by Gordon Webster | Dec 1, 2018 | 2018 Gord's Trip to Nepal |
On our final, twenty-fourth, day of trekking we walked for three hours, mostly on the road. As we descended towards the highway the temperature rose and the intensity of human activity increased. We completed our walk at Naya Pul, a town on the highway...
by Gordon Webster | Nov 29, 2018 | 2018 Gord's Trip to Nepal |
Yesterday we got up before dawn to watch the sunrise at ABC. The moon and Venus were bright, and we could see small groups of trekkers with headlamps making their way up from Macchapuchhare Base Camp. I am not much for sunrises, but it was a beautiful...
by Gordon Webster | Nov 27, 2018 | 2018 Gord's Trip to Nepal |
It was a pretty three hour walk, with 900 metres of climbing, to reach the Annapurna Base Camp (ABC). We crossed stretches of old snow in avalanche chutes, before bursting into the sunshine above the Macchapuchare Base Camp. Helicopters buzzed overhead,...
by Gordon Webster | Nov 27, 2018 | 2018 Gord's Trip to Nepal |
It was a pleasant climb through a mature hardwood and bamboo forest today. We are in a narrow valley leading into the Annapurna sanctuary, so despite the clear conditions we did not have direct sun until 10:30 am. There are monkeys in the forests we...
by Gordon Webster | Nov 25, 2018 | 2018 Gord's Trip to Nepal |
Today was rather uneventful, but we did have some of the nicest weather we have experienced. It often gets partly cloudy starting at midday, but today was blue sky from dawn to dusk. Because we were at moderate altitudes of 1800 to 2400 metres, it was also...
