Great work!
+R Viswa that is happy to know.. my home town is near munnar..abt 100 kms. Thankyou
RUclips recommended me this video today i.e: 15/07/2021
Being a sikkimese it makes me to love my state more than before. Also, that intro song and music in the background of video is just amazing.
I have seen lots of video in trekking in sikkim but seriously man you nailed it.
Thank you so much for making this video on Our state tourism
Keep on growing and travelling
Much love❤
Thanks a lot buddy. Happy to see the long message.
Its a beautiful place amd i will be visiting again next year. Thank you
@@Moundain i will be honoured to see more videos from you
@@Moundain if you want to go for trek than try SANDHAKPU
Will make more for sure. Thank you
Beautiful! The way the music gels in is magical and the whole edit has an emotional connect! 👌
I wish I could make the videos in this mellow way with patience, rather than the fast cuts I normally do. Great work George! അടിപൊളി! 😀
+Thumping Trips thankyou. Thanks a lot. I really dont think i can make fast cuts.. tried, but was unsuccessfull.
George Thengummoottil well, don't do it. This looks and feels beautiful. I do the fast cuts because I'm lazy to research the music and place a real line of storytelling. 😛
+Thumping Trips thankyou... and thanks for the suggestion.
Hi George !! Great Work Bro....I'm amazed to see your work.. Do you remember we met at Dzongri? I was also there for trekking to Goecha-La...I remember you mentioned about the documentary you shooting for...and now I'm seeing this Documentary :) This is so soothing too!
+Neeraj Kumar thankyou.. yes yes.. i am so happy that you could connect with me. ..
sir,, very good documentary.. congratulating you ..i am also from kerala
+Nobi Mathew thankyou mr nobi.. good to know that u are from kerala..
sir your residence in wayanad
No, I come to wayanad often, as many of my friends are there..
now where are you living?
+Nobi Mathew i am from kottayam, but live in bangalore
Hi George.... mesmerised, enchanted, intoxicated...!!! Can't express how deeply moved I am to witness such incredibly captured beauty of the Singali la. I was touched by your tale of a weakening eyesight & then deciding that the best medicine was to treat your eyes to the most beautiful things. I went trekking in a nearby region in 2014 & it was a dream come true. Unfortunately, like you, my eyesight has become crippled & I have developed problems with one foot. These sights beckon me so badly but I wonder if I will ever be able to walk those mountains trails & obscure paths ever again... Your video shooting is just divine! I wish I could do even 1/10th of that. Did you travel there all by yourself? Going back anytime again?
Thank you.. where did you go in 2014. Sorry to hear that. We traveled as a team. We were three trekkers and more than 14 people,,to carry rations and stuff.. one of the trekkers was a doctor from canada who was 65, it was hard for him, but he could do it.
Oh! Wow! 65! I think that's enuf inspiration for me to hit it again. I went on trek from Maneybhanjang to Sandakhphu through Chitre, Tumling, Kalipokhri.. Unfortunately family and aged members couldn't walk beyond a certain point and we were forced to go by vehicle for the later part. We trekked back from Sandakhphu to Srikhola through SIngalila Reserve forest. If possible, I'd love to join you should you have any such plans in the future and wouldn't mind me joining :)
Okey. I will let you know once anything comes by. I havnt trekked in that area though. I trekked from north to singalila
It will be a dram come true if I could do that! Not necessarily the very same place as log as its the mountains with lots of greenery
Good
So divine, serene and beautiful ....btw which was that lake with crystal clear blue water?
Lampokhari lake
Thanks George I just wish students take up challenges and adventurous treks and get to understand the simplicity and joys of the people of the hills.
I always made it a part of my teaching career to take school students every year on treks to expose them to the greater aspects and challenges of life. I've taken students on the Zongri and HMI Kanchanjunga base came twice.
That is good to know. Its good effort . Its important to understand and experience the forces of nature.
So where do you teach...
@@Moundain Long retired as a Principal I would take senior classes out and kinda made it compulsory for the school to go at least once a year on an adventure.
Okkk
Where do I get a teacher like uuu??!!!
amazing sir..
Thank you
What equipments did you use to film this? And by far the most visually pleasing filming of this trek i've seen. A few of us are also going next year and being a photography enthusiast i want to do the same. Any tips would be helpful. Thanks.
Thanks for the compliments, I used a Gopro Hero Black edition and a Canon 500D to film this. We carried huge solar panels with us to charge the cameras.
If you like the film kindly let your friends know about this film and promote it. Thank you.. George
Read More here
www.desktop-documentaries.com/video-production-gear-list-singalila-in-the-himalaya-documentary.html
awesome video.. felt like I was part the travel.
Thank you
It was a memorable experience
Breathtaking 19 mins u gave us 😊 which month u visited??
Thank you. May june..
Feel free to share this with your friends..,
Beautiful vedio sir. I am just out of control to see this vedio. I did goechala trek before but did not go lampokhari, hmi base camp and cross singalila ridge. Which route is this???
God bless you and see more vedio from you.
+Tilak Paul thanks mr paul.. this is usually called goechala round trek... my organizer at yuksam organized it... most goechala treks show the base camp from dzongri pass....depends on organizer thouugh...
Nice Video George . Which Editor you used to edit this video ?
+Rishad M i used adobe premiere to edit, color and add elements in the film.. thankyou
Video 6 thn lalu ku tonton sampai habis😊
Thank you
Just wow.... Sir, I am Bangladeshi and waited for sooo long for this trek. Now sikkim govt allow us in this state. Can I get ur plan sir??
☺
Great... I guess now its closed for the winter...you may have to wait for another 3 to 4 months...
Once you reach Yuksam, you will have a lot of options for trekking. My trek was organized by Dhanraj Gurung, of red panda tours in yuksam...
Thank you soo much sir ☺
This so beautiful and adventurous! How did you do this? I wanted to take this trail
Thank you. This was organized by a person called Dhanraj Gurung from yuksam.
facebook.com/red.panda.182
Can I get that initial song Singalila to use it for my video.. pls?
You can send an email to media@theindia.info for the song
Hello George!!wonderful work..kudos to you and your team..i would be much obliged if you could tell me when was this trek conducted?what will be the average cost of the trek for a person?Please enlighten us!!
+tsherin wanchu thankyou. It was just am amazing trek. The trek was conducted in may 2015. It was for 14 days. The cost would be about a lakh...but depends on the number of members in the team. It was conducted by dhanraj gurung from red panda tours, yuksam.
+tsherin wanchu thankyou. It was just am amazing trek. The trek was conducted in may 2015. It was for 14 days. The cost would be about a lakh...but depends on the number of members in the team. It was conducted by dhanraj gurung from red panda tours, yuksam.
Nice video, could you please tell how can one go for this trek
My trek was organised by a person called dhanraj guring. He stays in yuksam . .Sikkim..he has his office there..
I'm so lost after watching this.
+Abhishek Shetty thankyou....
+Abhishek Shetty .. hope none come to my house looking for you...☺