Tuesday, December 12, 2006

It's hard to know what to write about the days trekking activities. It's easier to sum it up - in an 'average' day. So here goes:
5am - Wake up. Need to pee. It's cold outside the sleeping bag. Stay inside it. Can see my breath. Doze for a while.
6.45am - Decide to brave the cold. Grab my clothes and bring them into the sleeping bag - to warm up. Get dressed as quickly as possible.
7am - Pack the backpack. Wash (yeah right!) and go down for breakfast.
7.30 - Eat porridge or banana pancakes for breakfast.
8am - Start walking.
9am - Still walking. Up.
10am - More walking. Down.
11am - Up again. Keep going up.
12pm - Lunch. Dahl Bhat - rice and lentils with curry. So good.
1pm - Walking again.
4pm - Arrive at lodge. Take off boots. Drink lemon tea.
6pm - Eat dinner.
8pm - Get into sleeping bag.
8.30pm - Asleep...

I can't describe how much walking up and down we've done over the last few days. On one day alone we climbed 1900m (that's 6200ft) and then descended another 400m (1300ft). The rivers run North South, and we are walking East. This means we cross every valley on a bridge over the river, and then climb the valley side until we cross the mountain pass at the top. Only to have to descend to the valley below.

The scenery is amazing. Pine trees, rhododendrons, glacial rivers, blue skies, clouds below us......
My feet are killing me, but no blisters......

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