Manaslu Expedition

I kēia lā, e hoʻokokoke aku ʻoe i kāu huakaʻi mauna me kahi hālāwai maka-a-maka me kāu alakaʻi a me nā lālā o ka huakaʻi no ka hōʻike kūhelu. E kūkākūkā ke alakaʻi i ke ala hele wāwae a me ka huakaʻi, nā logistics, a me nā hoʻolālā piko me nā mea piʻi āpau o ka huakaʻi.

Inā ua nānā ʻoe i kāu mau lako i ka lā ma mua a ʻike inā ua nalowale kekahi mea, a laila hiki iā ʻoe ke hele i ke kūʻai ʻana. Loaʻa i nā hale kūʻai lako ma Thamel nā mea āpau āu e pono ai. Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai a hoʻolimalima paha iā lākou, e like me kāu mau pono. ʻO kēia ka lā e koho ai i ke kūʻai hope loa no nā mea ʻē aʻe, koe wale nō nā lako, e pono ai no ka piʻi ʻana.

E kōkua pū mākou iā ʻoe me ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā palapala ʻae āpau no ka huakaʻi. Ma ke ʻano laulā, hana ʻia nā pepa i ke awakea. Ke mākaukau ʻoe me nā mea kumu āpau, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻimi i ke kūlanakauhale ma kāu iho a i ʻole e noi i kahi huakaʻi alakaʻi.

ʻO ka kakahiaka kakahiaka

Hotel Yak lāua ʻo Yeti a i ʻole nā ​​mea like

1,349 m / 4,426 kapuaʻi

Haʻalele ʻoe no ka huakaʻi hele ma ka mauna ʻo Manaslu i ke kolu o ka lā o kou hōʻea ʻana i Kathmandu. E kalaiwa ʻoe i Arughat, aia ma ka ʻāpana ʻo Gorkha o Nepal. Hana ʻia ka huakaʻi ma ke alanui ʻeleʻele ma ke Alanui Prithvi a hiki i Dhading Besi. Akā, ʻo ke alanui mai ʻaneʻi aku he hui lepo a me ka ʻiliʻili. Manaʻo ka huakaʻi he ʻano ʻāʻī a ʻoʻoleʻa i kou neʻe ʻana i mua.

Ma ke ala kaʻa, e hele ʻoe ma waena o nā kauhale liʻiliʻi ma mua o kou iho ʻana i ka muliwai ʻo Budhi Gandaki. Ke hele nei ma waena o nā alahaka, nā kahawai, a me nā kualono, e lawe hope loa ka huakaʻi ma uka iā ʻoe i Arughat Bazaar. Ma ke ala, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā hale kuʻuna. Aia nā mahina ʻai i kālai ʻia ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua o ke ala. I ka lā mālamalama, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā hiʻohiʻona o Ganesh Himal. Ke hiki ʻoe i Arughat, e noho ʻoe ma kahi hale kī kūloko.

Ka aina kakahiaka, ka aina awakea, ka aina ahiahi

ʻO Teahouse

570 m / 1,870 kapuaʻi

ʻO kēia ka lā mua o kāu huakaʻi ma ka huakaʻi Manaslu Himalayan mai kou hoʻomaka ʻana. Ma hope o ka ʻaina kakahiaka, e hoʻomaka ʻoe i ka huakaʻi ma hope o ke kapa komohana o ka muliwai ʻo Budhi Gandaki. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā hale i hoʻopuehu ʻia, nā māla laiki, a me nā ulu maiʻa ma ke ala hele ʻo Manaslu, nona ka pōhaku paving a i ʻole ke ala lepo. ʻO kekahi o nā wahi noho āu e hele ai i kēia lā ʻo Mangaltar lāua ʻo Shanti Bazaar.

ʻO ke ala e pili ana i ka piʻi ʻana i kou hōʻea ʻana i Arkhet, e hele ana ma ke alahaka kau. A laila e piʻi ʻoe i kahi ala pōhaku piʻi e hiki ai i Kurepani. Mai ʻaneʻi, pono ʻoe e iho i lalo i nā kapa muliwai ʻo Budhi Gandaki e hōʻea ai i Sotikhola. Loaʻa i kahi noho liʻiliʻi nā hale kī a me nā wahi hoʻomoana. Hiki iā ʻoe ke koho e noho ma kahi hale kī i ka pō a i ʻole e koho i ka hoʻomoana.

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ʻO Teahouse

12 kilomika

5 hola

ʻO ka huakaʻi piʻi mauna ʻo Manaslu i kēia lā, ʻo ia ka hele wāwae ma waena o nā piʻi ʻana a me nā iho ʻana. He mau ala pōhaku a ululāʻau nā ala. Aia kekahi mau alahaka kau. I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke ala mai Sotikhola mai, e komo ʻoe i kahi ululāʻau nui ʻo Saal a hele ma ke kapa o ka muliwai ʻo Budhi Gandaki. Hoʻomau ʻoe i ka huakaʻi piʻi ma ke ala haiki a pōhaku. Ua kālai ʻia kekahi o nā ʻāpana i loko o ka pali.

Lawe ke ala iā ʻoe ma waena o nā wahi noho liʻiliʻi o nā kaiāulu Gurung a me Magar a hiki i kou hiki ʻana i Lapurbesi. He kauhale Gurung nani ʻo Lapurbesi ma ka ʻāpana ākea o ke awāwa ʻo Budhi Gandaki. Maanei, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomaha no kekahi manawa ma mua o ka hele ʻana ma ke ala ʻo Manaslu a keʻa aku iā Nauli Khola. I ka hopena, e hōʻea ʻoe i Machha Khola. He wahi noho liʻiliʻi ia me kekahi mau hale kī, nā hale hoʻokipa maʻamau, a me nā wahi hoʻomoana. E noho i ka pō ma kahi hale kī a i ʻole kahi hoʻomoana.

Ka aina kakahiaka, ka aina awakea, ka aina ahiahi

Hale inu kī/Hoʻomoana

14 kilomika

870 m / 2,854 kapuaʻi

6 hola

Hoʻomaka ka huakaʻi i Jagat mai Machhakhola me kahi hele wāwae ma ke ala haiki. ʻO ke ala huakaʻi Manaslu e hele mua ma waena o ka muliwai ʻo Budhi Gandaki, i kou hele ʻana ma nā wahi liʻiliʻi e like me ka maʻalahi o ka ʻāina hāʻule. Ke hele nei ma ke ala wili, e hōʻea mua ʻoe i ke kauhale ʻo Gurung i kapa ʻia ʻo Khorlabesi.

Mai ʻaneʻi aku, e piʻi mālie ʻoe i Tatopani. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo Tatopani no kona mau pūnāwai wela maoli. He nui nā mea hele wāwae e kū ma ʻaneʻi e luʻu i loko o nā pūnāwai wela. Ua kaulana hoʻi ke ala no nā mea lawe ukana a me nā kaʻa miula e lawe ana i nā lako. Ma hope o kahi hoʻomaha pōkole, e hoʻomau ʻoe i kāu huakaʻi Manaslu a piʻi i kahi alapiʻi pōhaku e hele ai i kahi kualono. A laila e iho ʻoe i ka muliwai, e hele i kahi alahaka kau, a hiki i kahi kauhale ʻē aʻe i kapa ʻia ʻo Dovan.

E piʻi i luna ma ke ala haiki a piʻi hoʻi mai ʻaneʻi. A laila pono ʻoe e hala i kahi hoʻomaha o Thulo Dhunga ma mua o ka hōʻea ʻana i kekahi kauhale i kapa ʻia ʻo Yaruphant. ʻO ka piʻi hope loa o ka lā he piʻi mālie e hiki ai i Jagat. He kauhale liʻiliʻi ia ma kahi kualono. Ma ʻaneʻi e hōʻoia ana kahi wahi nānā i kāu palapala ʻae no ka ʻāina ʻo Manaslu e komo i ka Manaslu Conservation Area, kahi ʻāina i kaupalena ʻia. E noho i Jagat i ka pō.

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ʻO Teahouse

20 kilomika

1,350 m / 4,429 kapuaʻi

6 i nā hola 7

ʻO ka huakaʻi hele wāwae lā 7 e lawe iā ʻoe mai Jagat a i Deng. Ma ke ala huakaʻi ʻo Mt Manaslu, e ʻoluʻolu ʻoe i nā hiʻohiʻona nani o nā mauna a me nā awāwa like ʻole. Ke puka ʻoe i waho o Jagat, e piʻi mālie ʻoe i Salleri. Hāʻawi ʻo Saalleri i nā hiʻohiʻona nani o Shringi Himal i kahi lā mālamalama. ʻO kahi huakaʻi kaulana aʻe āu e hōʻea ai ʻo Sirdibas. He kauhale Gurung nō hoʻi ia me nā hale pōhaku kuʻuna a me nā hae pule.

A laila, e ʻike ʻoe i kahi alahaka kau ma luna o Ghatta Khola, kahi āu e pono ai e hele e hiki i Philim. Ma Philim, pono ʻoe e hōʻike i kāu Manaslu Restricted Area Conservation Permit. Ke hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻoe i kāu palapala ʻae, e hele i Ekle Bhatti. Ma Ekle Bhatti, e ʻai ʻoe i kāu ʻaina awakea a laila neʻe i Deng/Dyang.

Mai ʻaneʻi aku e māhele ʻia ke ala i ke awāwa ʻo Tsum. E lawe ʻoe i ke ala nui i Deng/Dyang. A laila e hele ʻoe ma waena o kahi ʻauwai ululāʻau e hōʻea ai i Nyak Phedi a piʻi hou aku. Ma hope koke iho o kou hōʻea ʻana i kāu wahi i manaʻo ʻia no ka lā, ʻo Deng. Hoʻomaha ʻoe i ka pō ma Deng/Dyang.

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ʻO Teahouse

22 kilomika

1,860 m / 6,102 kapuaʻi

7 i nā hola 8

I kou haʻalele ʻana iā Deng/Dyang, ke hele hou nei ke ala ma ka muliwai ʻo Budhi Gandaki. A laila, e wili ana ia ma waena o nā kauhale liʻiliʻi e like me Rana, Bihi Phedi, a me Ghap ma mua o ka hōʻea ʻana i Namrung. ʻO ka hele mua ʻana o ka lā, ma o ke ala pōhaku a me ka malu, e lawe iā ʻoe i Rana. Pono ke ala mai ʻaneʻi i ka piʻi mālie a me ka iho ʻana ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka pali. A laila e hele ʻoe i Bihi Phedi ma o ke ala wili ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau o ka muliwai.

ʻO ka hapa aʻe o ka huakaʻi e hele ana ma ke ala kūlohelohe me nā aʻa a me nā lau pulu. A laila e hōʻea ʻoe i ke kauhale mālie o Ghap me nā hale pōhaku a me nā chortens. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka langur a me nā manu kala like ʻole ma ke ala e hele ai i Ghap. Mai Ghap mai, e piʻi ʻoe i nā ʻāpana pali ma waena o ka ululāʻau alpine mānoanoa.

ʻOi aku ka anuanu o ka ea a emi ka pulu i kou piʻi ʻana i luna a hiki i Namrung. Hoʻololi pū ka mea kanu mai ka subtropical a i ka alpine. ʻOi aku ka ʻike ʻia o ka mana o ka moʻomeheu Buddhist e like me nā chortens, nā paia mani, a me nā hae pule e nui ana ma ke ala. Ke hiki ʻoe i Namrung, e ʻike ʻoe i nā hiʻohiʻona nani o Ganesh Himal lāua ʻo Him Chuli. E noho i Namrung i ka pō.

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ʻO Teahouse

19 kilomika

6 i nā hola 7

ʻO ia kekahi o nā ʻāpana nani a waiwai hoʻi i ka moʻomeheu o ka huakaʻi hele ʻana ma ka mauna ʻo Manaslu. Pono ke ala mai Namrung i ka piʻi mālie ʻana ma waena o nā ululāʻau paina a me nā lāʻau fir. E hele ʻoe ma ke kauhale ʻo Lihi, kahi e ʻike ai ʻoe i nā mahina ʻai bale me nā chortens a me nā paia mani. ʻIke ʻia nā hiʻohiʻona o nā mauna e like me ka Manaslu Peak a me Ganesh Himal i kou piʻi ʻana i luna.

A laila, e hōʻea ʻoe i ke kauhale ʻo Sho ma hope o ka hele wāwae ʻana ma waena o ka ʻāina ʻōwili. Pono nō hoʻi ʻoe e hele i kahi kahawai liʻiliʻi ma mua o ka piʻi hope ʻana i Lho. ʻO kekahi o nā mea hoihoi ma Lho ʻo ia ka Hale Pule ʻo Ribung. Mahalo nui ka poʻe kamaʻāina iā ia no kona koʻikoʻi hoʻomana a me ka moʻomeheu. He ʻahaʻaina koʻikoʻi ʻo Lhosar i hoʻolauleʻa ʻia ma ʻaneʻi. ʻO nā ʻahaʻaina ʻē aʻe e pili ana i ka Dumje, Saga Dawa, a me Buddha Purnima. E noho pō ma kahi hale kī a hale hoʻokipa paha.

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ʻO Teahouse

11 kilomika

3,150 m / 10,335 kapuaʻi

5 hola

Ma hope o ke kaʻina hana o ka Huakaʻi Manaslu, i kēia lā, e hoʻomaka ʻoe i ka huakaʻi me ka iho ʻana i ke kahawai mai Lho. Pono ʻoe e iho i lalo ma o ka rhododendron a me ka ululāʻau fir. A laila piʻi mālie ke ala hele wāwae Manaslu, e alakaʻi iā ʻoe i kahi awāwa ākea a ākea. E hōʻea ʻoe iā Shyala, kahi noho me nā wahi mahiʻai yak a me nā ʻāina mahiʻai i pale ʻia e nā pā pōhaku. He wahi hoʻomaha ia a me kahi hiʻohiʻona e hāʻawi ana i kahi hiʻohiʻona piha o Himal Chuli, Nagdi Chuli, Ganesh Himal, a me Manaslu.

Mai laila mai, e hele hou aku ʻoe ma nā wahi hānai yak a me nā moraines glacial. He piʻi nā ala akā maʻalahi ke hele. E hele pū ʻoe ma waena o nā huila pule, nā pā mani, a me kahi pā pōhaku ma mua o kou komo ʻana iā Sama Gaun. He kauhale nui ʻo Sama Gaun me nā hale mōneka a me nā kahu yak. ​​Eia kekahi, he wahi hoʻomaʻamaʻa maikaʻi loa ia no ka poʻe e hele ana i ka huakaʻi kaapuni ʻo Manaslu a i ʻole ka huakaʻi ʻo Manaslu.

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Hale inu kī/Hoʻomoana

17 kilomika

3,780 m / 12,402 kapuaʻi

5 i nā hola 6

He lā hoʻomaha a hoʻomaʻamaʻa i kēia lā ma Sama Gaun. ʻOiai aia ʻoe i kahi kiʻekiʻe (3,780 mika), he mea nui e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i kou kino ma mua o ka piʻi ʻana i luna. ʻO ka hoʻomaha ʻana ma ʻaneʻi e kōkua i ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i ka maʻi kiʻekiʻe a mālama iā ʻoe i ikaika no nā lā paʻakikī e hiki mai ana ma ka huakaʻi piʻi ʻana iā Manaslu.

Aia kekahi mau huakaʻi hoʻomaʻamaʻa maikaʻi loa hiki iā ʻoe ke hana i kēia lā. ʻO kahi koho kaulana he huakaʻi lā i ke kahua hoʻomoana ʻo Manaslu. He hele wāwae paʻakikī kēia ma ke ala piʻi a pahee i kekahi manawa, akā he uku ia. E hōʻea ʻoe i kahi kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe, e hauʻoli i nā hiʻohiʻona kupaianaha o ka mauna ʻo Manaslu, a hoʻi e hiamoe haʻahaʻa. He ala akamai ia e kōkua ai i kou kino e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ka wā o ka huakaʻi i ke kahua hoʻomoana ʻo Manaslu.

ʻO kekahi koho ʻē aʻe he huakaʻi pōkole i Pung Gyen Gompa. He hale mōneka maluhia ia e kū ana ma kahi pālahalaha ākea. Loaʻa iā ia kahi hale pule a me nā hale moe mōneka. E hoʻohui i kēlā i nā hiʻohiʻona maikaʻi loa o Manaslu i hiki ke ʻike ʻia mai ʻaneʻi. Inā makemake ʻoe i kahi huakaʻi pōkole a maʻalahi hoʻi, a laila hiki iā ʻoe ke hele i Birendra Tal, kahi loko hau nani kokoke i ka Manaslu Glacier. He wahi maluhia ia a kūpono no ka hele mālie a me ka hoʻomaha wikiwiki.

Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻolilo i ka lā e ʻimi ana iā Sama Gaun ponoʻī. ʻO kēia kauhale kuʻuna Himalayan ka home o ka poʻe Nubri, i ʻike ʻia no kā lākou moʻomeheu Tibet waiwai. E ʻike ʻoe i nā wahi mahi ʻai yak, nā hale pōhaku, nā luakini Buddhist, a me nā hae pule e peahi ana i ka makani mauna.

ʻOiai ke ʻano o ka hana āu e koho ai, mai poina e inu i ka wai nui a ʻai i nā meaʻai olakino. He mea nui ka hoʻomaha e like me ka hele wāwae i kēia lā. ʻO ka noho ʻana i ka wai a me ka hānai maikaʻi ke kī i ka noho ikaika no ke koena o kāu huakaʻi huakaʻi Manaslu.

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Hale inu kī/Hoʻomoana

I kēia lā, hoʻomaka ʻoe i ka ʻāpana hoihoi loa o ka huakaʻi Manaslu i kou hele ʻana i ke kahua hoʻomoana ʻo Manaslu, kahi hoʻomaka no ka piʻi ʻana i ka mauna ʻewalu kiʻekiʻe loa o ka honua. Hoʻomaka koke ka lā. E haʻalele ʻoe iā Sama Gaun a hele ma waena o nā wahi hānai yak ākea me nā pali piʻi mālie. Ke piʻi ʻoe i ke kiʻekiʻe, lilo ke ala i ʻoi aku ka piʻi a me ka paʻakikī. E hele ʻoe ma waena o nā ululāʻau o ka rhododendron a me ka juniper, a laila piʻi ma luna o ka laina lāʻau, kahi e lilo ai ke ala i pōhaku a hōʻike ʻia.

ʻO ka ʻāpana hope loa o ke alahele ʻo Manaslu Base Camp ka mea paʻakikī loa. Pono ʻoe e hele ma nā moraines glacial a me kahi kualono haiki ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka Manaslu Glacier. E hoʻolōʻihi i kou manawa ma ʻaneʻi. He ʻāpana paʻakikī ke kino a ma ke kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe. ʻO ka hoʻomaka mua ʻana e kōkua i ka pale ʻana i nā makani ikaika a ʻae i ka ʻike maikaʻi ʻana. Ma loko o ka huakaʻi hele wāwae, e ʻike ʻoe i nā hiʻohiʻona mauna kupaianaha, me ka mauna ʻo Manaslu, ka piko o Naike, a me Himal Chuli.

Ke hiki ʻoe i ke kahua hoʻomoana ʻo Manaslu, e ʻike ʻoe i nā hae pule kala a me nā halelewa huakaʻi ʻālohilohi i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e kūʻē i ke kua o ka hau. E hoʻonohonoho kā mākou hui kākoʻo i kou kahua hoʻomoana ma ʻaneʻi. Mai kēia manawa aku, e hiamoe ana ʻoe i loko o nā halelewa i kou hoʻomākaukau ʻana no nā piʻi kiʻekiʻe e hiki mai ana. E hoʻomaka koke ana kāu piʻi maoli ʻana o Mt. Manaslu.

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anainoe

6 kilomika

4,700 m / 15,420 kapuaʻi

5 hola

Hoʻomaka kāu piʻi ʻana i ka mauna ʻo Manaslu i ka lā 13 a hoʻomau a hiki i ka lā 31. ʻO kēia wā e komo pū ana me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka climat, ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana, ke kūkulu ʻana i nā kahua hoʻomoana, a ʻo ka hope loa, ka piʻi ʻana i luna a hoʻi i ke kahua hoʻomoana. ʻAʻole kikoʻī nā manawa no ka mea e hilinaʻi ana lākou i ke aniau a me ka hoʻolālā o ka hui.

I ka wā mua, e noho ʻoe ma ke kahua hoʻomoana ʻo Manaslu (4,800 m) no kekahi mau lā e hoʻomaha ai a hoʻomākaukau. E loaʻa iā ʻoe ke aʻo ʻana mai kāu mau alakaʻi i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea hana e like me nā kaula, nā piʻi ʻana, nā crampon, a me nā koʻi hau. E hoʻomaʻamaʻa pū ʻoe i ka hele wāwae ʻana ma luna o ka hau, ke hele ʻana ma nā lua, a me ka piʻi ʻana i nā pali hau piʻi. Kōkua kēia aʻo ʻana iā ʻoe e maʻa i nā kūlana mauna a kūkulu i kou hilinaʻi. Eia kekahi, e hana ʻia kahi puja (hoʻomana akua) ma mua o ka wā piʻi. Hana ʻia, e pule ana no kahi huakaʻi palekana a holomua.

Ke mākaukau ʻoe, e hoʻomaka ʻoe i kāu piʻi ʻana i Camp I ma 5,800 m. Aia ka hau a me nā glacier me nā lua i loko o ke ala. Ma hope o ka hōʻea ʻana i Camp I, e hoʻi ʻoe i Base Camp a piʻi hou. ʻO kēia neʻe ʻana i luna a i lalo, i kapa ʻia ʻo rotation, e kōkua i kou kino e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ke kiʻekiʻe.

A laila, e neʻe ʻoe i luna i Camp II (6,400 m), he mea paʻakikī ia ma ke ʻano loea. Loaʻa iā ia nā paia hau piʻi a me nā keʻa crevasse. Ma hope o ka hoʻolilo ʻana i ka manawa ma ʻaneʻi, e iho hou ʻoe a piʻi i ke ala like a hiki i ka mākaukau o kou kino no nā kahua hoʻomoana kiʻekiʻe.

A laila, e piʻi ʻoe i Camp III (6,900 m). He piʻi pōkole ia i Camp III mai Camp II. ʻOi aku ka maʻalahi o kēia ʻāpana me ka ʻole o nā alapiʻi e hele ai, akā pono nō ʻoe e hele ma nā lua a hele ma nā pali hau. Manaʻo e lele mai kekahi lua a i kekahi lua kokoke i ka hapalua mika ke kaʻawale.

Mai ke Kahua Hoʻomoana III, e hele ʻoe i ke Kahua Hoʻomoana IV (7,300 m). He piʻi paʻakikī ia me nā kihi piʻi a me ka haʻahaʻa o ka oxygen. Uhi ʻia nā pali me nā papa hau. Eia kekahi, ua maʻalahi kēia ʻāpana i nā avalanches.

ʻO ka mea hope loa, e hele ʻoe no ka Manaslu Summit (8,163 m). Hoʻomaka ka piʻi ʻana mai Camp IV a i ka piko ma kahi o ka hola 1:00 am, no laila hiki iā ʻoe ke hōʻea i ka piko ma ka hola 10:00 am Hoʻomaka mālie ka piʻi ʻana akā e lilo i mea paʻakikī kokoke i ka hopena. E hala ʻoe i kahi piko wahaheʻe ma mua o ka hele ʻana ma kahi kualono haiki e hiki ai i ka piko maoli o ka mauna ʻo Manaslu.

ʻO ka hiki ʻana i ka piko o Manaslu, ka mauna ʻewalu kiʻekiʻe loa o ka honua, he holomua poina ʻole. Mai ka piko o Manaslu, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā hiʻohiʻona panoramic o ka mauna ʻo Manaslu, ʻo Ganesh Himal, ʻo Annapurna, ʻo Dhaulagiri, a me nā mea hou aku. Ma hope o ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i kāu holomua, e iho mālie ʻoe i Camp III, a laila e hoʻomau i lalo i Base Camp i nā lā e hiki mai ana. He mea nui ka hoʻolōʻihi ʻana i kou manawa i ke ala e iho ai i lalo no ka noho palekana. E alakaʻi kāu mau alakaʻi Sherpa piʻi i ke ala a kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻi palekana ma hope o kēia huakaʻi hoʻokahi wale nō i ke ola.

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anainoe

8,163 m / 26,781 kapuaʻi

19 la

Ma hope o ka piʻi ʻana i ka piko o Manaslu a hoʻi i kona kahua hoʻomoana ma kahi kiʻekiʻe o 4,700 m, ua hiki i ka manawa e hoʻomākaukau ai e haʻalele i ka ʻāina. E hoʻolilo ʻoe i hoʻokahi lā e hoʻomākaukau ai e hoʻi i Kathmandu a hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ke kahua hoʻomoana.

Me kāu hui huakaʻi, pono ʻoe e hoʻopaʻa i ka halelewa, hoʻopaʻa i nā kaula, hōʻiliʻili i nā ʻōmole oxygen i hoʻohana ʻia, nā ʻōwili meaʻai, a me nā lako ʻē aʻe i hoʻohana ʻia i ka wā o ka huakaʻi kiʻekiʻe. Hoʻolei ʻia lākou ma Sama Gaun a i ʻole Kathmandu, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ʻae ʻia ʻoe e waiho iā lākou ma ke kahua hoʻomoana. He ʻāpana ia o nā hana piʻi mau a kōkua i ka mālama ʻana iā Manaslu i maʻemaʻe no nā mea piʻi e hiki mai ana.

Ke pau ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana, e hoʻopaʻa ʻoe i kāu mau lako ponoʻī a hoʻomākaukau no ka huakaʻi hoʻi i ka lā aʻe. ʻO kēia pō hope loa ma ke kahua hoʻomoana he manawa kūpono ia e noʻonoʻo ai i kāu mea i hoʻokō ai ma mua o kou hoʻomaka ʻana i ka huakaʻi hoʻi. Hoʻolilo ʻia ka pō ma ke kahua hoʻomoana.

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anainoe

4,700 m / 15,420 kapuaʻi

ʻO ka hope loa, e haʻalele ʻoe mai ke kahua hoʻomoana ʻo Manaslu a iho i Sama Gaun. I ka hoʻomaka ʻana, pono ʻoe e hele i lalo ma waena o ka ʻāina ʻinoʻino. Ma hope iho, e komo ʻoe i kahi ala ululāʻau. Ma hope o ka iho mālie ʻana, e hōʻea ʻoe i ka loko nani ʻo Birendra. Mai laila mai, e iho ʻoe ma waena o nā kula alpine a me nā lāʻau juniper. A laila e hoʻomau i lalo ma waena o ka ululāʻau paina, e hele i nā mahina ʻai i mahi ʻia, a me nā paia mani. ʻO ka hele wāwae ʻoluʻolu e hoʻihoʻi iā ʻoe i Sama Gaun. E hoʻomaha ʻoe ma ʻaneʻi no ka pō ma kahi hale kī.

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ʻO Teahouse

6 kilomika

3,780 m / 12,402 kapuaʻi

5 hola

I kēia lā, e haʻalele ʻoe iā Sama Gaun a hoʻomaka e iho i Namrung. Hoʻomaka ke ala ma ke kahawai ʻo Budhi Gandaki a lawe koke iā ʻoe ma waena o nā ululāʻau rhododendron mālie a me nā wahi hānai yak ākea. I kou hele ʻana, e mahana ana ka ea, a e ʻōmaʻomaʻo ana nā mea kanu. ʻO kēia nā hōʻailona e nalowale ana kou kiʻekiʻe nui.

I kēia manawa, e hele ʻoe ma waena o nā alahaka lāʻau a hala i nā kauhale liʻiliʻi e like me Shyala lāua ʻo Lho. Ma ke ala, e hele ʻoe ma mua o nā paia mani kahiko, nā hae pule e lele ana, a me nā chortens pōhaku e hōʻike ana i ka moʻomeheu Buddhist hohonu o ka ʻāina. Ma hope o ka hala ʻana i nā kauhale ʻo Sho lāua ʻo Lihi, e iho hope ʻoe ma waena o nā ala i uhi ʻia i ka paina a hele i kekahi mau alahaka kau ma mua o ka hiki ʻana i Namrung. I kēia manawa ma kahi kiʻekiʻe haʻahaʻa loa, ua ʻoluʻolu a hoʻokipa nā wahi a puni ma Namrung. E noho pō ma Namrung.

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ʻO Teahouse

17 kilomika

2,550 m / 8,366 kapuaʻi

6 hola

I kēia manawa hou, ma ka huakaʻi iho o ka piʻi ʻana o Manaslu, e hahai ʻoe i ka muliwai ʻo Budhi Gandaki i lalo. ʻO ka ʻāpana mua o kēia huakaʻi iho i lalo e hōʻea i ke kauhale ʻo Ghap, a laila iho i Deng/Dyang lāua ʻo Bihi Phedi. E neʻe ʻoe mai kahi ʻāpana haiki o ke awāwa i kahi ākea. Ke emi kou kiʻekiʻe, hoʻomaka ka loli o ke ʻano. Wehe ʻia ka ʻāina me nā ulu lāʻau ʻohe, nā mahina ʻai millet, a me ke aniau mahana.

Koe wale nō nā piʻi pōkole i kekahi manawa, he iho ka hapa nui o ka hele wāwae a hiki i Philim. Ua puni ʻia ke kauhale ʻo Philim e nā puʻu i uhi ʻia e nā ululāʻau. A ʻo nā mahina ʻai millet nā mea koʻikoʻi o kēia wahi. Ma hope o kahi lā lōʻihi o ka iho ʻana, he wahi hoʻomaha kēia e hoʻomaha ai, e hauʻoli i kāu ʻaina ahiahi, a e hoʻomākaukau no nā lā hope o kāu hele wāwae.

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ʻO Teahouse

20 kilomika

2,300 m / 7,546 kapuaʻi

6 hola

E hoʻomaka ʻoe i kahi hele wāwae piʻi mai Philim a i Sirdibas ma mua o kou iho ʻana i Salleri lāua ʻo Jagat. Pono ʻoe e hele ma waena o kahi kualono pōhaku i kou iho ʻana. ʻO Dovaan lāua ʻo Tatopani nā kauhale ʻē aʻe āu e hala hou ai i kou iho ʻana i lalo. Manaʻo e hele ma nā alapiʻi pōhaku, ma waena o nā ʻāina laiki, a e hālāwai me nā kaʻa miula ma ke ala ma mua o ka hiki ʻana i Machhakhola.

ʻO ka ʻāpana hope loa i Machhakhola e pono ai ʻoe e iho i lalo a me nā piʻi. A pono ʻoe e hana i kēlā ma ka lihi o ka pali. E makaʻala i ka wā e iho ana i lalo i ʻole e ʻeha a hōʻeha paha i kou kino. E hoʻomaha a hoʻomaha i ka hōʻea ʻana i Machhakhola.

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ʻO Teahouse

14 kilomika

1,330 m / 4,364 kapuaʻi

6 hola

ʻO kēia ka lā hele wāwae hope loa e like me ka papa kuhikuhi o ka huakaʻi Manaslu. ʻO ia kekahi o nā lā hele wāwae lōʻihi loa o ka huakaʻi holoʻokoʻa. ʻO ka hapa nui o ka hele wāwae he iho ʻana i kou puka ʻana mai Machhakhola. E hoʻi hou i kou mau kapuaʻi ma o Nauli Khola, Lapubesi, a me Liding ma mua o ka hōʻea ʻana i Soti Khola. ʻO Soti Khola kou wahi noho i ka pō i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka huakaʻi. Akā i ka wā o ka huakaʻi hoʻi, ʻaʻole ʻoe e kū ma ʻaneʻi. Akā, e hele i lalo i ke ala e hele ana ma Kuerepani, Kokhetar, Arkhet, Shanti Bazar, a me Mangaltar ma mua o ka hōʻea ʻana i Arughat.

ʻAʻole wale ka hoʻololi ʻana o ke kiʻekiʻe e lawe mai i nā loli i ka ʻāina a me nā mea kanu. ʻOiai ke ʻano o ka ʻāina me he mea lā ʻoi aku ka olaola a me ke kala me ke komo ʻana i nā pono hou e like me nā mauna. E hoʻomaha i ka pō ma ʻaneʻi ma Arughat.

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ʻO Teahouse

14 kilomika

950 m / 3,117 kapuaʻi

8 hola

E huakaʻi ʻoe i Kathmandu ma o kahi minibus mākaʻikaʻi i kēia lā. Hoʻomaka ka huakaʻi me ka hoʻomaka mua ʻana mai Arughat. A laila e hele ana i Dhading Besi ma ke alanui ʻāpiki. E lilo ka huakaʻi i mea maʻalahi ke hui pū ke alanui me ke alaloa nui.

Hiki iā ʻoe ke hauʻoli i nā kūlanakauhale mākeke hoihoi ma ke awāwa ʻo Trishuli River. ʻIke ʻia ka ʻoliʻoli o ke kūlanakauhale i kou hoʻokokoke ʻana aku i ke Kapikala o Nepal. Hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻoe i kou hōkele ke hōʻea ʻoe i Kathmandu. Hoʻomaha a hoʻomaha ʻoe no ka lā.

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Hotel

125 kilomika

1,350 m / 4,429 kapuaʻi

4 i nā hola 5

Ma hope o hoʻokahi mahina ma nā mauna, he lā hoʻomaha maikaʻi kēia nou. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohana i ka manawa e hoʻomaha ai a hiamoe wale, a i ʻole e koho e hele a puni ke kūlanakauhale. Hiki iā ʻoe ke kipa aku i nā wahi kaulana, e like me ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Narayanhiti a me Swoyambhunath, i ʻike nui ʻia ʻo Monkey Temple. ʻO Boudhanath Stupa a me ka Halepule ʻo Pashuptinath kekahi mau wahi e kipa aku ai.

Hiki iā ʻoe ke koho i ke kūʻai ʻana i nā mea hoʻomanaʻo i kēia huakaʻi. Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i nā mea kūikawā o Nepal, me ka pashmina i hana lima ʻia, nā hae pule, a i ʻole nā ​​kīʻaha hīmeni. I ke ahiahi, e hoʻonohonoho mākou i kahi pāʻina aloha no ʻoe a me kāu hui. Hoʻokomo pū ʻia ka hanana i kahi papahana moʻomeheu. Hoʻomaopopo ʻoe i ka pō e hoʻomanaʻo ʻia no ʻoe i kou hauʻoli ʻana i ka meaʻai a me ka moʻomeheu Nepali me ka hoʻolilo ʻana i ka manawa maikaʻi me nā hoa piʻi a me nā limahana huakaʻi.

ʻO ka lā kanahā o ka huakaʻi hele ma Manaslu ka hopena kūhelu o kāu huakaʻi mauna i kou hoʻi ʻana i kou home. E hoʻonohonoho kā mākou hui ma My Everst Trip i kahi hoʻoili i ke kahua mokulele honua ʻo Tribhuvan mai kou hōkele. I kou hiki ʻana i ke kahua mokulele, lele ʻoe i kāu wahi e hiki mai ana me ka lawe pū ʻana me ʻoe i nā hoʻomanaʻo Manaslu poina ʻole. Lana ko mākou manaʻo ua hauʻoli ʻoe.