Well finally over the pass anyway. We made it over Thorung La today - after many days of uncertainty, partly due to falls of snow but mainly because Emilie had stomach problems as soon as Björn got sorted. But the days have been full of fun and incident anyway. For the last couple of days we have loosly teamed up with a similar assorted group (representing Netherlands, Finland & Canada). We are now all together in Muktinath, after an epic day. We left Thorung Phedi at 4:45 this morning and have been celebrating with a few beers this evening. As ever internet time is difficult. I'll try to include a couple of pictures - one from Thorung La today (note 5416m), and one when I managed to meet the local Lama (Lama Parkin of Parkin Gompa) near Manang the other day. He gave a Buddhist blessing to our trek; so it obviously helped!
4 comments:
Congratulations Alan - quite an achievement. Have just been reading about ThorongLa on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorong_La You must be pretty fit ... or you will be by the time you're finished!
Hi Alan,
great to hear that you made it!!
Re your picture with the Lama: who is the Lama?
PS Great blog: i will stay close to your journey!
PPS Did you stay in North Pole Lodge, Muktinath? Best food since ever!
All the best and lets keep contact
Urs
You have a beard!
Your adventure sounds amazing so far, I really want to join you! Sob.
I have Shuggie on my lap :) He's doing well & still living in his mud hut, slowly eating his way through it.
Ohhhh i watched The March Of The Penguins!! Such a shame when the egg cracks, interesting though :)
Hopefully speak to you soon!
xxx
Llama llama duck...
Well done Alan! This is a long way from Byres Road. Weather in Scotland is finally improving, but I guess you don't need to know that.
Hope you recorded Annie Laurie in Japanese!
DJMcK
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