Annapurna and Thorung-la Pass, Nepal Dec 2012

So last time we were on Manang (3540 m) 5-6th trekking day so you can get used to highs. For me i was getting used to high again with my old friend, diarrhea :D Of source you wanted to know that again :P but that was just one day and nothing serious.

On 7th day we continued Manang to Yak Kharka where we supposed to stop lunch. On way to Yak Kharka there is people coming down because altitude sicknes, just to remind us that mountain wont surrender easily.

But we were stopping on lunch in Yak Kharka and from there continuing to next village for night, Ledar.

But on way to Ledar our loving father of nation, Vesa, who had started to get lung problems again, which he was suffering before trek and was starting to get really tired because didn't get oxygen so well.

But we were fighting to Ledar (4200 m) where we were night.

And 8th trekking day we continued Ledar to Thorung Phed, was nothing specific happening that road, of source view was awesome :)

In evening we reached Thorung Phed (4450 m) knowing that next day would be most challenging day of trip, passing thought Thorung-la Pass!!!!

So 9th day we were woke up 3.30 in night, breakfast and 4.30 hiking on cold night with headlamps, towards to Pass!!!

We had to start so early because on top you should be before mid day because of weather.

From 4450 meters to 5416 meters was plan so about 1000 meters going up on those hights, i can say that was little of oxygen!!!!

Lifting spirit was also knowing that it would be 9 hours climbing before next meal. So hardest training i had made maybe ever!!!!

But no point complaining, just climbing and about 2 hours after sun was also rising and view of that on those altitude was awesome :) But climbing was feeling to continuing life time and last 200 meters up i was climbing just with pure rage and Vesa was looking like he could fall on ground on any minute and molder there.

But eventually we reached top and feeling was good because we made it, was easy to smile even we started to get headache because of altitude. On last day is no more than couple of pictures because on top was so cold that camera was complaining about batterys, so i was just getting few pictures.

So me, Vesa and Vesas wife Enni were drinking tea on top and we started to climb down steep road towards Mukhinath, next village to stay night.

Even they said headache would be easier when going down it really didn't, was just feeling worse, so it was taking little mood but just taking medicine and it was ok.

After 9 hours of climbing up and down i was really hungry and legs was so tired that they were shaking if you stand still :D

So after eating we continued to Mukhinath ((3760 m) and on village there was advertisement of Bob Marley-guesthouse. So you can ques that i wanted there for night and really, RASTA KNOWS!!!!!

Of source there was most of trekkers who you were meeting on road during days of mountain!!!!

So feeling was awesome because all had reached Pass and everyone was asking how was passing and were thinking about peoples that haven't seen for a while. And were hearing hero-stories little less lucky trekkers: one girl who had hurting ankle before Pass and was forced to rent horse to get top, but because too hard horse to go down another side of mountain she had to fight down hours with bad ankle.

And another girl was having so bad vesicles that was trying to reach top just with socks before one couple was giving her sandals to get top :D

From Mukhinath we stopped walking on 10th trekking day and were taking Jeep to Jomsom (2720 m) and from there bus to Ghasa (2010m) 11th day from Ghasa to Tatopane with bus with plan to relax on Tatopanes hot springs a couple of days and surely we did it, just relaxing on springs, eating, sleeping and back to springs :)

Thorung La-Pass (5416 m)

Tea on top

Our guide

So after couple of days we returned here in Pokhara and on way back was meeting one American guy and last evening was celebrating with him and a couple of our guides of victory.
So that's it, now i'm planning to leave Vesa and Enni to their one year trip and continuing solo somewhere warmer country, Vietnam, Cambodia or Laos, don't know yet but you will hear next time :)