Ka Huakaʻi ʻo Simikot Kailash

He lā hoʻomaha kēia lā, a e lawe ʻia ʻoe i nā wahi like ʻole ma Kathmandu no ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻana. Eia kekahi, e hāʻawi aku kā mākou mau ʻelele iā ʻoe i ka ʻike kumu e pili ana i nā hoʻolālā, nā wahi, a me nā hana palekana no ka huakaʻi. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hele wāwae ma ke alanui o Thamel ma hope o ka lā.

ʻAina kakahiaka, ʻaina awakea, a me ka ʻaina ahiahi

Hotel

1,301 m / 4,268 kapuaʻi

Holo mākou i Nepalgunj, ka ʻaoʻao komohana o Nepal. He kūlanakauhale ʻo Nepalgunj kokoke i ka palena ʻo India. He kūlanakauhale hoihoi kēia wahi e hōʻike ana i nā moʻomeheu like ʻole, nā meaʻai i hana ʻia ma kahi kūloko, a me nā kauhale lāhui.

ʻAina kakahiaka, ʻaina awakea, a me ka ʻaina ahiahi

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1 Nā hola

Lele mākou i Simikot (40 mau minuke) a loaʻa ka makemake e hele wāwae i ka nani o nā mauna. Maanei, hiki iā mākou ke ʻike i nā kānaka ʻōiwi a me kā lākou moʻomeheu, kokoke i ka poʻe Tibet. Mai Simikot, piʻi mākou a laila iho i nā ala hele i Tuling. Hele mākou ma waena o nā ululāʻau puʻupaʻa a me nā kauhale ma ke kahawai ʻo Karnali, e alakaʻi ana i Dharapuri.

ʻAina kakahiaka, ʻaina awakea, a me ka ʻaina ahiahi

Hale paʻakai

2,985 m / 9,793 kapuaʻi

6 Nā hola

Hele mākou ma nā ala pālahalaha ma ke kahawai ʻo Karnali. Hiki iā mākou ke ʻike i nā mahina ʻai i mahi ʻia me ka laiki, ka ʻuala, ka buckwheat, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. Aia ʻelua mau pūnāwai wela kokoke iā Kermi e hiki ke hōʻoluʻolu i kou ʻeha kino. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā hale mōneka Buddhist i kapa ʻia ʻo Laikyo Gumba lāua ʻo Lhundrup Choeling Gumba ke hiki ʻoe i Kermi.
O/N ma ka Hale Kī

ʻAina kakahiaka, ʻaina awakea, a me ka ʻaina ahiahi

Hale paʻakai 

2,860 m / 9,383 kapuaʻi

Nā hola 5-6

Piʻi mākou i nā ala piʻi e hiki ai i kahi ala liʻiliʻi a hele i kahi alahaka kau ma luna o ka muliwai ʻo Salli. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā hiʻohiʻona kupaianaha o nā lāʻau paina a me ka muliwai ʻo Karnali. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i kahi hale mōneka i kapa ʻia ʻo Namkha Khyung Dzong.

ʻAina kakahiaka, ʻaina awakea, a me ka ʻaina ahiahi

Hale paʻakai

2,879 m / 9,446 kapuaʻi

6 Nā hola

Piʻi mākou i luna a ʻike i nā lāʻau paina nui ma ke ala. I ko mākou hōʻea ʻana i Tumkot, hiki iā mākou ke kipa aku iā Dhungkar Choezom Gumba, ka hale mōneka koʻikoʻi ʻo Sakya ma ka ʻāina Tibet.

ʻAina kakahiaka, ʻaina awakea, a me ka ʻaina ahiahi

Hale paʻakai

3,073 m / 10,082 kapuaʻi

6 Nā hola

ʻO kēia lā ke ala hele wāwae loa a kupaianaha hoʻi ma luna o ka muliwai ʻo Karnali. Ma hope o hoʻokahi hola o ka hele wāwae ʻana, ʻike mākou i ke ʻano o ka ʻāina, nā mea kanu, a me ka loli o ka mahana. Ma muli o nā ʻokoʻa o ke aniau, e ʻike ʻoe i nā lāʻau pōkole a haʻahaʻa ma mua o nā kumulāʻau ma ke ala.

ʻAina kakahiaka, ʻaina awakea, a me ka ʻaina ahiahi

Hale paʻakai

3,663 m / 12,018 kapuaʻi

6 Nā hola

Ma hope o ka hele wāwae ʻana no ka lā, ua hōʻea mākou i ka Nara La Pass (4620m), kahi e like ai nā ʻāina me Tibet. Hiki iā mākou ke ʻike i nā pāpū Tibet a me ke kauhale ʻo Yari. A laila, iho mākou a hiki i Hilsa, kahi no nā malihini e hele ai i ka mauna ʻo Kailash

ʻAina kakahiaka, ʻaina awakea, a me ka ʻaina ahiahi

Hale paʻakai

3,647 m / 11,965 kapuaʻi

Nā hola 5-6

Ke hele nei mākou ma ke alahaka ma Hilsa a piʻi mai Hilsa a i Purang, e hala ana iā Rinzing Zangpo Gumpa a me ke kauhale ʻo Kangye ma ko mākou mau alahele. Ma hope o ka hōʻea ʻana i Purang, e ʻike mākou iā Purang Gumba a me nā kiʻi pena Buddhist o ke kenekulia 12.

ʻAina kakahiaka, ʻaina awakea, a me ka ʻaina ahiahi

Hale paʻakai

3,772 m / 12,375 kapuaʻi

Nā hola 2-3

Ma hope o ka hala ʻana i nā loko ʻo Rakshas lāua ʻo Mansarover, hiki mākou i Monster. Ma hope o kekahi manawa, ua kipa mākou iā Tirtapuri, aia ma ke komohana ʻākau o ka mauna ʻo Kailash. Hiki iā mākou ke ʻike i nā pūnāwai wela ʻo Tirthapuri i haku ʻia me ka kapuaʻi o Guru Rinpoche. Ma hope mai, hoʻi mākou i Monster.

ʻAina kakahiaka, ʻaina awakea, a me ka ʻaina ahiahi

Hale paʻakai

4,450 m / 14,600 kapuaʻi

4 Nā hola

Ma hope o 2 mau hola, hiki mākou i ke awāwa ʻo Garuda, ma ke komohana hema o ka mauna ʻo Kailash. Hiki iā mākou ke ʻike i ke kahua hānau o ka nohona Tibet i ka wā o ke au o nā mōʻī Shang Shung. Ma hope iho, neʻe mākou i Darchen, he kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi ma ke alo o ka mauna ʻo Kailash.

ʻAina kakahiaka, ʻaina awakea, a me ka ʻaina ahiahi

Hale paʻakai

4,560 m / 14,961 kapuaʻi

3 - 4 Nā hola

Hele mākou i loko o ke awāwa ma waena o nā pā pōhaku ʻulaʻula a hele i nā pāpū a hiki i Shershong. Ma hope mai, hele mākou i ke alahaka e alakaʻi iā mākou i Chhuku Gumba a laila i Dirapuk. Maanei hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka hiʻohiʻona kupaianaha o ka mauna ʻo Kailash (6638m).

ʻAina kakahiaka, ʻaina awakea, a me ka ʻaina ahiahi

Hale paʻakai

5,120 m / 16,798 kapuaʻi

5 - 6 Nā hola

ʻO kēia ka ʻāpana paʻakikī: piʻi mākou i ke ala ʻo Dolma-la (5750m). Hiki iā mākou ke ʻike i nā hae pule ʻelima kala. Iho mākou i Dzutul-puk, a ʻike mākou i nā Thungje Zinbu kupaianaha a me nā ana.

ʻAina kakahiaka, ʻaina awakea, a me ka ʻaina ahiahi

Hale paʻakai

4,790 m / 15,715 kapuaʻi

6 –7 hola

Hele mākou i ke kula ʻo Barka. Ma hope o ke Kora hemolele o Mt. Kailash ma Darchen, kalaiwa mākou i ka loko ʻo Mansarovar, kahi mea nui i ka hoʻomana no nā Hindu a me nā Buddhist. ʻO ka loko ke koʻikoʻi o ka maʻemaʻe a me ka manaʻoʻiʻo uhane.

ʻAina kakahiaka, ʻaina awakea, a me ka ʻaina ahiahi

Hale paʻakai

4,560 m / 14,961 kapuaʻi

3 - 4 Nā hola

I kēia lā, e hele kākou i kahi mākaʻikaʻi o Mansarovar, nona ka anapuni he 90km, e lilo ia i hoʻokahi o nā loko wai maʻemaʻe kiʻekiʻe loa o ka honua. Ua manaʻoʻiʻo ʻia ʻo ka inu ʻana a i ʻole ka ʻauʻau ʻana i ka loko e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i kāu mau hewa. E kaʻapuni kākou i ka loko i loko o kahi kaʻa a ma hope e kipa aku iā Chui Gumba.

ʻAina kakahiaka, ʻaina awakea, a me ka ʻaina ahiahi

Hale paʻakai

7 - 8 Nā hola

Ke kalaiwa nei mākou ma waena o Hor Quo a me Mayum La pass (5200m), kahi e hiki ai iā mākou ke ʻike i nā kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi e like me Zhongba lāua ʻo Paryang. Lawe ka huakaʻi iā mākou he 270km mai Mansarovar a i Paryang a hoʻohui iā Saga, 255km mai Paryang.

ʻAina kakahiaka, ʻaina awakea, a me ka ʻaina ahiahi

Hale paʻakai

4,600 m / 15,092 kapuaʻi

8 - 9 Nā hola

Ua kalaiwa mākou mai Saga a i Nyalam no 2 mau hola a hoʻi hou i Zhangmu, ke kūlanakauhale palena ʻo Tibet.

ʻAina kakahiaka, ʻaina awakea, a me ka ʻaina ahiahi

Hale paʻakai

3,750 m / 12,303 kapuaʻi

4 - 5 Nā hola

Ma hope o ka nānā ʻia ʻana ma ka palena, e kiʻi aku kā mākou mau ʻelele iā ʻoe mai ke Alahaka Hoaloha Kina a hoʻihoʻi iā ʻoe i Kathmandu.

ʻAina kakahiaka, ʻaina awakea, a me ka ʻaina ahiahi

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4 - 5 Nā hola

I kēia lā, e hoʻi ana ʻoe i kou ʻāina hānau. Ma hope o ka ʻaina kakahiaka, e haʻalele kā mākou ʻelele iā ʻoe ma ke kahua mokulele 3 mau hola ma mua o ka manawa i hoʻonohonoho ʻia.

ʻO ka kakahiaka kakahiaka