The collective experiences from Jumla Rara Ultra Marathon 2025 trail run leaves me mesmerised — how blessed and sacred this entire journey has been.
It is this magical bowl up there in the high mountains that forms the Rara lake — like an elusive grandeur secluded in a valley. The Jumla Rara closing ceremony was over and I was walking around the lake to go out of the valley, to Salleri to catch a bus for Jumla. The cusp around Rara lake where the trail climbs out of the valley onto the grand Milichaur meadow and further down to Salleri, this elusive point is hidden unless you have been there or know about it. As though an enveloping mist — a warm feeling that takes all over you — I was in complete awe how amazing the lake formation is, like some kind of a hidden gem in the high mountains. The journey further to Salleri and onwards winds downhill — going below Rara lake. This was a quirky amazing feeling — the lake up there and myself, as though, descending down from a heaven.
The magical bowl — nature’s big bowl up in the high mountains, surrounded by pine forest and rhododendron trees, rocky mountains, meadows with beautiful little yellow flowers. A magical nestle with clear turquoise lake is a mystical journey unlike any. The entire geography must be nature’s magnificent design that holds the huge and beautiful Rara up above the valleys and mountains that one has to navigate to reach.
The morning after the race, waking up to clear blue sky, sun peering through pines, the pine trees standing on a brown and green meadow, a small stream flowing further away, occasional bird songs and raven crows, the invigorating pine aroma of the forest was making me high.
I was in Rara, my being was high on a mystic nostalgia. Flashes of similar experiences from the past, ambient pine aroma, the immense gratitude I was feeling for the abundance made me thank the eternal Universe and the firmament of being through which we all inter connect. The breathe reminded me I am not flying away in some sci-fi journey. I was here and in the ‘Now’ — around the majestic Rara. I was yearning to share this beautiful journey with my beloved ones who have been through my thick and thin.
I had dedicated this run to myself — my being — which made it possible to experience this amazing journey. The firmament of my being — the collective spirit of atoms and molecules that is thus me — oh thank you… thank you!
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| Jumla Valley far in the background while headed for Danphe Pass at 3300 m |
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| Rara Lake grandeur while descending down from Chuchemara Pass at 4100 m |
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