I have to say that I am also beginning to feel how hard this trek is. After 15 days of continual walking with average ascents and descents of over 750m a day, with some days being considerably more, I’m beginning to flag and we still have some big days ahead. Today, however, although very long was an absolute pleasure. We summited the seventh pass within 45 minutes of the start, unfortunately there were no views as the mist was down. During the descent the mist started to lift and the views opened up, as we descended through two beautiful hanging valleys. We reached the village of Lhedi for lunch and then walked up the Chu Num valley to our campsite near Chozo. A 500 metre height gain over 8 km along a wide river bed, with views of Table Top mountain, at over 7,050 metres, dominating the gentle uphill walk.
Most other groups get a rest at this point, but for some reason there isn’t one in our itinerary. We don’t mind but a short day would be good as we are desperate to do some clothes washing, even we think the smell is not overly attractive! Fortunately we are the only ones having to suffer the absence of clean clothes at the moment.
Sounds like your having a blast. Great blogs. Well written and very informative.
Cheers Clive, hope you and Bev enjoyed your holiday? I think I’ll be offline now until the end of the trek.
Fascinating to hear about your trek – keep the blogs coming pls!
Try to, but I think I’m going to be off line now until the end
I’m really enjoying reading about Stephen and your trip and seeing the wonderfully photos, keep them coming and take care x
Thanks Karen, I don’t think that I’ll be able to post again until the end as there’s no mobile signal from now on.
Hi Charles – hope you’re still going to have the energy to carry my camera and 500 mm lens when we go searching for Snow Leopards in February!
I’ll try but no guarantees as hopefully. There are supposed to be Snow Leopards in Bhutan but we saw no sign. Back at hotel with mobile reception after 8 days of no communication what so ever. Great trip though, and looking forward to getting home on 31st after a cultural tour of Bhutan.