Just 4000 Meters till the top . . .

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A little behind on my travel blogs, but do not worry, now that I'm traveling by myself I'll have plenty of time to catch up!
Going back three weeks ago . . .
We were still in India, still in Rishikesh, seems like a lifetime ago on a different planet. Rachel, Jordana and I had planned to go on a four day Himalayan trek to climb a mountain peak which reached a little more than 4,000 meters (the highest mountain peak in Lake Tahoe is at Heavenly, and is ONLY 3068 meters tall!).
We had our guide Mokesh to lead us through beautiful mountains, remote villages and deep valleys. Despite cold weather, hail and rain, we reached our peak on the fourth day! It was exhilarating.
Here are my pictures from that event, enjoy!
Next Destination: Bangkok, Thailand!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love,
Erin

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Photos

MOUNTAINS
Our first look at those stunning mountains, and our first realization that we were actually going to try to climb those??

Village House
Mountain village house, so cute

Trio
Day One: We don't look that bad yet. . .

View From Day One Camp
Imagine waking up to this scene?

Tent
We slept in tea houses everynight. They're basically semi-permanent tents. There was a common area with a fire where everyone hung out and ate our meals and an outdoor kitchen. So, we weren't roughing it, exactly, but we FELT like we were, which is most important, right?

Village Woman
We stopped at this woman's hut for lunch. She welcomed all of us into her mud home and made us Chai immediately. She was a sweetheart.

Almost there on day 3!
Getting a little bit colder . . .

Day Four
The last heave-ho till the top. By this time it's freezing and we can't figure out why our guide didn't tell us to pack warmer.

Day Four
The final final climb till the top now, and it's a long way to the bottom if you fall on the snow, yikes!

Celebration!
This is our mini-celebration dance that we made it to the top!!!!!!!!!!!

On the way down.
Shortly after we made it to the top, we realized that our trek was only half way done, and we had to hike home.

Tired Girlies
Exhausted and cold from the trek, Jor and I put on our best faces for this picture.

Comments

[Mom]

Trekkies
Congratulations! What an amazing feat. Love you. Mom

[Annie]

You go Girl!
That is crazy Erin. So you had your own sherpa? so cool. Wish I was there with you. miss you and can't wait for you to get home.

[Chods]

Like Sir Edmund Hilary?
Did you have a shirpa? P.S. Picnic Day says hi to you three chillers.