Writer Jozef Banáš fulfilled the dream, a 77-year-old author attended a pilgrimage to the source of the gang, The largest Indian river. He spoke about a physically and mentally demanding journey in the far Himalayas on television. “It was probably the hardest thing I had in my life. It took two weeks to get out of the Dili up to the village of gangotter, which is the starting point to the source of the gang, “he described, adding that the length of the pilgrimage was 42 kilometers at 4100 meters above sea level.
“The kilometer has made us a bus, the age category in which I was already moving, about 35 to 40 minutes. There was little air. I was a little worried about that“They do not hide. The expedition was completed by 25 participants under the leadership of an experienced Himalayan leader Daniel Máčovský. According to his age, the writer could have been entered in the Guinness Book of Records, but he had a doctor’s decision.
Before the trip, each participant had to undergo a medical examination. Banas stressed that it was carried out very responsibly. When the doctor asked him about age, he stopped. He wasn’t sure if they were going to play a 77-year-old man. The entrance to the national park is controlled by police. “He wrote 67 in the box, so he gave me ten years less. Then when I asked the Sherpas at what age they had people there, they agreed that they probably had no 77-year-old guy there,“He told a former politician.
The journey gave him a hard time. “I can tell you that I was going to the stop. I didn’t experience that in my life. It was that a step, a breath, a step, a step and you are going 21 kilometers. “It was a search for yourself. I cleaned my head, emotions. It was the strongest emotional experience I had in my life,“He evaluated honestly.
Banáša did not discourage the danger associated with it. “Dano Máčovský is an unofficial Himalayan guide. The guides to the source of the gang Such unofficial expeditions, because this is a rather risky thing. No one takes responsibility for you. You can’t get there, there are no helicopters. When something happens to you at that height, the only chance is that the sheriff runs down to the village, brings a donkey and takes you down. What will help you when it takes seven hours, ” Father Adela Vincze, Father Vincze.
