Luder Thakur
Luder has been skiing, since 1990, ie for over 16 years. He has completed Basic, Intermediate and Advanced course at WHMI (Western Himalayan Mountaineering Institute at Manali) as well as MOI (Method of Instruction) at WHMI in Skiing and Mountaineering.
Luder rained in Japan for 60 days in 1998. He was part of the Indian National Team for over six years and represented India in South Korea and Iran Competitons, Japan, Sweden and FIS races. He has won several medals including those at national level. You can see some of them alongside! He has taught more than 1000 people to ski.
Khem has been involved in Mountaineering and Skiing for the past 17 years, since 1989. He has completed the Basic, Advanced and MOI (Method of Instruction) courses at Western Himalayan Mountaineering Institute (WHMI) . Has been part of several mountaineering expeditions including Hanuman Tibba, Friendship, Ladakhi, Shetidar. In Spiti, Bada Shigri, Kulu Pamori, CB Range (6 peaks), Mool Kila etc etc . Led more than sixty groups on various expeditions. Has also taken groups on more than two hundred treks of varying durations in Himachal, Ladakh etc.
Khem is also and expert Skiier, participated in World Cup 2002 in Iran, representing India. Have taught more than 1000 people to ski.
More about us - Comments about Iceland, excerpted from the blog of guests at Iceland
"Speaking of the Iceland, I don’t know if we’d said much about where we’re staying. From the outside, it’s a fairly plain looking, 3-story, green-and-white concrete box. Inside, it’s really very cozy. We’ve been staying in #9, on the top floor. The rooms have red carpet, pale wood paneling set in interesting patterns cover all the walls, and the ceiling is wooden beams and paneling painted white. Our window looks down the valley at the cliff wall where the Beas river descends toward the entrance of the Rhotang Valley, so we see cliff, trees, and the goings-on and laundry at the neighbor’s house below us. Khem, the owner, has been extremely nice to us, and all of his employees have been very good as well. Singh, the cook, is a gem. The prospect of going somewhere else and having to eat our own cooking does not appeal after he’s been taking care of us. We usually get omelets in the morning (cheese for me, plain or veg for Trev) and some plain parathas (a sort of leathery flatbread that’s amazingly heavy and filling). Lemon tea is one of our morning favorites, and the regular (milk, black, or spiced masala) tea (chai) is good, but the coffee is Nescafe, so we don’t get that often. A typical day here sees at least 4 or 5 rounds of tea. Lunch is usually cheese sandwiches and fingerchips, or chowmein, or some soup. We could order specific dishes for dinner, but we usually just say dinner for however many of us there are, and they bring out some rice and chapati (different kind of flat bread – lighter than parathas) along with three different dishes – always a dal (lentil) and/or bean dish, usually something with veggies and potatoes, and then a third thing, usually a curry but varies quite a bit from peas and mushrooms, to curd, to the stuffed peppers we had the other night. All of which is ordered up and served by a small flock of young 20-something local employees referred to collectively as “the boys” (their term, not ours). The dining room is very nice, with 270 degrees of mountain views, a huge propane space heater, and satellite TV, quite often tuned to cricket, but with several English-language movie and news channels (actually way more channels that either of us are used to)"
