Boredom at 6,300 ft above sea level during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown pushed some village youths in Arunachal Pradesh’s Dibang Valley district to set out to map a trek route covering seven hitherto unexplored eastern Himalayan lakes above 12,000 ft.
Before them, only high-altitude hunters knew about these lakes. And these hunters preferred to keep their routes a secret.
