Because 2 weeks of traveling isn’t enough

A week into our walk we overheard someone asking their guide why the children were so dirty. Indeed, they can be pretty scraggly, but we doubt the reason is as the guide answered: “It’s very dirty here.” After getting above 11,000 feet or so on the eastern Annapurna range, it becomes too damn cold to…

In case you’re curious, sleeping at 16,000 ft. for a night is near impossible in spite of being physically exhausted. Climbing to 17,768 ft. the next day seems easy by comparison despite the freezing temperatures, fresh snow, altitude headaches and relentless ascent. Through it all the towering peaks act as reminders that the pass is…

We’re at 12,860 ft. huddled in a lodge hiding from the howling afternoon winds. We have slowed our trekking to only 3 hours a day in order to acclimatise and not run out of breat in the thin air. In truth, we can’t complain about being forced to stop hiking before our muscles ache and…

We expected hiking in the Himalayas to be strenuous and awe-inspiring, which it is. We did not expect to step into an epic fantasy novel: Exhausted after another 8-hour trek, our heroes stumbled into the Thorung Lodge, and quickly discarded their packs on the dusty wooden floor. Looking at the grime-covered travellers the innkeeper had…

Day 1, Mile 0, 3,000 ft Day 10, Mile 73, 17,768 ft Day 15, Mile 111, 3,900 ft Day 20, Mile 145, 13,550 ft Day 23, Mile 171, 3,345 ft We’re back in the relative civilization of Kathmandu listening to coverbands singing Alanis Morissette and Dave Matthews Band songs poorly through the open door of…