ʻO Langtang Helambu Trek

Welina mai i ke kapikala o ka lani, ka Himalayas, a me ka huakaʻi! Aia kā mākou mea kākau moʻolelo Himalayan Adventure ma ka ʻīpuka hōʻea ʻo TIA e hele pū me ʻoe ma kahi kaʻa pilikino i kou hale noho ʻoluʻolu.

E lawe i kou manawa e noho ai a e hoʻomau i ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻana i ke kūlanakauhale i kona kali ʻana e hōʻike iā ʻoe i kona mau ala waihoʻoluʻu, a me ka mōʻaukala waiwai. Ma hope o ka hōʻea ʻana o nā poʻe āpau o kā mākou Langtang Helambu Trek i ka hōkele, e hui pū kā mākou alakaʻi iā ʻoe a hāʻawi iā ʻoe i kahi wehewehe pōkole o ka huakaʻi ma mua.

Ma hope o ke ahiahi, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻolauleʻa i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kāu huakaʻi hou me ka ʻono mua o Dal Vat a i ʻole Momos.

E hoʻomākaukau i ke kakahiaka nui no kahi huakaʻi huakaʻi hoihoi i kou kauhale mauna mua o Syabrubesi ma Rasuwa District e noho nei ma ka Langtang National Park.

ʻO kahi jeep pilikino a i ʻole kaʻa kaʻa e lawe iā mākou āpau mai Kathmandu ma o Kalanki a me Thankot. Hoʻomaka ke Alanui Trishuli e alakaʻi iā mākou i ka hale kūʻai ʻo Trishuli.

Ma hope o ka hōʻoluʻolu pōkole, e hoʻomau mākou i ke kaʻa ʻana ma ke alanui Pasang Lhamu ākea ākea. ʻO ke ala mai ʻaneʻi he mea kupanaha maoli, e hoʻomaka ana e piʻi ma nā kualono.
Ma mua o ko mākou hiki ʻana aku i Dhunche, e hele ʻia ka puʻu nani o Rani Pauwa. ʻO kēia kauhale liʻiliʻi ke kikowaena hoʻomalu o ka moku ʻo Rasuwa holoʻokoʻa.

Eia ka wahi mākaʻikaʻi pūʻali koa liʻiliʻi e nānā pono i kā mākou mau pepa. I kēia manawa ua hele kūhelu mākou i kahi hoʻonohonoho nani o ka Pāka National Langtang.

ʻAʻole e pau ke ala i kona huli ʻana, e piʻi a iho, a hiki i Syabrubesi. ʻO nā kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe o Manaslu, Ganesh, Annapurna, a me Langtang i hoʻomalu maikaʻi i kēia kauhale liʻiliʻi.

I ke kakahiaka nui, e hoʻomaka mākou i kā mākou huakaʻi hele wāwae. E ʻike mākou i ko mākou alahaka kila i hoʻokuʻu ʻia, a laila ʻo ka lua ma ke ʻano o ka muliwai ʻo Bhote Koshi.

ʻO ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i ko mākou ala me ka muliwai nunui, e hui ʻia mākou e ka Langtang Khola nani e hōʻike iā mākou i ko mākou ala i 1620 m Dhomen Village. E piʻi ana ke ala piʻi ma waena o ke awāwa ululāʻau o nā rhododendrons nui a me nā conifers kiʻekiʻe a hiki mākou i ka ʻOhe.

Ma hope o kekahi mau mea ʻono maikaʻi, e hoʻomaka mākou e piʻi i nā ʻanuʻu pōhaku ʻuʻuku lōʻihi. Ma hope o ʻelua hola o kā mākou hoʻoikaika ʻana, e hoʻokipa mai ke kauhale ʻo Rimche iā mākou mai kahi o Lama Hotel kahi mamao aku.

E leʻaleʻa i ka hui ʻana o nā wai pāʻani o Langtang Khola, e hoʻomaka mākou e piʻi i luna o ka ʻāina ʻōmaʻomaʻo o ka nahele ʻo Langtang. Ma hope koke iho, e hōʻike hou ana mākou i kā mākou ʻae i nā luna o ka Nepal Army Checkpost aia ma Ghumanchok.

Na nā rhododendron ʻulaʻula nui e hoʻonani i ko mākou ala piʻi mau a hiki i Chunama. ʻO ke kiʻekiʻe 7225 m kiʻekiʻe o Langtang Lirung e hoʻomaha mākou i kā mākou huakaʻi no kekahi manawa.

Na kēia hoʻomaha e hoʻomākaukau iā mākou no ke ala piʻi wikiwiki a hiki ke lawe iā mākou i 3000 m kiʻekiʻe ma Ghoratabela (Stable for Horses). Ke hele mālie nei ke ala i mua i Thangshyap, Ghumba, a me Chyamki ma mua o ko mākou hiki ʻana i ke awāwa ʻo Langtang hou.

Hiki ke ʻike ʻia nā kiʻekiʻe kaukani makahiki o Naya Kanga, Ganesh, Dorje Lakpa, a me Langtang Lirung a puni mākou ʻoiai hiki iā mākou ke ʻike i nā hopena pōʻino o ke ōlaʻi 2015.

I kēia lā, kokoke i nā hale a me nā hōkele a pau i hānau hou ʻia i kahi ʻano hou e hāʻawi maikaʻi i ka hōʻoluʻolu i kāna poʻe malihini.

E hoʻomau ʻia kā mākou huakaʻi piʻi i kēia lā ke hele nei mākou i 3543 m kiʻekiʻe Mundu Village. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo ia ʻo ka Village Langtang hou kahi i kūkulu ʻia ai ka hapa nui o nā hale hoʻokipa hou.

Hiki iā ʻoe ke manaʻo i ka neʻe ʻana o ka ʻāina haʻahaʻa a me ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo i loko o ka ʻāina maloʻo maloʻo o ka pāpū Tibet. Ke hele nei mākou ma nā māla yak nani o Singdun a me Yemphu, hiki koke mākou i Kyanjing Gumba.

ʻO ia ka noho hope loa ma ke awāwa ʻo Langtang e hiki ai ke komo i nā ala he nui e hiki ai i nā glaciers a me nā piko. Hoʻokipa ʻia ka wahi i kahi Gumba nani (Monastery) a me kahi hale hana kīʻaha yak i kākoʻo kālā a hoʻohana ʻia e ke aupuni.

Hōʻike pū ke kūlanakauhale i kekahi o nā nani kupaianaha o Gangchempo, Kyanjin Ri, Langtang Lirung, Dorje Lakpa, Langshisha Ri, Chorakri Ri, a me Kinsung.

I kēia lā, e hōʻea mākou i ke koʻikoʻi o kā mākou huakaʻi Langtang Helambu i ko mākou piʻi ʻana i ka piko o Kyanjing Ri ma 4773 m. ʻAʻole ʻenehana kona piʻi ʻana, ʻaʻohe mea e pono ai, ʻo kou hoʻomanawanui ʻana i ka piʻi ʻana i ke ala pōhaku ʻino no hoʻokahi a ʻelua paha.

Aia ma ke kūlana koʻikoʻi i loko o ka puʻuwai o ka ʻāina mauna, ua wehe kona piko i nā hiʻohiʻona kupaianaha o Langtang Yansa, Dshabu Ri, Dorje Lakpa, Langtang Lirung glacier, Kinshung, Tsergo Peak, Naya Kang, Changu, Langshisa Ri, Ganchenpo, Yurba, Yala Peak, a me Langtang II.

Me ka hoʻopiha ʻana i kā mākou pahu hoʻomanaʻo me ka ʻike makamae a me ka manawa, e hoʻi mākou me nā puʻuwai hauʻoli i ko mākou hale hoʻokipa ma Kyanjing Gumba.

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No ka poʻe me ka ikaika nui e holo wikiwiki ana i ko lākou mau aʻa, hiki iā ʻoe ke manaʻo e piʻi i ka 5033 m kiʻekiʻe ʻo Tsergo Ri. Hāʻawi kēia piʻi iā ʻoe i ka manawa kūpono e leʻaleʻa i nā hiʻohiʻona nani o Langshisha a me Yala Kharkas.

Mai kēia lā, e hoʻomaka mākou i kahi huakaʻi hou i Gosaikunda a me Helambu. ʻO ke ala i kēia lā ke iho nei ka mea e hoʻokokoke aku ai iā mākou i nā wahi i ʻike mua ʻia ʻo Mundu, Ghumba, Thangshyap, Ghoratabela, a me Ghumanchok ma mua o ko mākou hiki ʻana i ka hale hoʻokipa o Lama Hotel.

I ka manawa e hoʻokipa hou mai ai ko mākou hoa aloha, ʻo ka Langtang Khola a alakaʻi iā mākou i Rimche mai kahi a mākou e hele mālie ai i ka ʻohe.

E mākaukau e piʻi ʻoi aku ma ke ala wili no kekahi manawa, a laila e iho mākou i kahi canyon kahi e kali ai kahi alahaka lōʻihi a kiʻekiʻe (2000 m) iā mākou.

Ma hope o ka hele pono ʻana i ke alahaka, ʻo ke ala ma mua e lawe iā mākou ma luna o ka puʻu liʻiliʻi. Me ka hauʻoli nui, e ʻike mākou i ka Ganesh Himal e komo ana i ka lani ao ʻole.

Ma hope o ka piʻi ʻana mai ka puʻu, pono mākou e hele i kahi alahaka liʻiliʻi ma luna o Ghopcha Khola. A laila, hele mākou i ka hele a hiki i Thulo Syabru.

E piʻi mau ana ko mākou ala i ko mākou manaʻo e hōʻea i Sing Gompa i kēia lā i kapa ʻia ʻo Chandanbari. ʻO kā mākou huakaʻi piʻi e alakaʻi koke iā mākou i ka 2500 m kiʻekiʻe Dursagang, i kēia manawa ua maʻalahi ko mākou ala hele wāwae i kona neʻe ʻana i kahi ala mālie i hoʻopuni ʻia e ka maluhia o ka nahele.

A laila, e koi mākou iā mākou iho i ka 3210 m kiʻekiʻe o ka Foprong Danda. Hōʻike ʻo Ganesh Himal i kona nani mai kona mau kihi āpau i nani maoli. I kēia manawa, e alakaʻi iā mākou kahi ala nahele o Dhimsa i Sing Gompa, ua piha ka lewa ma aneʻi me nā vibes hoʻomana e puka mai ana mai Gompa kokoke.

Ma hope o ko mākou haʻalele ʻana mai Sing Gompa, hoʻomau kā mākou huakaʻi piʻi ma kahi kuapo liʻiliʻi a hiki i ka ʻāina palahalaha o 3380 m kiʻekiʻe ʻo Chalang Pati. E ʻoluʻolu e ʻike i ka ʻokoʻa kupaianaha o ka ʻāina, ma ka hema, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka ʻāina maloʻo a i ke kūkulu ʻākau, e hoʻomaloʻo ka ululāʻau nui i kou mau maka.

A laila, pono mākou e hoʻopaʻa hou i ke ala wili e piʻi wikiwiki e alakaʻi iā mākou i 3930 m kiʻekiʻe ʻo Laurebinayak. Ua hoʻopōmaikaʻi wale ʻia kēia wahi e nā puʻu nui o Ganesh a me Langtang akā ʻo Annapurna a me ka piko ʻelua o Manaslu.

Ke piʻi mau nei ke ala a me ka wili a me ka huli ʻana iā mākou i ke kiʻekiʻe nui o 4165 m ma Gosaikunda Pass. ʻIke ʻia ke kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe i kēia manawa i ko mākou neʻe ʻana i ka mua o nā loko Gosaikunda-ka Saraswati Kunda ma 4100 m.

He nani ke ala ke hoʻomau nei mākou i ka holomua i ka lua a me ke kolu o nā loko o ka Gosaikunda: 4364 m kiʻekiʻe ʻo Bhairav ​​Kunda a me 4400 m kiʻekiʻe ʻo Gosaikunda ponoʻī.

ʻO kēia ko mākou wahi no ko mākou hoʻomaha pō kahi e ʻai ai kā mākou ʻaina ahiahi i mua o Manaslu, Ganesh, a me Annapurna.

E hāʻawi mākou i ko mākou kakahiaka i ka ʻike ʻana i ka ʻāina nani o ka Gosaikunda. Ma hope o ia mea, e hele mākou ma ke ala e kuhikuhi koke iā mākou i ke kula mauʻu.

E hele mākou i nā loko ʻehā i koe o Gosaikunda: Dudh Kunda, Chandra Kunda, Ama Kunda, a me Ragat Kunda. E hoʻopio ko lākou mau nani i ko mākou mau manaʻo a ʻaʻole liʻiliʻi e hiki mākou i ka piko o ke kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe o kā mākou huakaʻi huakaʻi Langtang: ʻo ka Laurebinayak nui ma 4610 m.

Hōʻailona kēia Pass i ko mākou komo ʻana i ka ʻāina Helambu. E hoʻomākaukau ʻoe no ka iho ʻana he 900 m e lawe iā mākou i ka huelo o kēia ala i kapa ʻia ʻo Phedi ma 3741 m. I kēia manawa, ke hele nei kekahi mau piʻi a me nā iho a hiki i ko mākou noho ʻana ma ka hale moe o Ghopte.

I ke kakahiaka nui, e haʻalele mākou iā Ghopte a e hoʻohauʻoli i ka iho pōkole ma mua o ko mākou piʻi ʻana i ke ala e hele ana i loko o ka ululāʻau paina momona a me ka nahele kaʻa. I kēia manawa, ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ka ʻāina pali e lawe iā mākou i ke kiʻekiʻe o 3690 m ma Thadepati.

ʻO Dorje Lakpa lāua ʻo Gangchempo e kū kiʻekiʻe loa i mua o mākou. I kēia manawa, e iho mālie kākou i ka makani ʻoluʻolu e hele mai ana ma waena o nā kumulāʻau rhododendron a me nā lāʻau paina.

E hele mākou ma 3265 m kiʻekiʻe Magin Goth mai kahi e piʻi iki ai mākou i 3335 m Kuala Bhanjyang. ʻO ke ala i koe e iho i lalo i kēia manawa a hiki i ke kauhale ʻo Kutumsang aia ma ka Shivapuri National Park.

Mai Kutumsang, e hele mākou i kahi puʻu a hele i lalo i Gul Bhanjyang. ʻO kahi ala lepo lepo e lawe iā mākou i kahi kualapa ʻē aʻe ma 2500 m i kapa ʻia ʻo Thorong Danda. Ma hope o ka iho ʻana mai kēia puʻu, hiki mākou i ke kauhale ʻo Chipping.

A laila e hele mālie mākou i lalo i 1760 m Pati Bhanjyang mai kahi o Chisapani ma kahi mamao.

Ke nānā nei mākou i ka Gaursishankar a me Langtang Himals, e ʻai mākou i kā mākou kakahiaka kakahiaka mauna hope loa. A laila, e hele mākou ma ke ala kiʻi e hele ana ma ka ululāʻau ulu o Shivapuri National Park.

ʻAʻole liʻuliʻu, e hōʻea mākou i ka pūʻali koa mai kahi e haʻalele ai mākou i ka paka a hele i kahi manawa a hiki i 1895 kiʻekiʻe Mulkharka. E alakaʻi iā mākou i lalo i Sundarijal, e wehe i kou mau maka e ʻike i ka wailele ʻo Sundarijal a me kāna kahua wai wai.

E ʻike mākou i kā mākou kaʻa e kali mālie ana iā mākou e hoʻihoʻi iā mākou i ke kūlanakauhale o Kathmandu. I ke ahiahi, e hoʻolauleʻa mākou i ka pō hope o kāu huakaʻi hele wāwae ʻo Langtang he 15 mau lā me kahi meaʻai Nepali maoli me kā mākou hui holoʻokoʻa.