Team HAC Takes On 300km of Nepali Flat

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November 28th 2007

Published: December 21st 2007

High Altitude Cricket: The Next Frontier The world of cricket has been stagnant too long. No major advancements have been made in the game in recent years, excepting of course any advancements that have been made, and something needed to be done about it. Enter Team High Altitude Cricket, or HAC for short. The mission was simple: to play cricket at any altitude higher than Australia. It turns ou... Read Full Entry

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Matthew Lee

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Finished uni? Too lazy to get a job? Got a passion to see the world? Why not run away and try to cross the world from Bangkok to London without flying! Starting on January 11, 2007 I set out to do just that with my mate Jeff. Bangkok, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, a six month sojourn in China, Mongolia, Nepal and India have happened already. Who knows where this new year will find me. See the World.... full info

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Ben Takes a Breather

Terraces on the Hills

The Valley Becomes a Gorge

Massive Waterfall

We stayed immediately opposite this waterfall for the night.

Creepy Local Man

Pumping Water and Getting Laughed At

Marjie purifies the water while a group of locals, no doubt, is laughing their heads off about two meters away. Not really, but that's what we told the Spaniard.

Ben Getting Ready To Walk

Dad, Ready to Go

Very Steep Mountainside

The opposite side of the valley to where we were walking, until we crossed over five minutes later.

Monkey!

More Beautiful Waterfalls

There were hundreds of them, how could I not take photos?

Tiered Waterfall

Don't Look Down

Scary path to be walking on.

Ben Pays Off the Maoists

The Maoist party demanded we pay them a "voluntary donation" when we passed them. As far as we can tell, they just sit there and demand money off anyone dumb enough to give it to them (i.e. us). However, in the words of my friend Shanyi: "they have no rifles. Rebels need rifles." So yeah, just keep walking and they wont even bother to get out of their chairs.

Another Big Mountain Appears in the Distance

Slowly, but surely, we started to see snowy mountains.

A Different Kind of Scenery

As we got higher the scenery changed drastically.

Tibetan Mani Wall

Sometimes the Path Was Little More Than Stepping Stones

Raging River, Right There

Ben's Ad For Black Diamond Trekking Poles

This wouldn't be out of place in a magazine. What a poser!

Climbing the Other Side

Every time that we went down to the river's level we would just have to climb back up on the other side. It seemed rather defeatist at the time.

22nd December 2007

TOG | AngerManagement
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Nothing compaired to Tazzy
Top story... I am sure that we will all hear from Ben how he saved the day on more than one occasion.... I can hear all the Donkey stories now.... Some one needs to take some round up for those weeds... looks like an infestation. Stay safe and merry X-mass to all.

23rd December 2007

annika
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"the bee didn't stand a chance"
Matty, you must be desperate for a MATTY IS FAT comment, re: sitting on a bee. A half-dozen situation-appropriate jibes spring to mind immediately and I never even got into the whole thing. I can only imagine how many more opportunities the situation presents for the highly trained Matty-is-fat commentators. Have a great Christmas etc...!

27th December 2007

TOG | Angermanagement
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Bridge Broken
Have just heard that one of those bridges you cross has collapsed.. Understand it is a bigger one but due to the name and location in the news I could not recall if you were in the area.. Stay safe..

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