Trek from Annapurna Base Camp to Himalaya at 9,636' and from Himalaya to Sinuwa at 7,788'
Susan's first today
We awoke to crystal clear skies and there are no adjectives worthy of the peaks that surrounded us. The Sky was the bluest of blues I have ever seen. Hundreds of people gathered at the top of camp over looking a deep canyon with a glacier far below. We had breakfast with the angels at around 14,000 feet and these peaks towered over us another 13,000 feet!
There was a memorial to fallen climbers and one of them was Anatoli Bourkreev. There was a quote from him that we loved; "mountains are not a stadium where I satisfy my ambition to achieve. They are the cathedrals where I practice my religion". We started our decent and it was more challenging than I had anticipated! A whole new set of muscles to wear out and train! Second day was a little better muscle wise. We climbed three to four thousand stairs, 90% up! The trail was through a jungle like setting with many river crossings, a Glacier crossing and dense foliage. Flies were a nuisance. We even saw a few monkeys in the tree tops, one with a baby clinging for dear life as they flew through the trees! Had my second shower today. Best 2 bucks ever spent! What an extraordinary adventure!
Ed
Tuesday morning we were up at 5:30 to the clearest of skies and indescribable views of the 7 & 8,000 meter peaks all around us. I took many, many pictures but not one shows what we saw. This was our first morning below freezing but we hardly noticed and as soon as the sun hit us during breakfast we all warmed quickly. After breakfast we began the 4,000'+ descent to Himalaya. As we descended it was hard to believe that we managed to do all of that climbing. Today we descended further with a lunch stop at Bamboo. From there we ascended several hundred feet via rock stairs and then the terrain roller coastered the remaining miles to Sinewa. We have a nice camp on the edge of town.
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