I've been back in Kathmandu for 2 days now, and you'll have to excuse my tardy update. After a week in the wilderness I was enjoying the comforts of a city.... semi-hot showers, bakeries, and shopping. Navin and Ranjit were kind enough to introduce me to their friend Siddhartha here in Kathmandu, and he was off on a trek in the Gimesh Himel region, and was kind enough to invite me along. I thought, why not? A non-touristy view of Nepal would be great! Little did I know that it would turn out to be one of the hardest things I've ever done. Dragging oneself up a mountain with a 10KG pack is surprisingly difficult. And a childhood filled with mountain climbing doesn't really negate a few years in decadent Shanghai. So we took a 6-7
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