Pisang reached!
ROUGH ROADS: took 7.5 hours to ride a fully laden Indian-made jeep to Pisang. The new road across the Marshyangdi river will change life here as Trekkers change trails to avoid it.. But it takes...
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 β 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 thatβs a view worth getting up early. Today we head up to 4100m for a key part of acclimatization for the summit....
Summit! May 22
Hereβs the latest update since the one from Ghyaru and Ngawal a week or so ago. We acclimatized at successfully...
May 24 β Manang people
Manang people: one if the greatest things of an expedition into an ancient place is meeting people- like Kancha, who...
may 26- Not a Swiss time piece
Yesterday we travelled 7 hours across rain soaked unmetalled roads to Besisahar, just 70km away. Some pictures here to give you an idea that travel in Nepal isnβt like a Swiss time piece. Rock falls,...
May 26- reflections
DO YOU MAKE YOUR OWN LUCK? four days ago, and after months of planning an innovative high altitude mountaineering traverse...
May 27th β gratitude weekend
GRATITUDE WEEKEND: original climbing project not completed, body aches, blisters and face falling apart from sunburn. But on the road...
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