Caffe Bene expedition briefing
Today’s briefing at Caffe Bene’s sole Singapore branch
Caffe Bene Himalayan Traverse is a Go!
Tomorrow, I’ll be on my way to do a high altitude mountaineering traverse expedition. Weather and health permitting, I’ll be...
MEETING THE LEGEND
Yesterday in Kathmandu, May 13: Liz Hawley has been the best-known chronicler of Himalayan expeditions for over four decades. She...
Kathmandu to Besisahar(760m)
Long hot drive to Besisahar today. A quick view of our lunch stop, standard Nepali lunch ‘dhal Bhat’ tarkari- spiced lentils with rice and veggie/ meat sides, and a selfie with MB Tamang, my longstanding...
Pisang reached!
ROUGH ROADS: took 7.5 hours to ride a fully laden Indian-made jeep to Pisang. The new road across the Marshyangdi...
To Ngawal 3650m- May 16
Caffe Bene Himalayan Traverse update: Likely to lose mobile connectivity by end of today. Yesterday, we sorted out porter loads...
May 16 update- Ngawal
Fabulous views for most of the day hiking up the 500m to Ghyaru and then on to Ngawal at 3600m
Pisang to Ngawal – the approach begins. May 16
Lung workout: short but hard haul up 500 vertical metres to Ghyaru in 2 hours; lunch and then a push...
May 17 update- Ngawal to yak kharka camp
Morning sunrise over Annapurna II and III from my lodgings at 530am. Now that’s a view worth getting up early....
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