Blogs from Damak, Nepal, Asia

October 23, 2008 Thursday about 7 a.m. Duvon Day 2 (Wednesday, October 22) Left Tolka at 7:30 a.m. after breakfast. Food is very good and filling. Went downhill for several hours, up and down, across small bridges. Then down, down, to New Bridge: which is a very long bridge. And then, up, up, up. I was quite pleased not to be nearly as winded as yesterday and experimented with the “rest step” finally deciding that it is essentially walking up, taking one foot at a time like a toddler walking up steps. (Except not actually resting 2nd foot on the step, just pausing). Good thing that I did because Bruce got quite winded after lunch and I finally taught him - it is slow but he stopped being winded and actually arrived at Chamrong tired but ... read more