The Annapurna Circuit Hike
The Annapurna Circuit Length: 17 Day Trek / 22 day trip including Kathmandu and Pokhara Difficulty: Difficult – due to extreme altitudes and distance Max. Altitude: 5,416 m /17,769 ft Avg. Altitude: 3,000...
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Annapurna Journal
A word for word transcription of my trail journal entries TRIP ITINERARY May 11 Arrived in Kathmandu at 7:30 PM May 12 Meet with Thamserku Trekking Company (The leading adventure travel company in Nepal)...
DAY 1 – Kathmandu to Besi Sahar by Bus
A big 20 passenger bus drove up to our hotel, The Marsyangdi, carrying the guide, porters, and the gear. They loaded our packs onboard and we headed off to the town of Besi Sahar where...
Day 2 – Besi Sahar to Ngadi
Our trek began with a light rainfall. Pretty much stayed a light drizzle all day. We walked right through the fields where the locals were tilling their crops. The worst part of this day...
DAY 3 – Ngadi to Syange
From the dawn of mankind, the human male has been driven by a survival instinct to assert his superiority over other males. All the while, the female of the species stood by…laughing. -Irene...
DAY 4 – Syange to Tal
Billy awoke feeling better today and we headed off to Tal. Good grief! the route map had a section labeled “long, hot hill.” Really…it’s labeled like that on the map! What it doesn’t tell...
DAY 5 – Tal to Timang Besi
The trek almost ended today…again. This time it was me who got sick. I thought I was going to have to cash in that expensive rescue insurance and get medevaced back to Pokhara. That’s...
DAY 6 – Timang Besi to Bratang
I woke up feeling fine. A miraculous recovery. I suspect my co-worker James Jones must have been including us in his prayers. I hope he doesn’t stop, we still have 14 days to...
DAY 7 – Bratang to Pisang
Last night was interesting. Around 1am we were awakened by what sounded like 2 rifle shots in succession. Naturally, my husband the life member of “conspiracy theorists anonymous”, immediately went into Army...
DAY 8 – Pisang to Manang
The road to Manang was right out of the Clint Eastwood movie “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly”. The first hour of walking was straight uphill. We gained about 1300 ft in altitude and when we...
DAY 9 – Acclimatization day in Manang
Our guide let us sleep in today. We got our usual wake up call at 6:30 AM instead of 5:30. Every morning we are awakened with the greeting “Namaste, Sir, Madam. Hot tea”....
DAY 10 – Manang to Letdar settlement
Only 8 days to go… We arrived at the settlement of Letdar after 3 hours of uphill walking. Altitude is about 14,000 ft. Billy keeps making the comment that the next day’s walk...
DAY 11 – Letdar Settlement to Thorung Pedi
Today we walked for about 3 hours to Thorung Pedi, elevation 15,000 ft. This isn’t a village, it’s just a collection of buildings that serve as an Inn for the trekkers....
Day 12 – Thorung Pedi to Muktinath (Thorung La Summit)
We were awakened at 3:30am with the usual pot of hot tea and washing water in our tent. The morning didn’t seem as cold as some others (or maybe it was just all the...
