Blogs from Phortse Tenga, Nepal, Asia

After several weeks in the mountains, it was time to come back down. It was a much easier walk on the way down than it was on the way up. That bastard of a climb to Namche wasn’t so bad on the way down, though all those downhill switchbacks can be tough on your knees. When your lungs are accustomed to such thin air and you are at lower altitude with more oxygen, you suddenly have this amazing energy. The landscape had changed since we ascended the trail a few weeks before. Spring had arrived in the valley and everything was so bright and green, especially compared to the lunar landscapes at high altitude. The waterfalls were fuller and the rivers were higher. Riverbanks that were sandy and rocky a few weeks before were now covered ... read more