Day 19 Sinuwa - Deurali (3230m) 11k ish.

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Clear skies at 6 this morning and Machapuchare and Annapurna South looked splendid. Also on display Annapurna III and a fraction of Gangapurna. Todya was agreat trek as we worked deeper into the Sanctuary through more jungly/forest terrain. I have spent some time considering the options should the cow murderer present himself to us over the next few days. Here is my guide to surviving a tiger attack in the Himalayas:

1 - Feed Hari to the greedy beast
2 - Push Hari off a high precipace and hope the beast follows in pursuit off fresh Nepali meat
3 - Run for ones life, tripping ones porter-guide over in path of the beast to slow it down.
4 - Drop oversized boulder on beats head 'Life Of Brian' style.

We are now at the Dream Lodge Deurali within 1 days hike of both Machapuchare and Annapurna Base Camps. I really like this place, the valley is starting to enclose us as the high sheer cliffs on either side narrow. We have seen so many major landslides on the trail today. The risk of landslide/avalanche on the ABC trek is fairly high especially afetr any prolonged rainful. We are on the cusp of monsoon season in June but should be on our way before the serious stuff starts.

We are at 3200m and whilst we still have 1000m to climb tommorow this is a much lower altitude than Thorong La so at the risk of sounding complacent this should be a walk in the park.

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Photos

View from Sinuwa
Down Valley

View from Sinuwa
Towards Fishtail

To Deurali
Heading to ABC

Darren heading to Deurali
ABC beckons.

Hari and Dal Bhat
At the Dream Lodge Deurali