Departing:Khare/4900M/550MB/shiny The climb that day was offering novelty. If the first hours were devoted to a rock climbing trek up to the Ice Point (5200m); the remaining of the climbing to Highcamp was progressing in the snow and roped. Via Mera La (where we didn't stopped ) to Highcamp,the walk took me 10 hours and prooved very strenous. Highcamp is stupefying by its position between rock and ice, flat ice cap and menacing cliff. The tent was so close to the edge of the cliff that my treking mates were affraid of me being sick again (nausea) to fall down there. As far I am concerned I was so washed out that I would not have minded. I tried to rest as much as I could for the night was going to be really short. Arriving:Highcamp/5800M//shiny/nausea ... read more

Departing:Tangnog/4100M/630MB/shiny The Inku is our guide to Khare, the Basecamp. The land is now a rocky wide valley were small streams of water rush down. This really looks like mountainering now. On the afternoon, at Khare, we got our mountainering gear adapted and adjusted for the training cession on next day. The Mera is now to be seen on every instant. It s there expecting us. Arriving:Khare/4900M/560MB/shiny ... read more

We stopped by a monastery to deliver devotions to a statue of Buddha which refused to be removed from the cave inwhich three monks had deposited it to shelter their night.... read more

Departing:Kholakharka/4100M/620MB/snowy Early morning wake-up brought a surprise to us. During the night, it had been snowing and freezing. All equipment left outside of our sheltering tents was ice rigid and covered with a thin white, christal shining film of ice. We zigzaged down the forest again and we had lunch in a place that we all agreed to call the Jungle. The closest place in my souvenir to match that place is Louisiana's Bayou. At the end of the « descent »,we ve reached the Inku again. This time, the river runs down a valley much larger that shows the work of glaciers. Arriving:Kote/3400M/680MB/light clouds... read more

Departing:Nazingkata/2650M/780 MB/cloudy We keep on going up. We obviously have gained in strength and fitness for that we arrived in the surrounding of our lunchbrake plazza far to early according to Buddha. So we had a break around ten by the small village of Chharakhor. I keep a touching souvenir of that place because of a real vue of what could be life for the poorest Nepalis. I had the pleasure to experience drinking Nepali Salted Tea prepared for us by a very shy lady in her « Hut ». How could I forget the roof made of branches darkened by the tar of that small, unique and multipurpose fireplace? The very best to you Chharakhori lady. We had lunch just a half an hour walk to our objective:Cholemkharka. Arriving:Cholemkharka/3400M/660MB/light clouds.... read more