Namaste!Yesterday 29th March 2013 we left beautiful village of Hongon 2300m. We have spent our night at Hongon school the only camp where we camp in 2012 GHT too. It was big ground for good camp but last monsoon has brought up pile of bolder and rock due to land slide they have lost their school and remain on...
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The night sky in the Himalaya - from Chyamtang on a rest/wash/medical day
27 Mar 2013
It's R&R (aka washing) day for your GHTers today.We are at Chyamtang, a small hillside village, situated at an elevation of 2300 metres above the Arun Nadi - and it's still very remote, with maybe less than 10 kms between us and Tibet.The terraced fields here are already in early spring production, and I...
First views of Makalu Ranges and very remote villages
25 Mar 2013
Yesterday 24th March we had a leisurely day of 5 hours walk basically descending from 4500m to 3600m to one of the isolated villages of the Makalu region, Thudam. It takes at least 10 days of walking to reach this village from the nearest civilisation. About 20 wood house with many children. No school for kid...
Climbing Pass #2 and #2 of the 26 passes on the GHT - 6 steps, 10 deep breaths, then repeat
23 Mar 2013
It was a big day today - up at 5am (instead of the usual 6:30am) so we had time to climb, then cross, our 2nd and 3rd passes (of the 26 on the GHT) and then descend in time to prepare camp.From the moment we left our icy overnight camp this morning, it was up and up - only wish I could have taken a photo of t...
On the way to the Lumba Sumba pass - 3ft of snow! Day 22
22 Mar 2013
After a heavy snow fall last night 21st march we started our walk breaking fresh snow and pack snow. It has been quite a challenge crossing Dinsangba river where there was no bridge to cross on, helping each other we managed to cross icy cold water and slippery bolders. We followed the river upstream through...
