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...
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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...
DAY 13- Muktinath to Marpha
Of course, I awakened to rain. Pre-monsoon season rain no less. I don’t think that Muktinath sleeps. All night I heard sounds of drums beating, cows mooing, dogs barking, water buffalos…making a weird deep...
DAY 14-Marpha to Lete
Mules, mules, and more mules. They use mules to haul supplies up and down the valley. I’m constantly trying not to get mule-kicked on the narrow trails. The horses here are small compared to...
DAY 15- Lete to Tatopani
Eighteen miles and my feet are killing me! This extreme downhill is causing old injuries to act up. My knee is hurting, as is the old stress fracture site on my right foot. I...
DAY 16- Tatopani to Ghorepani
I’m exhausted! Today’s hike was almost 20 miles straight up hill! A climb of about 5,000 ft. At least my blisters don’t bother me climbing hills. The hike to Ghorepani was beautiful. Altitude here...
DAY 17- Ghorepani to Birethanti
Beautiful views from Poon Hill as we headed to Ghorepani. But by the end of today I could barely walk from the pain my blister. I was having to use 2 walking sticks...
DAY 18- Birethanti to Naudanda
I really hate flying cockroaches. We chased it around the inside of the tent for over 3 minutes before we snuffed the life out of it. It started to rain last night and it...
DAY 19- Naudanda to Pokhara
Should have seen the smile on the faces of the boys when yours truly paid them their tips. Obviously, they weren’t accustomed to women handling the business end of a wallet! We all...
DAY 20-Pokhara to Kathmandu
Long bus trip back to Kathmandu today. There’s nothing that compares to the experience of riding down the Prithvi Highway. Inhaling diesel fumes and cow dung. They drive on the left side of...
