Start date: June 19
Finish date: July 4
Days hiking: 16, no rest days
Miles walked: about 150
Total elevation climbed: between 8,000 and 9,000 meters, almost as high as Mt. Everest
Highest point: Thorung La Pass, 5,416 meters, higher than the elevation at which people can permanently live
Largest ascent in one day: 1,300 meters
Largest descent in one day: over 1,600 meters
Tallest mountain sighted: Dhaulagiri, world's 7th highest
Most number of rivers forded in one day: 4
Shortest amount of time between consecutive falls on my butt while going downhill: 4 seconds
Number of blisters on my feet: 9
Number of toes that don't have blisters: 4
Number of toenails about to fall off: 1
Total leech bites: 3
Earliest time that I woke up naturally: 5am
Number of donkeys that have run into me: 4
Number of animals that farted on me: 2 (1 donkey, 1 goat)
Times I washed my socks on the trek: 1
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| Annapurna II |
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| Throung La Pass |
I'm back in civilization now, in Pokhara, and am sitting out the monsoon weather until heading back to Kathmandu.
ahhh, donkey farts. The real way to know you are on an adventure.
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