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.