Laitkor Peak or Shillong Peak.
Laitkor Peak or Shillong Peak.
This is a screenshot of the Shillong AF Station map. This Screenshot is just to give you an overall picture of the relative positions of Shillong Viewpoint, Liaykoe Peak and SP 110/4, our home. Normal functions of maps are not available in this map. Those are available in an interactive map.
For an interactive map go here
To see zoomable photos to link @
Laitkor Peak.
While reviewing/ editing the blogs from 1982 onwards eventually reached Shillong.
I saw that blogs on Shillong View Point and Khasi village were written sometime last year, I had either missed out on writing about Latikor Peak or simply The Peak.
So wrote it on 6 May 2021 and published it backdated to maintain chronological order.
Liatkor peak is the highest mountain in Meghalaya with a height of 1961 meters or 6433.727feet.
But as the general elevation of the road passing near the base of the peak and Air Force Station is around 6000 feet + / -, Net climb from the road would not be more than about 400 odd feet.
But as the general elevation of the road passing near the base of the peak and Air Force Station is around 6000 feet + / -, Net climb from the road would not be more than about 400 odd feet.
SP 110/4.
We stayed in SP 110/4 at the Peak for more than one year. Weather was cold. In winters temperatures used to drop to 2 to 4 degrees. During met briefings at Command, we were told "grass temperature" as well, it used to be minus 3-4 degrees C.
These, of course, were minimum temperatures at night. A time when we were cosily tucked in the bed, in rooms warmed by fireplaces.
Day temperatures were 16 degrees plus. So it was quite OK. It was only when day temperatures dropped to 10 or lower that we felt discomfort due to cold.
Even on such days, as long as there was Sunshine it was quite pleasant in the sun.
There was no TV. There were no smartphones. Those were the days there was a lot of interaction between family members.
Invariably on the sunny weekends and holidays all of us used to get out of the house and go to either Shillong view Point, Liatkor Peak or go around the Khasi village which was further down and reached by a footpath.
Those were wonderful times spent in open fresh air by the whole family together. The term "quality time" with family or children was not coined. Today I proudly say that YES, we did spend plenty of "quality time".
Liatkor Peak.
We did not have a car. I had a Vijay Super scooter. Till the time we were in Noida all four of us could pile up on the scooter and go where ever we wanted to go. As Ajeet and Anuj grew in height it was becoming increasingly difficult. In Shillong Ajeet had grown taller than me nad Anuj was approaching the height of Priti. Using it scooter was totally out of question.
A distance of more than about 3 + kilometres made a return trip pf 7 odd KMs.This made it very difficult for us to visit Liatkor Paek as often as we visited Shillong Viewpoint or the Khasi Village. Yet I think we must have gone there and climbed it about 3 to 4 times in one year of our stay.
It was a tremendous experience to go right to the top and have a view of the complete Shillong city and the surrounding areas.
Looking at the photos one can visualise the live experience we had.
The climb was exhilarating and the view from the peak was most amazing.
