How to sum up the past 16 days? We've walked over 200km, climbed to a height of 5416m, walked through fields of Marajuana, high altitude moon scape, alpine fir forests, stayed in tiny nepali villages almost on the tibetan border, made some great mates and greatest of all...survived, with no frostbite or sickness to speak of (although I had a blister on all 5 toes on my right foot by day 5!). It's been the most physically challenging 16 dayts of my life, althouhg looking back on it I'm not sure what I was expecting. Not a walk in the park but perhaps not as demanding as it was! We started out in the small village of Besisahar, a 6 hour bus ride away from Kathmandu. We had already met a couple who were starting the
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