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Nepal (Day 15)
14th November: Marpha (2,665m) – Lete (2,470m) This morning we learnt that three people have been killed in riots in Kathmandu. The elections, scheduled for tomorrow, were provoking unrest and apparently, if the communists did not get in, there was going to be a blood bath. The British Foreign Office were advising tourists not to…
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Nepal (Day 14)
13th November: Muktinath (3,762m) – Marpha (2,665m) ‘How much rakshi did you get through last night?’ Narayan stood there grinning and trying, unsuccessfully, to look innocent as I paid the bill for our night’s board and accommodation. Not surprisingly, he admitted to feeling a bit naramro (unwell). Long after we three had retired, our guide/porter…
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Nepal (Day 13)
12th November: Throng Phedi (4,440m) – Thorong La (5,416m) – Muktinath (3,762m) The Big Day. 3.30am at last. I was lying awake when the alarm beeped. Inside our sleeping bags was certainly the only warm place in Thorong Phedi, but rise we must. An early start was the only way to ensure that we crossed…
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Nepal Day 12
11th November: Letdar (4,176m) – Thorong Phedi (4,440m) I had to get up for the inevitable pee in the middle of the night. Although it was freezing, the stars were out – a good sign. After the few flakes which tried to fall earlier, we had all been afraid of snow falling higher up and…
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Nepal (Day 11)
10th November: Manang (3,535m) – Letdar (4,176m) Somehow, we had been led to believe that this was a short leg. I’d heard rumours of 6km flying around. I don’t know if this was correct but steep tracks at high altitude don’t make for easy walking and it certainly felt a lot further than that. Anyway,…
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Nepal (Day 10)
9th November. Manang (Rest day??) Ha! So much for our supposed rest day – we ended up walking just as far and climbing considerably more than on any other day so far. I guess this is all good for acclimatisation purposes. It was gloriously warm in the cocoon of my five-season sleeping bag in which…
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Nepal (Day 9)
8th November: Ongre (3322m) – Manang (3535m) There were no three-bedded rooms at the Maya Lodge so I was sharing with Beth and Eugene with Narayan. Narayan lacked a sleeping bag and usually slept by the fire with the other porters so he found the guest bedroom chilly. Beth and I were woken at the…
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Nepal (Day 8)
7 November Bradan (2,850m) – Ongre (3,322m) We’ve passed the 3,000m mark and we can certainly feel it. As soon as the sun disappears the temperature plummets. Today was a wonderful day. Having covered so much extra distance yesterday, we were able to lie in till 7.00am. The sun was coming through the cracks in…
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Nepal (Day 7)
6th November: Bagarchhap (2160m) – Bradan (2850m) I awoke at about 2am feeling that I had to pee. My sleeping bag was warm and outside felt very cold. I remembered that my torch batteries were dead. Damn! I lay half dozing in my bag until I heard Eugene get up muttering curses under his breath.…
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Nepal (Day 6)
5 November: Chyanje (1400m) to Bagarchhap (2160m) We enjoyed the hour or so walk to Tal far more in the freshness of the early morning than we would have done at the end of yesterday. It was cool and shady to start so Eugene was happy and I less so, but I soon warmed up…