September 2009
Annapurna Circuit - Day 12
Mon 21st Sep 2009 — drew| Day | 12 |
|---|---|
| Start | Marpha (2670m) |
| End | Ghasa (2010m) |
| Distance (day) | 24km |
| Distance (cumulative) | 170km |
| Height climbed | -660m |
After the toughest day going over the pass we have now endured two of the longest days walking almost 50km
Annapurna Circuit - Day 13
Tue 22nd Sep 2009 — drew| Day | 13 |
|---|---|
| Start | Ghasa (2010m) |
| End | Tatopani (1190m) |
| Distance (day) | 13km |
| Distance (cumulative) | 183km |
| Height climbed | -820m |
Thankfully a shorter day, and the sun was out again.
Annapurna Circuit - Day 14
Wed 23rd Sep 2009 — drew| Day | 14 |
|---|---|
| Start | Tatopani (1190m) |
| End | Ghorepani (2860m) |
| Distance (day) | 17km |
| Distance (cumulative) | 200km |
| Height climbed | 1670m |
Having descended over 4km from the pass to get to Tatopani, we now had to climb back up over 1.5km i
Annapurna Circuit - Day 15
Thu 24th Sep 2009 — drew| Day | 15 |
|---|---|
| Start | Ghorepani (2860m) |
| End | Nayapul (1070m) |
| Distance (day) | 11km |
| Distance (cumulative) | 211km |
| Height climbed | -1790m |
We didn't hold up much hope of a Himalayan panorama from Poon Hill at sunrise when we were woken in
Sunrise in Sarangkot
Tue 29th Sep 2009 — drewWe had a few days confined to a 100m radius from the hotel while our muscles and joints recovered from the trekking; we were even pleased to be in a ground floor room as negotiating steps was a slow and painful process. It was very nice to relax and catch up with things.
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