Wednesday, 18 July 2012

Manang: Day 10 and 11

Holy smokes ! This morning I got my head so far up my rear end trying to find a trail head in the dark without a map. I mean I had a picture of the map on my cellphone
Aforementioned cellphone picture

 and belatedly realized that I was going up the wrong gorge. Watching the sun come up I sat and kept turning around to see which peaks were getting light first.
I thought I could get sponsored by my shoe company if I took a good picture
 I can see why sunrise is the best time for pictures and i didn't realize when the moment happened but I did realize when it was gone. Tried tea and breakfast at a new hotel but there wasn't enough sunlight (implied warmth) even though the views were better than our hotels.

Neat lake nearby


Hiked with Zac and elbi to the lobal Glacier Gangapuna, bushwhacking most of the way. We ended up finding a yak herder's hut used in the summertime. then we saw our first glimpse of wildife as a heard of mountain goats passed by.

Goatherder Yurt !


Played a gambling game(Person A rolls the dice and Person B offers something up if they make the roll) I won $400 rupees of yak cheese and snacks from Zac. and ended up paying out movie tickets for everyone to the local projecter hall to see 7 Years in Tibet. Not only was there a fireplace in the projector hall but they served apple tea and popcorn halfway through, score!

Trail Side movie theater