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Annapurna IV

Tuesday, June 12th, 2007

Ghasa to Muktinath

After saying goodbye to our new friends, we continued up the valley toward Jomsom and Muktinath. By now, we had all the kinks worked out and felt like seasoned trekkers. Along the way we met some interesting people and got to really enjoy seeing the Nepali people living their lives the same way they had done for centuries. In Tukuche, we happened to be walking by a school just before morning classes started and the yard was full of laughing children.
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Annapurna III

Saturday, June 9th, 2007

Tatopani to Ghasa

The morning after our marathon trek to Tatopani, Alexa dramatically declared that she needed a wheelchair to go down to breakfast and that she wasn’t walking anywhere that day. We had been considering taking a rest day in Tatopani (since we’d skipped the one in Ghorepani), but the more Alexa whined, the more determined we became to not give in to her tantrums. In the end, we decided to leave late and make it a short day. As we began our trek around 10AM, I began to question the wisdom of not taking a rest day as my calves screamed at me with every step, but after about an hour we all seemed to have walked off the stiffness of the previous day. [read on]

Annapurna Circuit II

Saturday, June 9th, 2007
Poon Hill to Tatopani We had planned to take a rest day in Ghorepani before the 7 hour trek to Tatopani because we wanted to climb to the top of Poon Hill for sunrise. Because we had to leave before ... [Continue reading this entry]

Annapurna Circuit I

Saturday, June 9th, 2007
Pokhara to Ghorepani Mar 16-18 The morning we were to fly to Pokhara to begin our Annapurna Circuit trek, I awoke at 4:30AM with a familiar cramping in my guts and had to make a run for the bathroom. This couldn’t ... [Continue reading this entry]

K-K-K-K-K-K-Katmandu! I think it’s really where I’m goin’ to…

Saturday, June 9th, 2007
BOB SEGER lyrics
Mar 13 – 16 I’ll never forget ... [Continue reading this entry]