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| 2025-07-23 00:05:58 UTC | Day 96 | Rest Day #2. Hung out and ate too much. Drank a lot of coffee. Wrote a blog and journaled.
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| 2025-07-22 00:05:58 UTC | Day 95 | Rest Day #1. Visit to Muktinath temple area. Ate too much. Tea in town. Washing. Gear and food check/packing.
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| 2025-07-21 00:05:58 UTC | Day 94 | Woke at 3.45am, chapati and egg at 4am, on the trail at 4.30am. An Alaskan Malamute dog guided us from High Camp over the pass for 7km. The trail was easy to follow, even in the dark and very distinct even in the pass. Snow poles marked the way. 2hr over and 4hrs down. No views due to thick fog. Popped out at Muktinath near the nunnery and main temple area. Checked out of Annapurna circuit at the ACAP office in the Main Street, then down to Mukti Villa, our agent’s (Ang’s) friend’s AirBNB. Top place!
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| 2025-07-20 00:05:58 UTC | Day 93 | Leisurely start with 7am Chapati and omelette. The good trail continued up hill to an intersection after 1.85km. We took the right fork as it avoids landslide areas and only adds 200m distance and 100m elevation. The trail was broad and good and finished at a massive 360m suspension bridge. Thorong Pedi was on the opposite side, where we stopped for tea. Then more steeply up the hill, at first on braided trail and then on switchbacks. Called it a day at Thorong High Camp guesthouse at 4875m to manage altitude gain.
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| 2025-07-19 00:05:58 UTC | Day 92 | Toast w jam/PNB, omelette, and potato for brekky. On the trail at 8am. A good wide trail started after town then a little concrete road up the hill to Tanki Manang, and back on good wide trail. This continued the rest of the day. Uphill work to Gunsang, which was all closed for the season. Little bit more climb (not steep) to Yak Kharka, but honestly pretty flat. Then a tiny climb to Leddar. Overnight at Hotel Trekker on the far side of town.
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| 2025-07-18 00:05:58 UTC | Day 91 | Rest Day. Strolled around Manang. Failed at getting espresso and bananas. Cooked chicken pasta for lunch. Used the internet far too much. Dahl bat for tea.
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| 2025-07-17 00:05:58 UTC | Day 90 | Pancakes and Tibetan bread for breakfast and head off around 7.45am. This was a slightly longer day of 20km and 1000m gain. The hotel was 2min off the main trail, so we walked back up to the trail and head along the flat for 4ish km before a right turn up the hill steeply on good trails to Ghyaru. Lots of guesthouses in town. Then along a new looking road and undulated all the way to Ngawal where we had lunch. Then concrete road and a small amount of the old trail, which is now mostly gone due to the new road. At the bottom we then head along dirt road on the flat nearly all the way to Manang. Passed smaller towns of Mungli and Braga on the way, each having many guesthouses and shops. Up a final hill to Manang where the road became a trail at the last moment into town. Checked out the Tilicho Hotel as it was highly rated on Google Maps and the rating was solid. Attached room with hot shower and very clean room to Western standards. ACAP check in up the trail a few hundred metres (no hassles).
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| 2025-07-16 00:05:58 UTC | Day 89 | Breakfast with one of the hotel owners. Chapati, espresso and Vegemite. 9.30am on the road, over the road bridge and up to Bhratang. Blue signs indicate the trekking trail, but it is contrived and just as scenic from the road. We took the trail instead of the road occasionally. After Bhratang, followed road until a double bridge and followed the trail from here over the foot bridge. We bought noodles in Dhikur Pokhari and made lunch on the far side of town next to the “lake” which was dry. 30min trail walk to Upper Pisang from there on dry trails (the terrain turns to semi-arid abruptly here). Stayed on the far side of town at Hotel Manang Marshangdi (as recommended to us by Hotel Eagle Eye).
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| 2025-07-15 00:05:58 UTC | Day 88 | 7.15am breakfast and farewelled Mingma (guide) then on the Annapurna Circuit by 7.45am. Up the road to Danyku and cut a few switch backs. Cut one too many and missed a direct road to Timang, instead having a fun trail adventure. Further to Koto mostly on roads with one trail detour, which was contrived (should have stuck to the road). Police check at the very end of town in Koto (no guide and no hassles) and an easy road walk into Chame. Turned left 100m after the river crossing and up to the German Bakery and Hotel Eagle Eye (2min off trail detour). Highly recommended.
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| 2025-07-14 00:05:58 UTC | Day 87 | 7am Nasta, 7.30am jane. The easy well maintained trail continued out of Bimthang and down the hill. Outside Bimthang we were treated to amazing views of the Manaslu range and Larke Peak. Sub alpine quickly gave way to forest and in turn gave way to jungle. We entered Annapurna Conservation area and had a short break at Chuli Kharka. We passed a large (stable) landslide and then crossed over to a new trail, that avoids the landslides by going higher. Went through Surki and then the trail changed to road. Burned down the road very quickly to Gowa (guesthouse lunch). More road after lunch (with just one switchback cut) to Tilche grabbing chocolate at a shop on the way thru. Soon we arrived in Thoche and over a brand new bridge to the northerly end of Dharapani, checking into a hotel (Kingfisher) right next to the Annapurna Conservation Area (ACAP) office.
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| 2025-07-13 00:05:58 UTC | Day 86 | Awake at 3.10am for 3.30am brekky. Tibetan Bread with egg, then on the trail at 4am. Early start due to high afternoon winds in Larke Pass. Good trail all the way, although mildly rocky thru the top of the pass. Too dark to see anything thru Larke Bazar and Dharamasala was totally closed with no one in town. The trail hugged the right side of the glacier on stable ground, until it opened out at the top and worked its way thru rubble on a good trail. The long moderate slope culminated in Larke Pass with a great multitude of prayer flags. Good switch backs on mildly rocky trail down the other side to Larke Phedi for lunch. More good trail down to Bimthang to the Cheers Lilyta Hotel in time for afternoon tea. 11hr with lunch.
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2025-07-12 00:05:58 UTC | Day 85 | Up at 5.30am for a good clear view of Manaslu then back to bed. Fresh stove pot coffee for brekky with Tibetan Bread and copious amounts of peanut butter & jam. Strolled up the hill 8km to Samdo on a good trail (as per the entire Manaslu Circuit). Couldn’t go further up as the guesthouse at Dharmasala was closed. Morning tea at the Hotel Snow Lion and relaxing afternoon, resting for tomorrow big day over Larke La.
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| 2025-07-11 00:05:58 UTC | Day 84 | Rest Day. Drank espresso. Lay in bed. Scrolled Facebook. Wrote notes. Ate snacks. Visited monastery. Dahl bat dinner.
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| 2025-07-10 00:05:58 UTC | Day 83 | Chapati, eggs and apple jam for brekky and then photos in front of the very impressive gate/arch. Police Check leaving town and then steadily upward of the well maintained Manaslu Circuit trek. We passed Banjam and the Lhi and grabbed some chocolates at a good shop. In another hour we came to Sho and decided that we would have early lunch in Lho. Lho had a great chorten and monastery. After pasta lunch we head up hill more sharply to Shyala, which seemed deserted when we arrived. Its big wide main street boasted many guesthouses but most were closed (some open though). Now flatter trails led us to Samagaun and approaching town, it was an extremely flat and wide valley with many old houses. Quick Police Check and into the hotel area. Our first choice was shut, but we found a good one (Samagaun Hotel & Lodge).
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| 2025-07-09 00:05:58 UTC | Day 82 | Normal brekky and on the trail around 7.45am after an obligatory TikTok dance video. Steady elevation gain on a wide, well travelled trail (it’s a popular trekking route after all). Passed several villages and minor landslide areas before stopping in Bur for a tea. Then on to Gap for lunch in the cool breeze at a guesthouse with a nice outdoor seating area. After lunch we continued up hill steadily and over a very high river on a swing bridge and then the slope kicked up for a couple of km. Soon we arrived in Namrung, welcomed by the beautiful gateway of the Nubri Four Seasons Hotel.
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| 2025-07-08 00:05:58 UTC | Day 81 | More chapati and jam for brekky. Another easy start from Jagat up the dirt road to Philim. Past several small villages/shops. Bigger shopping area and cafe in Philim, at which we enjoyed a latte. Friendly Pokice Check then from Philim to Nyak Phedi on a very good trail, albeit hot. Long lunch to get out of the heat for a bit, then more easy trail (but with ups and downs) with interspersed pieces of new road to Deng. There were cliffs and canyons the whole way, which were quite impressive. Hotel Windy Valley & Garden for a nice cuppa and snacks. Overnight here.
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| 2025-07-07 00:05:58 UTC | Day 80 | Chapati and boiled egg brekky and a late start of 8am. Flew up the road to Jagat in 4hr. All road. No trail. Lots of shops. Good views of the valley rock walls. Police Check in Jagat. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 28.35119, 84.89577 | ||||||||
| 2025-07-06 00:05:58 UTC | Day 79 | Rest Day. Stayed at the Trout Farm. Visited the hospital. Had afternoon tea with the doctors. Recommended. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 28.25416, 84.88286 | ||||||||
| 2025-07-05 00:05:58 UTC | Day 78 | Awake at 4am and on the trail by 4.30am. Road walk down to the river crossing, first over a side stream (which was absolutely chucking it down) bridge and then over the main bridge. Short overgrown trail between the two that turns left after the bridge and downhill. Turned left at the Home Stay and over the main bridge. Up a stone stair trail to the top at Yarsa. Thru Yarsa and around the school fence precariously on the left (you could likely go up and around on an earlier trail). Road starts at the school and goes all the way thru Kashigaun (couple of shops on the trail. We got Pepsi and biscuits). Road after Kashigaun had half a dozen landslides to cross, including a tricky one at a massive switchback, where it was best to stay on the road rather than cut the switchback. The road turned into a thin trail with a lot of exposure and got better toward Kerauja, where same stoped for lunch in a shelter type area. Turned left down a trail at the end of town and contoured a bit with a downward trend. Passed several landslides, one requiring a detour below the main trail to properly cross. Then sharply down a ridge line, losing elevation quickly, with old stone steps. Thru a small village (Kerongjabesi) and down more old stone steps to the river, bridge and Kashigaun. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 28.25416, 84.88286 | ||||||||
| 2025-07-04 00:05:58 UTC | Day 77 | 4am wake up and 4.30am on the road to avoid rain. Got rained on in the first 20min. Doh. Out of town on good trails and up hill a long way on a mix of stone steps and dirt trail. Passed a few little Kharkas on the way to Myangal Bhanjyang (pass). 9.30am breakfast on the pass summit under the archway. Down a long way on stone steps and then over a solid bridge in the wet. Up the other side the trail became more bushy with nettle and lots of leeches (due to the rain). The trail popped out onto a cliff top and the navigation became difficult. CalTopo was not accurate, so we explored several options. The trail we wanted to take (down to a bridge crossing before climbing up to Yarsa) was very overgrown at first and then non-existent. So we followed a different route (Dave Brophy’s) to Dharot instead. That trail was just a tiny foot pad thru corn terraces (on wet, slippery rock with leeches in the rain). Not recommended. There is likely a better way – perhaps Jeff’s route from Khading to Kashigaun instead. In Dharot we stayed on the verandah of a family that was away in KTM (their brother gave us permission as there was no guesthouse in town anymore). | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 28.16815, 84.91362 | ||||||||
| 2025-07-03 00:05:58 UTC | Day 76 | Delicious brown flour chapatis with boiled eggs for brekky. Easy start to the day on a road then down thru Kamigaun on stone steps to emerge on the road again. Followed the road down to a river (missed a turn off to stone steps), under landslide terrain (holding our breath). Over a solid bridge and back up the road on the other side. Hung a left off the road and up a hill in Sertung on a slate path and right at the top. More trail up to a shrine and chortens. Down the stone steps and onto a road to Awoi Gaun (got a cold Coke at the shop!), and continued on road and trail to Borang. Lunch in front of Lama Hotel shops and then thru town on steps/trail (to avoid the road) and down to a bridge over the river. Over another bridge fairly soon after and then up a very steep road with lots of landslide hazard. Finally nearly all road to Lapagoan (one can take a trail if they are so inclined). Lapagoan was a maze of houses, but a bai showed us to the local guesthouse (near a school and Christian church). | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 28.16758, 85.01282 | ||||||||
| 2025-07-02 00:05:58 UTC | Day 75 | Chapatis and jam then off at 6.10am. Up the dirt road a short ways before the switch back cuts started. Mix of road and switch back cuts, past a herdsman hut with barky dogs and more cuts up to a great view or Lari (4868m) and Langtang Lirung (7227m). Then an interesting road walk along a cutting into very green hills, ending at Pangsang Bhunjyang Pass. Down on stone steps, cutting switchbacks in the road and finally onto a dirt trail that avoids a large amount of switchbacks backs. A high river to cross before Lawadun then it started pouring with rain, so we stuck to the road all the way to Tipling. Ducked into town for a shop and they directed us to a hotel, Edwin Tamang Home Stay, on the far edge of town (Webo). | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 28.18144, 85.10407 | ||||||||
| 2025-07-01 00:05:58 UTC | Day 74 | Happy Canada Day! 5.30am chapati and pancakes. Walked thru town and turned up a trail. Tricky junction to pick that takes a left on a faint footpad. This goes up thru terraces, past people working in the fields, and across a farmers paddock. It then picks up a proper trail, wide enough for stone steps. The stone step trail tops out on a road and the road goes to Gatlang Heights with many good looking guesthouses and cheese factories. After GH a good trail starts with stone steps that avoid the 23km road walk. Eventually it goes away from the road and thru the trees up over Khurpudada Pass (3700m). We regained the road quickly after the pass and after cutting a few switchbacks on moderately good trails, we followed the road easily all the way to Somdang. We sat on the road and ate lunch just down from the pad where we first saw water. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 28.19032, 85.19955 | ||||||||
| 2025-06-30 00:05:58 UTC | Day 73 | 4.30am we were up and packing and on the road by 5.10am. It was supposed to rain by 11am so we wanted to get the days hike done before then. We found the low elevations also get hot very fast in the morning, so early days help. We made our way thru town on little paths, avoiding the Tourist Police, and heading up the hill. The paths were mostly little footpads that people use to walk into the Main Street. Sometimes we walked thru peoples yards, other times a little on the road. We quickly gained elevation and out of town we went thru some pine forest before cutting our way thru terraces and corn fields. Before long we reached Bahun Danda and the trail flattened to a road. The road walk gained a little elevation but was very fast. We went thru Godam and were in Gatlang by 10am. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 28.16162, 85.26830 | ||||||||
| 2025-06-29 00:05:58 UTC | Day 72 | Rest Day #2 in Syabru Besi. Eating eggs and bacon. Actual resting. Writing blogs. More coffee, thanks Ang. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 28.16347, 85.33799 | ||||||||
| 2025-06-28 00:05:58 UTC | Day 71 | Rest Day #1 in Syabru Besi. Gear sorting, food sorting, packing things to go back to KTM. Haircut up the village. Bbq on the roof. Coffee and Mangoes thanks to Ang. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 28.16347, 85.33799 | ||||||||
| 2025-06-27 00:05:58 UTC | Day 70 | Casual start with good coffee thanks to Ang. Easy going trekkers trail down the Langtang valley. Starting around 8am, we hike with the family (9 of us total) passing many little villages such as Lama Hotel. We stopped in Riverside for and extended morning tea and then in Rimche for Dahl bat lunch (cooked by Mingma on behalf of the teahouse owner). As we lost elevation, it got really hot on the trail, so we stopped in every town (Bamboo, Pahiro Besi and Domen) for a break to cool off. In Domen we waited an hour for the sun to go down, then completed what now became a road hike from the new hydro station to Syabru Besi. All done but later in the day – 7pm. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 28.16347, 85.33799 | ||||||||
| 2025-06-26 00:05:58 UTC | Day 69 | Epic Day… On the trail by 6.30am and beelined for the steep sided gorge downstream. Ang followed along on the opposite bank, helping us find the best route across the steep slopes. We left cairns as we went, making a clearer trail of the random animal tracks. While steep, it wasn’t super uncomfortable. Sometimes we were on wet shrubs, which were slippery and other times on rocks/boulders that were high above the river. Within 1.5hr from camp, we were on more gentle terrain and we celebrated getting over the difficulties from both sides of the river. Ang head off to Kyanjin while the rest of us plugged our way along the river bank, on surprisingly good animal trails and eventually a proper human/yak trail. Some bush whacking was required by relatively minor. The trail crossed several side streams, one of which was large enough to need to wade over (calf deep). Toward the end we found a trail that was not marked on the map, but hugged the river bank tightly from the airport on the opposite bank, all the way to Kyanjin bridge (where our trail met the Ganja La pass trail). Several locals were impressed that we had forged thru on the kayakers left bank as it is not a fully formed trail. We met Ang downstream at a Gompa and he brought us lunch. Then together we head down the Langtang trekking path easily. We stoped at a nice guest house (Summit Guesthouse) in Thyangsyap. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 28.20798, 85.47577 | ||||||||
| 2025-06-25 00:05:58 UTC | Day 68 | Walked up to the helipad at 7.30am with all our gear and flattened the area, adding a big H. Convective cloud filled the valley every 30min or so and then cleared again. At noon we called the heli owner and he said that bad wx in KTM meant no rescue. So we decided to walk down the moraine along the Langshisha Kola and make camp across the river from where Ang had pitched his tent. We investigated crossing at Langshisha Kharka, but the flow was extremely fast. We scouted a trail on our side of the river toward Kyanjin and found that it would go, despite being steep. Day 69 would be an adventure day, carving out a new trail. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 28.21102, 85.67055 | ||||||||
| 2025-06-24 00:05:58 UTC | Day 67 | 6am start for Tilman’s Pass. While from camp the slope up to the pass looked impossibly steep, once on the slope it felt quite good. We went up the main bouldery slope then curved around right (more boulders, no snow/ice) and then up left again onto a snowy shelf (no crampons required in June 2025). From there we gained the glacier and put crampons on. A long traverse back right got us to the crest of the glacier then we straight lined for the top of the pass. Down the other side was not super steep but there were minor crevasses (leg growlers). The snowy slopes gave way to a flat hard ice glacier. Bouldery slopes below led us to a lake as we followed cairns, below the lake we followed the river, crossing twice and then as the cairns ran out, we approached the very steep moraine wall. We found a less steep descent and decided to camp over night there so that we didn’t need to camp below the moraine wall. Our agent, Ang Dai, came with a ladder to help us cross the Langtang Kola but the water level was too high to cross and the flow extremely fast. So we ordered a Heli and made a helipad. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 28.19184, 85.69178 | ||||||||
| 2025-06-23 00:05:58 UTC | Day 66 | Better progress today! We head up the lookers left side of the valley, then crossed over to the right via the very toe of the glacier. From here we could see a large boulder that can easily be seen from the campsite and noting that boulder we turned up hill and followed a good trail with cairns up the crest of the moraine wall. This excellent trail took us past a second boulder that we could see from camp and continued up the moraine wall. We came across a steel pole and followed its flagging (arrow) further up the moraine wall and past more cairns. Eventually the cairns led down into the glacier on a very gentle slope that wasn’t bad for boulder hopping. Down on the glacier we moved easily up to Tilman’s Pass High Camp South and camped a little beyond the marked camp at another steel pole at 4944m (we cleared two big platforms here to camps). | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 28.15222, 85.70530 | ||||||||
| 2025-06-22 00:05:58 UTC | Day 65 | False start due to sickness. Walked up the trail 500m, Kristy felt woefully sick, so we turned back and camped just above the herdsman hut at exactly 4200m. Rested the rest of the day. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 28.11914, 85.72281 | ||||||||
| 2025-06-21 00:05:58 UTC | Day 64 | Good breakfast of chapati and omelette and up the hill behind Panch Pokhari. The view over the hill was breathtaking; I let out an audible whoa! This view of Dorje Lakpa thru the clouds was one of the best of the entire GHT. We head down the hill thru an excellent camping kharka and then started the traverse around a hill. Cloud enveloped us and we head up and down thru rhododendron forest on a fair good trail that was mildly rocky. Lots of leeches. By afternoon the rain started and as we head up our final elevation for the day, the wind picked up too, making us quite cold and blowing our umbrellas inside out. Down the slope we saw Tin Pokhari but kept on walking to a shelter, which when we arrived was actually a herdsman hut. Our guide and porter negotiated our stay and we all crawled in to the tiny hut, warmed up and made food. Kristy and I slept in a goat bay next door on a bed of juniper and goat poo. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 28.11899, 85.72369 | ||||||||
| 2025-06-20 00:05:58 UTC | Day 63 | Rest Day. Obligatory gear/food sorting. Drying clothes. Eating pasta. Drinking tea. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 28.04148, 85.71332 | ||||||||
| 2025-06-19 00:05:58 UTC | Day 62 | Awoke to a very wet tent. The floor leaked as we had to pitch in a puddle. On the trail by 5.45am and straight uphill out of the Kharka. We climbed 700m immediately on steep stone steps and occasionally muddy and mildly rocky trail. Very easy navigation though. We passed a couple of herdsmen huts on the way. We went very slowly as Kristy was sick again, this time more seriously from the top and mostly tail. We stopped for breakfast in a good creek and stopped for snacks quite a few times. After the initial climb, we went downhill a short ways then had another 200m climb. To finish the day it was mostly downhill with incidental uphill sections. Amazing views of Dorje Lakpa and the Jugal Himal before it all clouded in. The rain started about 15min before we finished at Panch Pokhari. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 28.04148, 85.71332 | ||||||||
| 2025-06-18 00:05:58 UTC | Day 61 | Short day of 3.5km but 1000m climb. We “slept in” till 5.15am and had a leisurely breakfast. On the trail by 6.50am. Kristy was feeling unwell again, so it was a slow walk uphill. We passed a couple of shelters along the way and had great views of the Jugal Himal mountains. We didn’t quite beat the rain, as it started about 30min before we finished, but our umbrellas worked well. The rain was heavy, so we jumped straight in our tent. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 28.03924, 85.75003 | ||||||||
| 2025-06-17 00:05:58 UTC | Day 60 | Tsampa for breakfast at the homestay. On the trail by 6am. Down the road and past the army barracks. Then onto more stone steps. The steps became overgrown, sometimes completely covering the steps to thigh height. At the river I suddenly ran out of trail and Kristy said “there’s a ladder here”. Up the makeshift ladder and onto the swing bridge. Up the other side was exposed due to landslides, but gained elevation quickly on mixed steps and rocky trail. At the top were a couple of houses and we took a break at one (no one in town). The trail then traversed on rocky trail all the way to Tembathang. No shops/teahouses to be seen in town so we had lunch outside a Swiss owned Sherpa building. Thru Tembathang we moved quickly on the road before a trail head steeply right and up the hill. Soon the trail detoured over a landslide and just after that the trail disappeared completely due to landslides. We back tracked and picked up a trail that descended to the river. Upon investigation it seemed impossible to regain the trail due to all the landslides. There was a rickety bridge across the main river, so we decided to chance it and cross over to the power lines. Fortunately there was a road that led all the way to Dippu, passing over many landslides. In Dippu we searched for a home stay, but the owner was away (but left the door open). We fanned that idea and walked up stream, past another army barracks and found a small open area to camp. Then it rained non stop! | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 28.04450, 85.76966 | ||||||||
| 2025-06-16 00:05:58 UTC | Day 59 | Panch Baje nasta- 5 o’clock breakfast. Chapati and Tea. On the trail by 5.50am. Straight up to the Gompa in Bagam and then onto stone steps. All good trail and mostly stone steps all the way to the top with a shirt section of road walking (mostly cut or to one side on trails anyway). Down the other side on a bit more rocky trail and older, less frequented stone steps. No villages on the way, but one or two bigger houses. Kyansin was mostly empty except a small group of people who grabbed us and guided us to an un official | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.97148, 85.82144 | ||||||||
| 2025-06-15 00:05:58 UTC | Day 58 | Success today! 5am start to beat the heat with a packed breakfast from the hotel. Over the bridge and up the hill in a third of the time it took yesterday. With Kristy feeling good, we continued uphill. The trail was on steep stone steps nearly all the way thru Baldun and up to Listi. There was an old road, but now over grown and the trail instead just went straight up. More steps after Listi and after we reached 2730m, the trail flattened out for a couple of km before reaching Bagam. 1550m elevation from the hotel to the homestay. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.91951, 85.87082 | ||||||||
| 2025-06-14 00:05:58 UTC | Day 57 | Happy Birthday Kristy! We had a relaxed start with a good breakfast and off by 8.30am. Over the bungee jump | Bridge and past Last Resort Hotel. Into the sun and uphill then Kristy crashed hard. After a few attempts to go uphill we decided to retreat to the hotel so that Kristy could recover from her tummy bug properly in the AC and in comfort. Try again tomorrow. Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.87471, 85.89153 |
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| 2025-06-13 00:05:58 UTC | Day 56 | Rest Day #2 in Last Resort at the Bhotekhoshi Resort Hotel. Sorted food with our agent Ang and repaired tent and backpacks. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.87471, 85.89153 | ||||||||
| 2025-06-12 00:05:58 UTC | Day 55 | Rest Day #1 in Last Resort at the Bhotekhoshi Resort Hotel. Napped in the morning and caught up on calories in the afternoon as our agent, Ang, brought bakery snacks and ice cream! | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.87471, 85.89153 | ||||||||
| 2025-06-11 00:05:58 UTC | Day 54 | Another 4.30am day to beat the heat. Started down the road from Dolansa and through many villages with shops all along the way. Easy walking on good roads. We cut multiple switchbacks on good trails through the jungle. Eventually the road became bitumen and a final set of switchback cuts led us right into downtown Bahrabise. Did some shopping (including ice cold water as it was sweltering down at 800m elevation. Lunch by the roadside after the police check (at which they waved us through). Then we psyched up for a 12km walk up the hill on the highway (dirt road) in 30C heat. Fortunately shops along the way have cold water. After 4 breaks in the shade we made it to Last Resort and the Botekholi Resort Hotel. 30km done! | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.87467, 85.89143 | ||||||||
| 2025-06-10 00:05:58 UTC | Day 53 | Chapati and omelette for breakfast cooked by a Nun. On the trail at 6.15am and managed to beat the heat for a couple of hours. Down the hill from Bigu Gompa on trails thru terraces and onto the road. Followed the road easily past small houses and finally to what looked like a closed guesthouse in a village of 3 houses. Then up the hill again 1100m to Thingsang La (pass) on switchbacking roads, cutting many switch backs on an old trail. Down the other side of the pass steeply on single track and rejoined the road again, with a few switchback-cuts. At the guest house in Dolansa by 3.15pm and before the rain started. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.81276, 85.98904 | ||||||||
| 2025-06-09 00:05:58 UTC | Day 52 | Woke up really early to beat the heat (4.30am). Easy road walk for the first couple of hours to Loting with basic navigation. Nice and cool. Took a wrong turn in Loting and had to backtrack. The. Easily dropped down to Sangba Bazar on an old road, now disused. Across a good bridge to Sangba Bazar, which had a hand full of shops. Up to Amathnmali Bazar, which had only one shop m, which we bypassed and head up the hill to breakfast on the trail. Then we rose steeply up hill for several hundred metres, thru terraces and passed stupas, all the way up to Bigu Gompa and the monastery guesthouse (which was best value for money on the whole trail). Hot work up hill! | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.84504, 86.07359 | ||||||||
| 2025-06-08 00:05:58 UTC | Day 51 | Awake early (5.30am) in camp to hit the road and beat the sun. Wound our way thru villages on the dirt road, thru a village with a shop and to Laduk. Couldn’t find a guesthouse/shop so had a bar/water and continued on the road. Took a break in a cool stream then up a hill, which was now in the sun. Our umbrellas were in full force! More road to Chilanka where we found a shop (for a coke!) and found out the hotel we were looking for was right next door. Stayed out of the sun as best as possible in a bus shelter in the village. Dahl bat and bed! | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.79954, 86.12594 | ||||||||
| 2025-06-07 00:05:58 UTC | Day 50 | Great strat to the day with a breakfast of fresh coffee, bacon, sausages and prawn crackers provided by Ang Dai and cooked by Mingma, Som and Pasang. Hit the trail after a team photo. Down the road past Gonggar and the big Hydro project and further down to Jagat. The hung a right up a steep trail. Had some navigation issues (sticking to the usual GHT trail is recommended). Slowly worked our way up hill thru a rural mountainside area with 100s of houses scattered up the hill. The trail went thru rice paddies, corn fields, cow terraces, goat yards and even under the eves of peoples houses. We finally got a road at the top and followed it along to Orandanda. We decided to walk further on so that we would have a stream near by a camp and 4km up the road found the ideal spot. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.79662, 86.17946 | ||||||||
| 2025-06-06 00:05:58 UTC | Day 49 | Easy walking day – instead of taking a rest day we just walked 1.5h down the hill on concrete steps from Simigaun to Chetchet so that we could meet Ang Dai (our agent). The road passes thru Chetchet, so Ang could meet us easily. Now we sort gear and head off on our own for a week to Last Resort. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.86972, 86.22064 | ||||||||
| 2025-06-05 00:05:58 UTC | Day 48 | After a great rest in an excellent guesthouse in Beding, we hit the trail for a long day to Simi Gaun. The trail was very good most of the way, but in Sept 2024 much of the trail that was close to the river was washed away in a flood. So there were a few detours over minor rocky and muddy ground, but the majority of the trail was easy with stone/concrete steps. We had lunch in Dongang, which had a brand new hotel (post flood) and one of the best we’ve seen on the GHT. Red trail markers at every town show the distance and time to the following towns, making navigation easy. Great new guesthouse in Simi Gaun with a very friendly family. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.87250, 86.23395 | ||||||||
| 2025-06-04 00:05:58 UTC | Day 47 | Casual start after fluffy chapatis and a delicious omelette. The Na guest house was closing for the season, so the owner directed us to their other hotel in Beding. Her daughters run the Beding hotel. Just 2 hrs down the wide and good quality trail. No challenges except a minor detour around a trail wash out (which was being repaired). In Beding for an early lunch and a rest afternoon. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.90259, 86.37599 | ||||||||
| 2025-06-03 00:05:58 UTC | Day 46 | Good breakfast of “Canadian Champa” aka Weetabix. Then down the cliff to the glacier via brand new cables and a ladder. The cables were good enough that we didn’t need a safety biner. Along the glacier was very rocky and a maze of broken rock and ice. 4hrs along the glacier to gain less than 4km. Passed a shelter with no water and carried on the have lunch in a sandy/dune like area with water. Up and over the lake shores due to massive glacial erosion. Passed a seasonal yea house with a great camping cave. About halfway along the lake the trail was mostly smooth sailing to Na. 9.5hr all up for the day. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.88091, 86.42719 | ||||||||
| 2025-06-02 00:05:58 UTC | Day 45 | Up at 4am but weather was bad – snowy and windy. Up again at 6am and weather was surprisingly better. Committed to going up Tashi Labsta. The was a faint trail and cairns up thru the moraine to a rocky outcrop. Thru this (on ice!) and then traversed the moraine to another steeper rocky outcrop crop to the right of the glacier ice. Fixed ropes start here (good condition). One steep “pitch” then traversed the rock step back towards the ice. Around a corner easily then up the rope in a mini avalanche zone. Ropes ended and we cramponed up the snow onto the ice of the glacier. Then a snow plod to the pass. Roped up and head more steeply down the other side on good snow. Ended at a rocky section, which we followed down to a snow corridor on the hikers left of the glacier. This succumbed to scattered rock, which we followed via cairns to the David Lama memorial shelter and camped outside here (leaky roof). | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.82798, 86.52928 | ||||||||
| 2025-06-01 00:05:58 UTC | Day 44 | Easy start to the day up braided yak trails into a gorgeous valley with good views of a huge rock face. Then a well trodden trail higher up the valley. From here we could see Tashi Labsta. Up to Ngole where there is a shelter. Then tough work up a steep moraine (but with good path), up to an old campsite for lunch in a boulder cave. Up further to the glacier rock and ice after lunch and to a high camp at 5415m. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.84460, 86.55799 | ||||||||
| 2025-05-31 00:05:58 UTC | Day 43 | Delicious Tibetan Bread for breakfast with jam and peanut butter that was more like a donut. Up the hill on a wide trail for 150m then a stop at Thame’s Monastery. Very impressive nested among the rocks. Then a continued even slope up the hill for a few more hundred metres elevation before the single track started. Amazing massive rock faces in the valley. Total 6km to Thyangbo and 550m gain to 4350m. Comfortable guesthouse in Thyangbo. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.82514, 86.60159 | ||||||||
| 2025-05-30 00:05:58 UTC | Day 42 | Wide trail to Thame. No other trekkers now as it’s late in the season. Passed multiple villages where one could have lunch or tea. Loads of water if needed. Mix of flat and uphill. Bridge over the river about 8km into the day. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.83109, 86.64977 | ||||||||
| 2025-05-29 00:05:58 UTC | Day 41 | Rest Day #2 in Namche. Shopping in town. Eating lots. Watched the Everest Marsthon finishers. Visited the Museum – excellent quality information on top Sherpas and Mountaineers. Ang features on one wall for making one of the highest rescues ever on Everest. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.80510, 86.71453 | ||||||||
| 2025-05-28 00:05:58 UTC | Day 40 | Rest Day #1 in Namche. Shopping in town. Eating lots. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.80510, 86.71453 | ||||||||
| 2025-05-27 00:05:58 UTC | Day 39 | Easy walk to Namche. Cuppa at Tengboche outside the Monastery at a bakery. Lunch halfway at Punke Tenga. Shopping in Namche when we arrived. Kristy stayed in a tent outside this hotel in 2006. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.80510, 86.71453 | ||||||||
| 2025-05-26 00:04:58 UTC | Day 38 | Easy day down the well worn path. Past Dingboche and Somare (Lunch). In Pangboche by 2pm. Visited a Monastery in the afternoon. Great views of Ama Dablam! | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.85467, 86.79066 | ||||||||
| 2025-05-25 00:04:58 UTC | Day 37 | Up early (3.30am) for 5am start to Amphu Labsta Col. Easy start up a well cairned trail. When the going got a little steeper, cables started and we followed cables over two snowy rock steps, completely avoiding the glacier, which has now receded 100m from the route. No pro/rope required. Cable ended about 40m vert from the col, as the going became easy on snow slopes. I n the col by 8.30am. Cables began immediately down the other side and were mostly good. Where frayed they were replaced by fairly good rope. Some icy sections were hard to pass, but liberal rope use made it possible. Cables ended after 130m vert and good trail began. Some snow slopes to cross and then down onto the flat and a very good path. Filled up with water at first opportunity from a stream leading to Imja Tsho (lake). Easy going trail for 6km to Chukung. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.90412, 86.87134 | ||||||||
| 2025-05-24 00:04:58 UTC | Day 36 | Leaving Baruntse BC we had to thread our way across the glacier, through high sastrugi (ice pillars) and over to the moraine wall. The wall was lower angle and easier to climb than expected with a good cairned trail up and out. Then up further and over to a beautiful lake (Panch Pokhari) that was deep blue and purple. Round the back of a mound we reached one “Amphu Labsta Base Camp” and then progressed to a second, which used to be a Guest House but is now derelict. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.86138, 86.92065 | ||||||||
| 2025-05-23 00:04:58 UTC | Day 35 | Cold night on the glacier. Soon after awakening a chopper arrived to rescue our new Euro friends who had quite an issue with porters and one member with AMS. The pilot was Simone Moro. Sunny day and we were quickly at West Col. An easy 20m climb up and the a few hundred metres down on cable and prussicked into rope. One tricky rock section to pass over 5m. Onto the glacier at the bottom and back onto rock hopping at the bottom till we reached Baruntse Base Camp. Shelter and a guest house there (GH closed, shelter locked, end of season). | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.84240, 86.95096 | ||||||||
| 2025-05-22 00:04:58 UTC | Day 34 | Despite the guts ache, up at 2.30am for Sherpani Col. The morning was very cold despite waking in a downie and big mitts. It seems Diamox disrupts blood flow to fingers and toes as my toes were colder than I’d ever experienced. As we walked up the glacier, the sun appeared at 6am and I felt energy return to my body. Soon we were at the headwall of the col, after a quick bout of the runs in the moraine. There was quite a traffic jam of 20 people there. Som negotiated our pass ahead of another group’s porters and up we went. First “pitch” was mud/ice and hauling our butts up a knotted rope with a prussick on another rope. Then the going was pleasant and a cable and rope zig zagged to the top. By 9.30am we were on top! The high point for the GHT at 6190m. Down the other side was snowy and we prussicked on a good rope and clipped a wire cable for back up. Then across the glacier on a rope that was not long enough for four of us, but fortunately few crevasses. Called it a day at Baruntse Camp 1. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.84989, 86.99223 | ||||||||
| 2025-05-21 00:04:58 UTC | Day 33 | Woke up in the middle of the night quite crook in the tummy and guts. Several bouts of the runs before hitting the trail. Tough effort with the guys ache and higher altitude (5574m at camp). The day was rocky most of the way, no trail to speak of, just the occasional cairn. We had good tent pads in camp and hit the hay very early. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.86008, 87.02901 | ||||||||
| 2025-05-20 00:04:58 UTC | Day 32 | Up to Swiss Base Camp. Good trail at first then turned very rocky. Some steep boulder hopping and loose rocks before getting to camp. (Swiss BC may be wrong on the map). Early dinner and relaxing in camp. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.85812, 87.05083 | ||||||||
| 2025-05-19 00:04:58 UTC | Day 31 | Rest Day in Makalu Base Camp. Not as sunny as we hoped, but excellent views at 5.30am. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.83594, 87.07593 | ||||||||
| 2025-05-18 00:04:58 UTC | Day 30 | Fantastic morning views as the cloud lifted. We could see the summit of Chamtang very clearly. Chapatis then on the road with gorgeous views. Some weird altitude symptoms for me until we had Morning Tea at Shersong. Second half of the walk felt great. All up easy day but a gain of 450m altitude to Makalu Base Canp at 4850m. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.83594, 87.07593 | ||||||||
| 2025-05-17 00:04:58 UTC | Day 29 | Very nice day today, although cloudy all day. An even ascent of 700m on very good easy trails. Broad path and stone steps in the last 2km. Morning Tea at Tadosa. Cloud cleared enough to get a view of the massive surrounding limestone cliffs, Yosemite size! Lunch and overnight in Langmale Kharka (4410m). | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.79766, 87.12652 | ||||||||
| 2025-05-16 00:04:58 UTC | Day 28 | Shorter day. 3.5hr from Lanka Kharka shelter to Yangla Kharka. Down 600m on a nice forestry trail cedar and rhododendron. Then along the Barun Khola. Major challenges momentarily crossing landslide areas. Got thru ok, but mentally challenging. Bad indigestion, so light lunch, but feeling better at dinner. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.75814, 87.16796 | ||||||||
| 2025-05-15 00:04:58 UTC | Day 27 | 4.30am wake up call for a big day. I felt really ill and struggled with breakfast. We head up anyway. I was very slow up the initial steep hill. The path was good but slow going to Kalo Pokhari. Lots of snow on steep slopes to traverse and an impossibly steep narrow pass to top out. Then more traversing on snow to lunch near Kalo Pokhari. It was so foggy, we could only see the shore of the lake. We continued to “Kharka” where there is a shelter. But more slow uphill and snowy steep downhill sections. The final downhill was on newly built stone steps. What a treat. 12.5hr day for 10km. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.74629, 87.20707 | ||||||||
| 2025-05-14 00:04:58 UTC | Day 26 | Rain free morning! Walked on good trails through the Rotodendron forest till where the old bridge used to be. Lots of leeches! More rain! Detoured on great yak herder trails up the valley to a huge Kharka with a herdmens hut and a man aggressive dog. Easily over the log bridge and back down the creek toward Cave Camp. Over a slippery log bridge high over the raging torrent below. Up the hill to Cave Camp, which is more of an alcove than a cave. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.78024, 87.25373 | ||||||||
| 2025-05-13 00:04:58 UTC | Day 25 | Very rainy night, so slow morning. Traversed on steep snowy slopes above Moulon Pokhari and then up and over a mini pass. Could have done with an axe for safety, but mini crampons worked ok. Up and over another snowy pass (4190m) on steep ground. Down the other side and followed “Robs” gpx into hazardous cliffs. Back tracked and came down a central gully. Much better. Out to a creek and past Dungge Kharka to a ‘drier’ campsite. More rain. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.81398, 87.29574 | ||||||||
| 2025-05-12 00:04:58 UTC | Day 24 | 7am brekky of a single chapati. Feeling ok and holding it down. Walked up the hydro pipe, took a wrong turn thru bamboo forest but got back on the trail quickly. Walked up the river till and had lunch where the trail leaves the river. Then up steeply and finally on rocky ground. Minor scrambling (5m) the steeply to Moloun Pokhari. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.81334, 87.33473 | ||||||||
| 2025-05-11 00:04:58 UTC | Day 23 | Rest day in Hongon. Ate “fresh” chicken for lunch. Wrong! Spewed around 8.30pm. Earthquake at 3am. Slept till 6am. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.76910, 87.36268 | ||||||||
| 2025-05-10 00:04:58 UTC | Day 22 | Brown flour chapatis for breakfast then on the trail, which was already warm. Stopped by a Police Check Point in Linggam. Not a good vibe but no hassles. Lovely walk thru to Hongon on steep exposed narrow trails. Hot but real good fun! Best Dal Bhat of the trip at Yangla Guest House. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.76910, 87.36268 | ||||||||
| 2025-05-09 00:04:58 UTC | Day 21 | White flour chapatis and Yak milk tea for breakfast in Kharka (2700m). Up the new road easily but into a muddy section, slowing our pace. Then down a long way (1800m at the bottom). And back up a hot dusty trail/road in the sun to Chamtang (2220m). Novel to see a donkey team carrying diesel up the hill. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.77304, 87.47352 | ||||||||
| 2025-05-08 00:04:58 UTC | Day 20 | Late start at 8am. Cruisy 4km before the trail broke away from the river and head directly up the steep banks. Continued up and down the cliffs most of the day on steep, narrow and exposed trails. No room for lazy footing! Trail emerged onto a brand new road, which we followed to Kharka – a little settlement with basic guesthouse called Sonam Hotel. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.77304, 87.47352 | ||||||||
| 2025-05-07 00:04:58 UTC | Day 19 | 5.30am start to get over a steep and snowy Lumbha Sumbha pass (5150m). Very hard work at altitude – didn’t really catch my breath till we reached the top. Smooth sailing after that with a gradual but long decent to Thudam. Town is empty! A herdsman took us in for homestay. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.75792, 87.54952 | ||||||||
| 2025-05-06 00:04:58 UTC | Day 18 | Part 2 of the split day. Early and short day from 4000m to Pass Camp at 4650m (well a shelter near Pass Camp). Headaches at camp so lay around the shelter all day. Diamox with dinner cleared it right up. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.74368, 87.67746 | ||||||||
| 2025-05-05 00:04:58 UTC | Day 17 | From here we split one day into two, to better manage the elevation gain. Way road walk out of town then across a landslide to regain the road. After a stand off with a Yak at a bridge, we head up a good trail to a Kharka to camp. Rainy afternoon and early to bed. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.71183, 87.71209 | ||||||||
| 2025-05-04 00:04:58 UTC | Day 16 | Rest Day in Olonchongola. Visit to a monastery up hill from town. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.68028, 87.77754 | ||||||||
| 2025-05-03 00:04:58 UTC | Day 15 | Awake early with perfect weather. Breakfast in bed then down the hill, past some stone masons building steps, down into Olonchongola Kola (River). Over a rickety cantilever bridge and followed stream to a new road end. Up the very steep road to Olonchongola village. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.68028, 87.77754 | ||||||||
| 2025-05-02 00:04:58 UTC | Day 14 | Back out of Ghunsa (3400m) and up the hill to “Kharka” which means ‘flats spot’. Long lunch here due to stove issues then up and over Nango La pass (4776m). 15cm snow most of the way. Down to Yongjong Kharka (3700m) in the rain. Early to bed – too wet! | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.69976, 87.85280 | ||||||||
| 2025-05-01 00:04:58 UTC | Day 13 | Rest Day in Ghunsa. Sorting gear. Eating well. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.65993, 87.93486 | ||||||||
| 2025-04-30 00:04:58 UTC | Day 12 | Back down to Ghunsa today. 20km and 1600m decent back to 3400m to enjoy the pea soup air. Stopped in Ramtang for a tea in the sun and got a view of the shoulder of Kanchenjunga. Lunch in Kambachen and almost got a view of Kumbhakanrna (7110m). Powered down the rest of the way for a hot shower in Ghunsa. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.65993, 87.93486 | ||||||||
| 2025-04-29 00:04:58 UTC | Day 11 | Lonak to KBC return. Big day. 16km and another 400m altitude gain. 5am wake up to check weather – unexpectedly all clear, not snowing. We had slight altitude headaches in the morning. Views were incredible. We saw a momentary glimpse of Kanchenjunga (8586m) thru cloud, but views of the surrounding peaks made up for it. Kristy had bad altitude sickness but losing altitude and a diamox put her right. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.78795, 88.10984 | ||||||||
| 2025-04-28 00:04:58 UTC | Day 10 | Kangpachen to Lonak. Walking thru the snow all day. Not too deep though. Mixture of 500m visibility to white out all day. Hot/humid work to lunch. Smokey lunch with inside fire at Ramtang teahouse. Windy/cold afternoon to Lonak. 700m up today to 4751m. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.78999, 88.03544 | ||||||||
| 2025-04-27 00:04:58 UTC | Day 9 | Ghunsa to Kangpachen. Clear in the morning, heavy snow in the afternoon. 5hr walk with gradual ascent from 3400m to 4050m. Lost the view of Jannu (7710m) in the cloud. Straight forward trail. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.73732, 87.97302 | ||||||||
| 2025-04-26 00:04:58 UTC | Day 8 | Acclimatization day in Ghunsa. Coffee, bakery, rest. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.65992, 87.93477 | ||||||||
| 2025-04-25 00:04:58 UTC | Day 7 | We are in the routine of 7am breakfast and 8am departure. Walked along Ghunsa Khola quite some distance then climbed to Phale for lunch. Looked around the local monastery and then Dal Bat lunch with a family. Final climb to Ghunsa to reach 3400m and a nice guesthouse (Kanchenjunga Hotel). | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.65992, 87.93477 | ||||||||
| 2025-04-24 00:04:58 UTC | Day 6 | 7am Breakfast after waking up at 4.30am with jetlag. 8am on the trail which took us upstream. We passed several guesthouses on the way. Lunch at the last teahouse with two puppy dogs! Frogs on the menu here. A steep climb up to Gyabla and done for the day. The ‘hotel’ here is massive! Dal Bat for dinner and early to bed. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.61413, 87.87329 | ||||||||
| 2025-04-23 00:04:58 UTC | Day 5 | 7am Breakfast after a comfortable sleep. Weetbix and strawberries with coffee. 8am on the trail which took us upstream. Little up, little down. Big long swing bridges and old rickety wooden ones. It was quickly hot in the valley. Passed multiple tea houses, some brand new. Lunch at Phedi with a puppy dog. A steep climb after lunch took us quickly to Amjilosa, where we settled into a guest house and rested the afternoon. Dal Bat for dinner and early to bed. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.56730, 87.85756 | ||||||||
| 2025-04-22 00:04:58 UTC | Day 4 | 4wd from Taplejung to Suketham. All off road. Excellent driver. Hotel Suketham was clean and the Dal Bhat was great. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.53442, 87.80487 | ||||||||
| 2025-04-21 00:04:58 UTC | Day 3 | Up early and easy check in for a Budda Air flight from KTM to Bhadrapur. Arrived at the engage 18min before takeoff time, which was apparently early! Drove 240km in a Tata 4wd from Bhadraour Airport to Taplejung. Bitumen road but lots of stuff to avoid, like on coming cars, cows, bikes, tuk tuks, rocks and pot holes. Very windy road up and over several passes. Lots of tea bushes, random flowers (like Angel’s Trumpet), and rando shops that all sell the same stuff. | Mike Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.356900, 87.673484 | ||||||||
| 2025-04-20 00:04:58 UTC | Day 1 and 2 | Arrived in Kathmandu after 3 flights. Picked up visas and arrived late to the hotel. Spent the next day checking our food and gear with Ang and his guys, Mingmar and Sumee. Took a walk around Lazimpat and went out for dinner with the team. | Kristy Dixon sent this message from: Lat/Lon: 27.72194, 85.32045 |
