Saturday, January 5, 2019

Nayapul Jhinudanda Trek Days 3 and 4 - Ghorepani-Tadepani-Jhinudanda Trek

Let's review the timeline

Jan 1 - Sunrise view from Poonhill 3210M. Ghorepani 2860M to Tadepani 2660M Trek
Jan 2 - Tadepani 2660M to Jhinudanda 1990 Trek Natural Hot Springs
Jan 3 - Jhinudanda 1990 to Nayapul 1070M Trek Nayapul to Pokhara by bus

KT and Michelle said no way to another Poonhill climb and slept in.  Sarala and I were out and enroute at 5:45.  Many even earlier.  We hit a traffic jam 1/3 of the way up.  No worries, we had time.  Many I passed were unprepared for this climb.  Words of encouragement to many. We waited atop for 20 minutes until the Sun made it's first 2019 appearance.  It was a blast. Sorry I forgot KT's camera.  The Nexus 5 sucks in low light.  Oh well. I talked with newly made friends on the downward journey towards breakfast.  It was cooler Trekking and a few icy spots were seen. We hit the highest Trek point after a while.  From there is was quite a bit of down.  Kinda crazy amounts actually.  I missed going up lol.  We enjoyed some natural hot springs on our last big Trek day.  Our final day in the mountains was an easy walk to the bus. We arrived 15 minutes before it's departure.  Whew. All our stuff was quickly tied to the roof before we had a chance to think.  Oh well.  It's only 5 hours.  The bus was really fun.  Mostly happy locals listening to great local music while navigating scary roads.  Such friendly, happy people most of whom can climb better than any of us.


First shot of 2019


First moon of 2019



Lot's of happy cold people


Back to Trekking





Lot's of Tibetan Mastiff's here






Sarala is very photogenic




So it KT








Ice


Look at that overhang of rocks


We sat and ate below it


Found buddy a hat


New friends from England, Father Daughter team



Yay more climbing



50 + KG bags of stuff




Nice to know we are not lost


What?





We go down there?



Looks scary but was well build and stable






Old busted bridge


That's my shadow



Increasing numbers of terraces


I stink



Thanks goodness for pit stops





Lazy dogs everywhere



Cool steps



Our last night


Heading down (lots) to the hot springs




Cool spot




Back up (lots) from the hot spring


The buggest bridge span I've seen yet









Just a dude carrying an dresser over a huge Nepalese bridge 





Yay the bus



Nice deco too


Optional door


I'm impressed, these things are tough


Cute


Thanks Sarala


Some Timeline Pano's




















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