14 lā o ka huakaʻi paikikala mauna ʻo Annapurna Circuit

Haʻalele mākou i ka hōkele i ka hola 7:30 a.m. a hele i Besisahar. E ʻoluʻolu e hōʻoia ua mākaukau kāu paikikala a me kāu ukana. Inā ʻoe e hoʻohana ana i kahi mea lawe ukana hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa he 10kg o kēlā me kēia ukana keu no ka mea lawe ukana akā inā ʻoe e lawe ana i kāu mau mea ponoʻī, e ʻoluʻolu e hōʻoia he ʻeke ʻeke māmā kāu me nā lole i kaupalena ʻia.

ʻO kahi pālua o nā pālule T, nā lole komo, nā lole moe, ka ʻaʻahu māmā no ke ahiahi a me ke kakahiaka ma ka Himalayas a ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka wā e hele ana ma ke ala ʻo Thorang Pass. ʻAʻohe pono e lawe i kekahi ʻeke moe a moena paha. Manaʻo ʻia he ʻaʻahu huluhulu māmā nou a me kahi uhi ua no ke kua ʻeke. He mea pono kahi kāmela a me nā pila kākoʻo, nā aniani lā, ka kirīmi lā, nā mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe, nā pā ikehu o kāu koho, nā mīkina lima paikikala, a pēlā aku.
Hoʻokele mākou ma ke alanui i hoʻomoe ʻia i Besisahar ma kā mākou kaʻa pilikino a laila holo ma kahi o 12 km i Bulbule ma ke ala lepo.

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Hale hoʻokipa

830 m / 2,723 kapuaʻi

Huli koke ke ala i kahi ala jeep ʻinoʻino a hahai i ke ala o ka muliwai ʻo Marshyangdi ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o ke awāwa. He pali a pōhaku kēia ala me ka iho hope loa he 1km i loko o ke awāwa pālahalaha e hoʻopuni ana iā Taal.

ʻAina kakahiaka, ʻaina awakea

Hale hoʻokipa

1,500 m / 4,921 kapuaʻi

Ma waho o Taal, aia kahi pā mani (pā pōhaku maloʻo i hoʻokomo ʻia me nā papa pule Buddhist) ma waenakonu o ke ala. Pono e hala mau kēia mau mea ma ka hema, e hele ana i ka ʻaoʻao o ka uaki. Lilo hou ke awāwa i haiki ma hope o ka hele ʻana ma waena o ka kulina ʻōmaʻomaʻo, ka bale, a me nā mahina ʻuala.

Mai Taal a i Danaqu, e pili ana i kahi pakeneka nui o ka paʻi / hāpai me kahi piʻi piʻi a paʻakikī hoʻi mai Danaqu. Mai ʻaneʻi, lilo ia i mea maʻalahi me nā hiʻohiʻona kokoke o nā piko i uhi ʻia i ka hau a me kahi ala ākea e kahe ana a hiki i ka hopena. Ma hope o kahi lā hana paʻakikī e hiki ai i Chame, hiki iā mākou ke hoʻomaha ma nā pūnāwai wela ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ka muliwai ʻo Marshyangdi, hauʻoli i nā huahana berena i hoʻomoʻa ʻia, a i ʻole leka uila i ka home mai ka hale kūʻai pūnaewele.

ʻAina kakahiaka, ʻaina awakea

Hale hoʻokipa

2,670 m / 8,760 kapuaʻi

Hele ke ala ma waena o kahi ululāʻau nui i loko o kahi awāwa pali a haiki a keʻa i ka muliwai ma o ʻelua mau alahaka, hoʻokahi ma 2910m a ʻo kekahi ma 3030m. Hahai ke ala i kahi awāwa ākea e wehe ana i mua o mākou.

Ka aina kakahiaka, ka aina awakea, ka aina ahiahi

Hale hoʻokipa

3,030 m / 9,941 kapuaʻi

I kēia lā, holo mākou i ke Kauhale ʻo Pisang a laila hele i ke kahawai ʻo Marsyangdi a hoʻomaka i kekahi mau ʻāpana paʻakikī i ke kauhale ʻo Ghyaru (3670m). A laila loaʻa iā mākou kahi ala hoʻokahi maikaʻi loa mai Ghyaru a i Nawal (3660m) a iho i Braga (3360m) a laila i Manang. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia e hele mālie, e hauʻoli ana i nā hiʻohiʻona a me ka moʻomeheu o kēia ʻāina.

Ka aina kakahiaka, ka aina awakea, ka aina ahiahi

Hale hoʻokipa

3,670 m / 12,041 kapuaʻi

He lā pōkole kēia e kōkua iā mākou e hoʻomaʻamaʻa. Loaʻa iā mākou kekahi mau ʻāpana i Tanki a laila holo i Ledar (4200m). E hoʻomaha a hoʻomaʻamaʻa.

Ka aina kakahiaka, ka aina awakea, ka aina ahiahi

Hale hoʻokipa

4,200 m / 13,780 kapuaʻi

I kēia lā, hele wāwae mākou a holo me kekahi mau paʻi ikaika ma ke paikikala, ʻoiai mai Phedi a i High Camp. ʻAʻole hiki ke holo ʻia kahi ʻāpana kūpono (ma kahi o 2km wale nō ka lōʻihi) ma muli o ka pōhaku iki, me nā ʻanuʻu piʻi ma ke ala. Ke noho nei mākou ma kahi hoʻomoana kiʻekiʻe ma kahi o Thorang Phedi no ka mea he nui nā mea hele wāwae e noho ana ma Phedi, a i ke kakahiaka aʻe ua haunaele a piha i ka poʻe.

Ka aina kakahiaka, ka aina awakea, ka aina ahiahi

Hale hoʻokipa

4,800 m / 15,748 kapuaʻi

Pono ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka hola 4 a.m. e hele ma ke ala ʻo Thorong La Pass no ka mea hiki i ke ala ke makani ma hope o ke ao, e paʻakikī ai ke hele. E hala ana ma kahi o 4 mau hola e hiki ai i ka piko (ma kahi o 3km) a he 100% ka lawe ʻana no nā mea holo paikikala. Ua ʻike piha ʻia nā hopena o ke kiʻekiʻe i kēia manawa a ʻaʻole hiki i ka hapa nui o nā malihini kipa o ka honua ke neʻe ma kekahi mea koe wale nō ka wikiwiki o ka nahe. I ka hiki ʻana i ka piko, e iho koke ana ke ala ma kahi pali piʻi loa (holo loea) no kahi o 45 mau minuke i Muktinath.

Ka aina kakahiaka, ka aina awakea, ka aina ahiahi

Hale hoʻokipa

5,416 m / 17,769 kapuaʻi

E holo mākou ma ke kualono ʻo Muktinath a lawe i ke alahaka kau ʻia ma luna o ka muliwai ʻo Kali Gandaki ma mua o ka hahai ʻana i ke alahele i lalo i ke awāwa ʻo Lupra, e holo ana ma luna o nā ala kaʻa hoʻokahi haiki a loea. Inā laki mākou, e ʻike paha mākou i nā lio hihiu a me nā kao mauna i ka wā e holo ana i lalo o ke awāwa ʻo Lupra.

Ke hōʻea mākou i Lupra, e hoʻomau mākou i ka iho ʻana i lalo o ka Panda Khola e hui pū me ke ala nui. E ʻaina ahiahi mākou ma Marpha, ke kapikala ʻāpala o Nepal, a e hauʻoli i kahi mākaʻikaʻi o ka hale mōneka kupaianaha ʻo Marpha.

Ka aina kakahiaka, ka aina awakea, ka aina ahiahi

Hale hoʻokipa

3,800 m / 12,467 kapuaʻi

He ihona ka hapa nui, he holo hoihoi e hele ana ma waena o kekahi mau muliwai a me nā kualono mauna. He nani nā hiʻohiʻona o nā mauna a me nā kauhale.

House

2,700 m / 8,858 kapuaʻi

Ka aina kakahiaka, ka aina awakea, ka aina ahiahi

I ko mākou iho ʻana, piʻi aʻe ka mahana a emi iki ka pōhaku o ke ala. He holo iho ia ma ke ala lepo i Beni, ma kahi o 25km ka mamao, a laila hopu mākou i kā mākou kaʻa pilikino e kali ana e hoʻoili iā mākou i Pokhara (ma kahi o 4 mau hola). E hauʻoli i ka nani o Pokhara Lakeside i ke ahiahi.

Ka aina kakahiaka, ka aina awakea, ka aina ahiahi

Hotel

1,200 m / 3,937 kapuaʻi

I ke kakahiaka nui ma hope o ka ʻaina kakahiaka, hoʻi mākou i Kathmandu ma o ke Alanui ʻo Prithivi. ʻOiai he 6 hola ka lōʻihi o ka holo ʻana, hāʻawi ia i nā hiʻohiʻona nani o nā kauhale a me nā muliwai.

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Hotel

1,400 m / 4,593 kapuaʻi