Holoi Dolpo Lower

Hoʻomaka ka lā 1 o ka Lower Dolpo Trek i ka pae ʻana o kāu lele ma Tribhuvan International Airport ma Kathmandu. Ke neʻe nei ʻoe ma ke kaʻina hana immigration ma kahi o 60 mau minuke me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ke kaʻina hana visa-on-arrival o Nepal.

Pono ʻoe i ʻelua kiʻi passport a me ke kālā USD no nā uku visa. E uku i $30 no ka visa 15 lā a i ʻole $50 no 30 mau lā, e like me ka hōʻoia ʻana o ke aupuni Nepal. E hōʻiliʻili i kāu ʻeke a ʻike i kā mākou luna e kali ana ma ka hale hōʻea e paʻa ana i kou hōʻailona inoa.

Hoʻokele mākou iā ʻoe i 5 mau kilomita i Thamel, ka ʻāpana huakaʻi o Kathmandu. ʻO ka hoʻoili ʻana he 20 mau minuke ma nā alanui kūlanakauhale paʻa.

ʻIke ʻoe i nā kaʻa kaʻa e ulana ana ma waena o nā mea kūʻai alanui a me nā hae pule e lele ana ma luna o nā hale kūʻai. Holo mālie akā hiki ke wānana.

Hana ʻia kāu hōʻea hōkele ma kahi o 1,400 mika kiʻekiʻe, e like me ke kiʻekiʻe o ke kahua mokulele. ʻAʻohe hoʻololi kiʻekiʻe i kēia lā.

Hoʻomaha no ka manawa e hoʻōla mai kāu lele. Hāʻawi ka hapa nui o nā hōkele Thamel i ka Wi-Fi a me ka wai wela, pono no ka hoʻomākaukau.

Alakaʻi mākou iā ʻoe ma o ka nānā ʻana i nā mea pono i ke ahiahi. He $2 ke kumukūʻai o nā papa hoʻomaʻemaʻe wai no ka ʻeke 50-papa.

ʻO kahi pahu lā lōʻihi mai $25 a i $40, ma muli o ka maikaʻi o ka brand. Ke alakaʻi nei kā mākou alakaʻi i kahi pōkole 60 mau minuke e uhi ana i ka palekana a me nā hana moʻomeheu.

Aʻo ʻoe e aloha aku i ka poʻe Nepali me ka "Namaste" a mahalo i nā loina o ka luakini ma ka pale ʻana i ke kuhikuhi ʻana i nā wāwae i nā heiau. Hōʻoia mākou i ka pono o kāu passport, ka ʻinikua huakaʻi, a me nā kikoʻī pili pilikia.

ʻAi ʻoe i ka ʻaina ahiahi ma kahi hale ʻaina kūloko e hōʻike ana i ka dal bhat, ka meaʻai nui o Nepal. Hāʻawi kēia hui lentil a me ka laiki i ka 800 a 1,000 calories i kēlā me kēia lawelawe.

ʻAi piha e hoʻihoʻi hou i ka ikehu ma hope o ka huakaʻi a hiamoe i kēia pō. I ka lā ʻapōpō i ka hola 8, hoʻomaka mākou i ka kipa luakini a me ka nānā ʻana i nā lako hana hope.

Hoʻomaka ka lā 2 i ka hola 7:30 am ke hālāwai ʻoe me kā mākou hui ma kou puka hōkele ʻo Thamel. Kūkākūkā mākou i ke ala hele wāwae he 8 kilomika i kēia lā ma o UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Hoʻokomo ʻoe i nā kāmaʻa paʻa no ka mea e koi ana nā ala pōhaku o Kathmandu i ka wāwae māmā. Piʻi ʻoe i 365 mau ʻanuʻu i ka Swayambhunath Stupa ma mua o ka hola 9 am ʻO kēia paʻa puʻu o ke kenekulia ʻelima e noho ana ma kahi o 100 mika ma luna o ke kiʻekiʻe o ke awāwa.

Po'ai 'oe i ka dome ke'oke'o e pili ana i ka huila pule. Wehewehe mākou i ka ʻenehana circumambulation stupa kūpono e koi ana i ʻekolu rotations piha.

Ma Boudhanath Stupa i ke awakea, ʻike ʻoe i ka 246 mika kaʻapuni ʻana. Kūʻai nā wahine Newari kūloko i nā lei marigold ma nā hale kūʻai puka hikina.

Hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻoe i nā mōhai kukui pata ma hope o kā mākou alakaʻi alakaʻi ʻo Lower Dolpo Trek. He $1 ke kumukūʻai o kēlā me kēia kukui a wela no hoʻokahi hola paʻa a i ʻole, e hāʻawi ana i ka mālamalama no ka noʻonoʻo ʻana.

Hāʻawi ka ʻaina awakea i ka thukpa meaʻai ma kahi hale ʻaina kokoke. Hāʻawi kēia noodle soup i 500 calories i kēlā me kēia kīʻaha, akā hoʻomāʻona ʻoe.

Hōʻoia mākou i kāu ʻae hele wāwae i ka wā ʻai. E nānā inā pili pono kāu kāleka TIMS i nā kikoʻī passport.

Hana ʻia ka nānā ʻana i nā mea hana ahiahi ma Kathmandu Guest House. Ke ho'āʻo nei mākou i kāu kukui kukui me ka hoʻohana ʻana. Pono e helu ʻia kāu ʻeke moe i -5°C no nā alakaʻi alakaʻi o Lower Dolpo Trek.

Paipai mākou i nā hale kūʻai hoʻolimalima pole trekking inā nele kāu mau ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo. Hoʻoikaika mākou i ka waiho ʻana: e pale i nā papa kumu pulupulu ke mālama lākou i ka makū.

Ma ka hola 4 pm, e hōʻoia mākou i kou noho lele Nepalgunj. Aia ka ʻaina ahiahi ma Thamel i nā dumplings momo. ʻAi piha e mālama i ka ikehu.

Hoʻomaka ka lā 3 ma 9:30 am ke haʻalele ʻoe i kou hōkele Thamel no Tribhuvan International Airport. Hele ʻoe i 5 mau kilomita ma kahi kaʻa i hoʻonohonoho mua ʻia i loko o ka pūʻolo Lower Dolpo Trek.

Wehe ʻia nā kikowaena kūloko ma mua o 90 mau minuke ma mua o ka haʻalele ʻana i nā lula CAAN. Hōʻike ʻoe i kāu tiketi a me kāu passport ma ka helu helu helu. He 20 kilokani ka huina o ka haawina ukana, me 5 kilokani no ka halihali ana.

ʻO ka lōʻihi o ka lele ʻana he 75 mau minuke me ke kiʻekiʻe holo ma kahi o 15,000 kapuaʻi. Ke iho nei ʻoe ma ka ʻāina ʻo Terai, me ka nānā ʻana i nā pā laiki a me nā kahawai wai ma lalo. Aia ke kahua mokulele ʻo Nepalgunj ma 150 mika.

Hoʻopau ʻia ka ʻeke ukana i loko o 20 mau minuke ma hope o ka pae ʻana. E haʻalele i ke kikowaena e ʻimi i kā mākou kaʻa kali. ʻO ka neʻe ʻana i kahi noho i hoʻonohonoho mua ʻia he 15 mau minuke, e uhi ana i 3 mau kilomita.

Ua like ke kiʻekiʻe o ka hōkele me ke kiʻekiʻe o ka mokulele ma 150 mika. Loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi lumi me kahi mea hoʻomaha a me kahi lumi ʻauʻau pili. ʻO ka ʻaina awakea ka curry maikaʻi a me ka laiki ma ka hale ʻaina hōkele, i loko o ka Lower Dolpo Trek.

ʻO ke ahiahi e pili ana i ka hōʻoia lele ʻana no ka lā 4 a hiki i Juphal. E hōʻike i kāu kuhikuhi kuhikuhi i kā mākou alakaʻi. Ma ka hola 4:00 pm, hoʻomaha ʻoe ma nā wahi pā hale malu.

ʻO ka mahana wela o ke ao a hiki i ka 25 a 29 ° C i Nowemapa. E ʻaʻahu i nā lole māmā a kau i ka pale lā SPF 50. ʻO ka ʻaina ahiahi he pulao meaʻai.

Hoʻomaka ka lā 4 o ka Lower Dolpo Trek ma mua o ka wanaʻao, me kā mākou hui e hālāwai me ʻoe ma kāu hōkele Nepalgunj. Ke holo nei nā huakaʻi mauna i nā hola kakahiaka nui, no laila, neʻe wikiwiki mākou.

Manaʻo ʻoe i ke ea ʻoluʻolu o ka pō ke holo mākou i ke kahua mokulele. Hiki i kā mākou alakaʻi ke kaʻana like i nā moʻolelo i ke ala. Ua hoʻihoʻi hou mākou i nā mea kūʻai aku ma nā ala ʻē aʻe ma hope o ke kāpae ʻana i nā mokulele ma muli o ka ʻino. Mālama ka ʻoluʻolu i nā huakaʻi i ka wā e komo ai ke aniau.

Aʻo ʻoe e koi kēia ʻāina i ka mahalo i ka papa hana kūlohelohe, ʻaʻole kā mākou. Ma ke kahua mokulele, mālama pono mākou i kāu mau ʻae a me nā ukana. E kau ʻoe i ka mokulele Twin Otter me ka maluhia me nā pailaka akamai.

Hōʻike ka lele ʻana i ka neʻe nui ʻana o Nepal mai nā pāpū palahalaha a i nā mauna puʻupuʻu. Ma lalo iho, ʻike ʻoe i nā ʻāina patchwork e hāʻawi ana i nā kahawai hohonu. Loaʻa koke ʻoe i kahi kiʻekiʻe nui.

Hōʻike ko mākou alakaʻi i nā pae ʻāina ma ka puka makani liʻiliʻi. Kōkua kēia hiʻohiʻona lewa iā ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo i ka ʻāina o ka lā ʻapōpō. ʻO ka pae ʻana ma ke kahua mokulele ʻo Juphal he mea kupanaha ka poʻe huakaʻi hele mua.

Noho ʻia ke alahele ʻiliʻili pōkole ma kahi mauna. Hele pololei ʻoe i ke ala me kāu ʻeke lā. Lawe ʻia nā ukana nui ma mua o ka poʻe lawe puka Dolpo Trek haʻahaʻa. Hoʻomaka mākou e hele wāwae e hoʻonui i nā hola o ke ao.

Ke hahai nei ke alahele i ka muliwai Thuli Bheri ma o ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā ʻāina. Ke hele nei ʻoe i nā alahaka hoʻokuʻu paʻa kahi e paʻi ai nā hae pule i ka makani. Hele pū ka leo o ka muliwai i kou wāwae. Aʻo mākou iā ʻoe i ke aloha kūloko "Julley" i hoʻohana ʻia i ka wā e hālāwai ai me nā kamaʻāina.

Hoʻokumu kēlā me kēia alahaka i ka hilinaʻi no nā ala kiʻekiʻe ma mua. Hana ʻia ka ʻaina awakea ma kahi hale kīʻaha ʻohana. Hāʻawi ka mea hale i ka dal bhat ma nā pā metala.

ʻIke ʻoe i kona hoʻopiha hou ʻana i nā ʻōmole wai mai kahi punawai. Nānā mākou i nā pae oxygen ma ʻaneʻi i ka piʻi ʻana o ke kiʻekiʻe. ʻO kā mākou alakaʻi ʻo Lower Dolpo Trek e nānā i nā hōʻailona maʻalahi o ka luhi i kēlā me kēia huakaʻi.

ʻO ka hele wāwae ʻana i ke ahiahi e pili ana i ka piʻi mau ʻana ma waena o nā ululāʻau juniper. Hoʻemi ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke kaumaha ma kou mau kuli. Kū pinepine mākou e hoʻoponopono i nā papa ke hāʻule ka mahana.

Ke alakaʻi nei nā māka ala i kou ala i ka wā e ʻōwili ʻole ʻia ai ka noe. Aʻo ʻoe e hilinaʻi i ke ala ʻoiai ke emi nei ka ʻike. Hiki ʻoe i ke kauhale ʻo Dunai ma mua o ka nalo ʻana o ke kukui ahiahi.

Hoʻomākaukau kā mākou mea hale hoʻokipa makemake i ka wai wela no ka holoi ʻana. ʻO ka ʻaina ahiahi nā kīʻaha buckwheat i ulu ʻia ma ka ʻāina.

Hiki ke hiamoe ma hope o kēia lā hoʻololi koʻikoʻi. ʻO kēia kaʻina holo kaʻahele ka mea i makemake nui ʻia. Hoʻomanaʻo nā mea kūʻai aku i ka ʻokoʻa ma waena o ka wela o Nepalgunj a me ka ea mauna o Dunai.

Hoʻomaka ka lā aʻe ma ka hola 6:15 me ke kī kī wela ma kou lumi Dunai. Hoʻopili ʻoe i kāu ʻeke lā i ka nānā ʻana i nā pae wai.

Hoʻopaʻa mākou i ka heluhelu ʻana o ka saturation oxygen ma 90 a 96 pakeneka me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kā mākou pulse oximeter. Kū kēia ana i nā paepae palekana o ka Himalayan Rescue Association no ka iho ʻana o kēia lā. Haʻalele ke alahele i ke kauhale ʻo Dunai e hele ana ma ka hikina ma ke kahawai ʻo Thuli Bheri.

Hele ʻoe i 15 mau kilomita i kēia lā me 305 mau mika o ka nalo kiʻekiʻe. Ua haiki ka laula o ka muliwai i 10 mika maanei. Hoʻololi ka ʻili o ke ala ma waena o ka honua paʻa a me nā pōhaku i hoʻoheheʻe ʻia i ka muliwai, pono e hoʻokomo pono i nā wāwae.

Hoʻokele mākou i ʻekolu mau kahawai ma mua o ka hola 9, hoʻohana kēlā me kēia i nā alahaka lāʻau i hoʻopaʻa ʻia me nā kaula a me ka uwea kila. Aia ma kahi o 40 kenimika ka laula o nā papa alahaka. Ma ka hola 10:30 am, komo ke ala i nā ʻāpana ululāʻau juniper. Ke emi nei ka nui o ka lāʻau me ka piʻi ʻana o ke kiʻekiʻe.

ʻIke ʻoe i nā kumu lāʻau Rhododendron ma ke kiʻekiʻe 2,700 mika. Hoʻololi nā hōʻailona ala i nā ʻulaʻula pena uliuli. Hoʻomaʻamaʻa mākou i ka ʻenehana hele wāwae zigzag e mālama i ka ikehu ma nā pali kiʻekiʻe.

ʻAi ʻia ka ʻaina awakea ma ke kauhale o Chharka ma kahi o 12:45 pm ʻAi ʻoe i nā pancakes buckwheat me ka meli ma kahi hale pōhaku e hoʻopaʻa ana. ʻO ka hoʻomaha hoʻomaha he 10 mau minuke e pale i ka ʻoʻoleʻa hui. ʻO 5 mau kilomika hope e hahai i nā ala kahiko.

Maalo ʻoe i ʻekolu pā mani i kūkulu ʻia me nā pōhaku papa. Aloha mai nā kamaʻāina iā ʻoe me "Tashi delek" i kou hoʻokokoke ʻana iā Tarakot. Hiki ʻoe i kahi hale hoʻokipa ma ka hola 3:20 pm, a ʻo ke kiʻekiʻe he 2,545 mika.

Loaʻa nā lumi i nā kapuahi ahi no ka mahana ahiahi. ʻO ka ʻaina ahiahi he sopa bale i kālua ʻia; nānā mākou i ka pahuhopu kiʻekiʻe 3170-mika o ka lā ʻapōpō.

Hoʻomaka ka lā aʻe o ka Lower Dolpo Trek me kahi mākaʻikaʻi ma kahi hale hoʻokipa ma 5:55 am Hoʻoponopono mākou i kāu kāʻei ʻeke no ka hanu maikaʻi loa i ka wā e piʻi ai. Hoʻonui ka lawe ʻana i ka oxygen i kekahi pākēneka me ka alignment torso kūpono.

Piʻi ʻoe i 625 mau mika ma luna o 14 mau kilomita ma o nā alahele ululāʻau juniper. He 14 pakeneka ka awelika o ke alahele ma ka piʻi mua ʻana he 2.5 kilomika ma luna o Tarakot. He 3 a 5 mau mika ke kiʻekiʻe o nā lāʻau Juniper. ʻIke hou ʻoe i nā kumulāʻau Rhododendron ma 2,800 mika.

Ma ka hola 7:40 am, hoʻokele ʻoe i ke kaʻina pā mani mua. Aia i loko o kēlā me kēia hale pōhaku he 180 a 220 mau papa i kālai ʻia. Hoʻololi nā māka ala i nā hae pule ʻulaʻula kahi i uhi ʻia ai ka nahele i nā ahi i pena ʻia.

Ke hele nei ʻoe i ke kahawai ʻo Laini Khola i ka hola 9:15 am ʻO ka ʻaina awakea ma 12:05 pm kokoke i kahi hale kīʻaha ma Sermathang. ʻAi ʻoe i nā keke bale i kālua ʻia me ka paʻakai maloʻo.

ʻO ke ala hope loa e hahai ana i nā ala lepo ma o nā māla hāmama. Hele ʻoe i ʻekolu mau wahi hānai ʻana i ka yak me nā holoholona. ʻOi aku ka laulā o ke ala i ʻelua mau mika, pono ke kau ʻana o ka wāwae ma nā aʻa i ʻike ʻia.

Hiki ʻoe i ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Laini ma ka hola 3:55 pm ʻAʻohe mea hoʻomehana nā lumi, he moena mehana wale nō a me nā pākeke. Pela no ka hele ana ma na puu mamao.

Hāʻule ka mahana wela i ka -3°C; ma mua o kēlā, hāʻawi ka ʻaina ahiahi i ka ikehu a me ka mahanahana ma o ka ʻuala ʻuala me nā ʻōmaʻomaʻo hihiu. Hōʻike kēia ala i nā kaiaola kaiaola o Dolpo.

ʻO kou hōʻea palekana e hilinaʻi nui ʻia i ka mālama ʻana i ka hoʻokele hydration pololei i ka wā e piʻi ai.

Hoʻomaka ka lā 7 o ka Lower Dolpo Trek ma 6:45 am ke hoʻoponopono ʻoe i kou kukui poʻo no ka haʻalele ʻana ma mua o ke ao.

Pono mākou iā ʻoe e hōʻoia i kou kūlana hydration me nā palapala kala mimi, e like me nā kūlana. Hōʻike ka ʻākala a i ka melemele ʻeleʻele i ka lawe ʻana i ka wai ma mua o ka piʻi ʻana.

Piʻi mālie ke ala mai nā hale pōhaku o Laini ma waena o nā māla bale. Uhi ʻoe i 10 mau kilomita i kēia lā, loaʻa iā 375 mika o ke kiʻekiʻe a hiki i Nawarpani. Pono nā ʻāpana pōhaku i ka hoʻokomo pololei ʻana i nā wāwae ma nā ʻāpana limestone maʻamau i ka ʻāina maloʻo o Dolpo.

Hoʻomaʻamaʻa mākou i ka holo ʻana i ka ikehu: 50 mau minuke hele a ukali ʻia e 5 mau minuke hoʻomaha. Noho kou puʻupuʻu ma lalo o 100 mau beats i kēlā me kēia minuke i kēia mau wā.

Ma ka hola 10:30 am, pono ʻoe e hoʻokele i nā māla pōhaku a hiki i 1 mika ke kiʻekiʻe. ʻO nā pahu pōhaku i kālai ʻia ma ke ʻano he hōʻailona ala ma luna o 3200 mika i ke kiʻekiʻe.

ʻAi ʻia ka ʻaina awakea i ka hola 1:15 pm ʻAi ʻoe i ka ʻai hoʻopiha a hoʻoikaika i ka dal bhat ma kahi hale kīʻaha ma ke ala.

ʻO ka piʻi hope ʻana e hele i kahi pali scree me ka ʻiliʻili liʻiliʻi. Hoʻohana ʻoe i nā lāʻau hele wāwae ma ka ʻaoʻao no ka paʻa ʻana ma ka 25-degere incline.

Nalo nā kaha alahele no ka manawa pōkole, akā na kā mākou alakaʻi ʻo Lower Dolpo Trek e alakaʻi i ka ʻeke. Hiki ʻoe i ka hale hoʻokipa ʻo Nawarpani ma ka hola 4:10 pm

Hōʻoia ka piʻi ʻana he 3,545 mika, a ʻo nā lumi e pili ana i nā pā pōhaku e hāʻawi ana i ka pale kūlohelohe i nā mahana o ka pō. Aia ka ʻaina ahiahi i ka sopa ʻuala me nā dumpling bale.

Ma ka lā 8 o ka Lower Dolpo Trek, koi ke ala i ka nānā koke ʻana i kou hoʻomaka ʻana i ka huakaʻi ma 6:20 am mai Nawarpani. Hoʻoponopono kou kino i ka oxygen ma 80 pakeneka ka maikaʻi e like me ka ʻilikai ma ke kiʻekiʻe 3,545 mika.

Hele ʻoe i 13.2 kilomita ma waena o ka pā wao nahele kiʻekiʻe o Dolpo i kēia lā. He 1,445 mika ka loaʻa kiʻekiʻe, a hiki i ka hōʻailona 4,990 mika o Dho Tarap. Ke neʻe nei ka ʻili o ke ala mai ka honua paʻa a hiki i ka pōhaku moe i ʻike ʻia, e koi ana i ka neʻe ʻana i nā kuʻekuʻe wāwae.

Hele ʻoe i ke kahawai kiʻekiʻe mua i ka hola 10:10 am Ua kākau ʻia ka mahana wai i 4°C ma muli o kā mākou ana wela kikohoʻe. Hoʻāʻo mākou i kēlā me kēia ʻanuʻu me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā pou trekking ma mua o ka hoʻoili paona piha ʻana ma nā alahaka makeshift. ʻO ka ʻaina awakea ma 1:00 pm kokoke i ke kauhale ʻo Tshowa.

ʻAi ʻoe i ka ʻai tsampa me ka ʻiʻo yak maloʻo. Hana ʻia nā māka oximeter i kēlā me kēia 45 mau minuke. ʻO ke ala hope loa he 2.1 mau kilomita o ka piʻi mau ʻana ma luna o ka ʻāina moraine.

ʻO nā pōhaku ākea a hiki i 50 kenimika ke anawaena e koi pono i ke koho ala. Nalo loa nā māka ala ma luna o 4,800 mika, akā ʻaʻole pono ʻoe iā lākou no ka mea e alakaʻi ʻia ʻoe e kā mākou Lower Dolpo Trek alakaʻi.

Ke komo nei ʻoe i ka hale hoʻokipa ʻo Dho Tarap ma ka hola 4:25 pm e hāʻule ana ka mahana o ka pō i -5°C ma muli o nā moʻolelo. Heluhelu mākou i ka hele ʻana o ka lā ʻapōpō he 5,190 mika me ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i ka loaʻa kiʻekiʻe.

Pono ka lā 9 o ka Lower Dolpo Trek e hoʻomaha piha ma Dho Tarap kiʻekiʻe 4,990 mika. He 35 pakeneka ka emi o ka oxygen ma kou koko ma mua o ka ʻilikai.

Ana mākou i kou puʻuwai hoʻomaha ma ka 78 beats i kēlā me kēia minuke i ka hola 7:00 am nānā. Pono nā uku ma luna o 85 e hoʻomaha hou.

Hana ʻoe i nā hoʻomaʻamaʻa neʻe ʻana ma ka ʻāina pālahalaha kokoke i kou hale hoʻokipa. E hoʻopau i ʻekolu mau hoʻonohonoho o ka hele wāwae he 10 mau minuke ma ka wikiwiki 1.5 kilomita i kēlā me kēia hola.

Mālama kēia i ka holo ʻana me ka ʻole o ke koʻikoʻi i kāu ʻōnaehana cardiovascular. E nānā i ka hohonu o kou hanu me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka hoʻāʻo kamaʻilio: pono ʻoe e ʻōlelo i nā ʻōlelo piha me ka ʻole o ka hanu.

Ma ka hola 9:30 am, kipa mākou i ke keʻena hui ʻo Dho Tarap Monastery i ka makahiki 15. Hōʻike nā kiʻi paʻi i nā akua Vajrayana e hoʻohana ana i nā mineral kūlohelohe.

He 2.5 mika a 1.8 mika ka nui o kēlā me kēia kiʻi. Hōʻike nā mōneka i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i ke kukui pata me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka pata i loko o nā kīʻaha keleawe. ʻO ka ʻaina awakea i ka hola 12:20 pm, e hōʻike ana i ka sopa bale me nā mea kanu maloʻo.

ʻO ke ahiahi ka nānā ʻana i ka saturation oxygen i kēlā me kēia 2 a 3 mau hola. ʻIke ʻoe i nā ʻenehana ulana huluhulu kuʻuna ma kahi o 3:00 pm Ke hoʻohana nei nā wahine kūloko i nā mea ulana lole hope.

Pono ka lā 10 o ka Lower Dolpo Trek i ka hoʻokele ala pololei i kou iho ʻana mai nā hale pōhaku o Dho Tarap ma 4:50 am

Pono nā kūlana o ke ala i ka nānā koke ʻana: uhi ʻia ka scree wehe i 60 pakeneka o ke ala 12.3-kilomita o kēia lā i Numa La Base Camp. Nalo ʻoe i 550 mika o ke kiʻekiʻe e iho ana i ke awāwa ʻo Numa.

Hoʻokumu nā pōhaku Griddy i nā wāwae paʻa ʻole me nā ʻiliʻili e neʻe ana ma lalo o kēlā me kēia ʻanuʻu. Ke neʻe nei mākou i hoʻokahi faila me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā pou trekking horizontally no ke kaulike.

Ke hele nei ʻoe i ʻelua kahawai ma ka hola 9:40 am He 2°C ka wela o ka wai ma muli o kā mākou ana wela wela. Loaʻa i nā moena kahawai nā ʻāpana quartz ʻoi e koi ana i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana me nā pou. ʻO ka ʻaina awakea ma 12:50 pm kokoke i ke kauhale ʻo Numa.

ʻAi ʻoe i ka thukpa meaʻai me ka paʻakai yak maloʻo. Hana ʻia nā māka oximeter pulse ma kēlā me kēia kū i ke ala. ʻO ke ala hope ma hope o ke ala ʻaoʻao ma nā pali pali.

Hoʻokele ʻoe i 1.8 mau kilomita o ka ʻāina i hōʻike ʻia me nā ʻeke 40-degere. He 50 kenimika ka laula o ke alahele, e pono ai ke kau wawae.

Hiki 'oe i kou hale hoomoana ma ka hola 3:30 p. He 50 kilomika i kēlā me kēia hola ke kūkulu ʻia ʻana o nā hale lole. Hāʻawi ka ʻaina ahiahi i ka mehana a me nā calorie i makemake nui ʻia ma o ka sopa wela a me ka berena me ka meli.

Hoʻomaka ka lā aʻe o Lower Dolpo Trek i ka hola 4:15 am ke hoʻopaʻa mākou i nā crampons i kou mau kamaa no nā ʻāpana ala anu. Hāʻawi mākou i nā papa iodine no ka mālama ʻana i ka wai i ka wā e piʻi ai.

Piʻi ʻoe i 750 mika ma luna o 3.8 mau kilomita i Numa La Pass. Hoʻololi ka ʻili o ke ala mai nā ala lepo i hoʻopaʻa ʻia a i nā pōhaku ʻā. He 1.2 mika ka laula o na alahaka kahawai. Hiki ʻoe i ka piko o Numa La Pass ma 8:25 am

Hōʻoia ka piʻi ʻana he 5,190 mika i ka helu ʻana o ke anuanu makani -12°C. Hana ʻoe i kahi hoʻomaha hoʻomaha 20 mau minuke me nā kīʻaha kiʻekiʻe-calorie. Hoʻomaka koke ka iho ʻana ma hope o ke kiʻi ʻana i ka piko. Nalo ʻoe i 745 mika o ke kiʻekiʻe ma luna o 5.2 mau kilomita i Pelung Tang.

Hōʻike ke ala he 22 hoʻololi i ka hāʻule mua 1.5-kilomita me ka awelika 25 pākēneka gradient. Pono nā ʻāpana pōhaku ʻoluʻolu i ka ʻenehana iho zigzag e pale i ke kūkulu ʻana i ka manawa.

Ma ka hola 11:40 am, hele ʻoe i ke kahawai puka waho o Pelung Glacier. He 1°C ka wela o ka wai me ka lepo e hoemi ana i ka ike. ʻO ka ʻaina awakea ma ka hola 1:20 ma kahi o ke kahua hoʻomoana o Pelung Tang.

E hōʻea ʻoe i ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike o Pelung Tang ma ka hola 3 pm E hāʻule ka mahana o ka pō i -7°C. Hāʻawi ka ʻaina ahiahi i ka sopa yak pata wela me nā noodles buckwheat.

Ke koi nei ka lā 12 o Lower Dolpo Trek i ka loiloi hau e like me ka hōʻike ʻana o ke kukui ma mua o ke ao ʻana i nā kūlana ala ma 4:00 am

Piʻi ʻoe i 630 mau mika ma luna o 4.1 mau kilomita i ka piko o Baga La Pass. Piʻi ka gradients ala ma 37 pakeneka ma ka hoʻokokoke hope 800-mika ma luna o 4,900 mika.

Ma ka hola 6:40 am, hoʻokele ʻoe i nā ala pali ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau o ke alahele. Hiki ke hōʻea i ka piko ma ka hola 8:10 am ma ke kiʻekiʻe 5,070 mika.

Hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka wikiwiki o ka makani i 28 mau kilomita i kēlā me kēia hola, e hana ana i kahi anuanu makani -14°C no kā mākou thermometer kikohoʻe. Hoʻomaka koke ka iho ʻana i kahi hoʻomoana 4,080 mika o Dajok Tang.

Nalo ʻoe i 990 mika o ke kiʻekiʻe ma luna o 6.3 mau kilomita ma o ka ʻāina hui. ʻO 2 mau kilomika mua e hele i nā pali pōhaku e pono ai ke kaʻawale he 3 mika ma waena o ka poʻe huakaʻi.

I ka hola 11:20 am, hele ʻoe ma ke kahawai ʻo Dajok Glacier meltwater. ʻO ka ʻaina awakea ma 1:00 pm ma kahi o Dajok Tang.

Hoʻomaka ka lā 13 o ka Lower Dolpo Trek me kahi loiloi ala ma ka pā pōhaku ʻo Dajok Tang ma 5:50 am

Nānā mākou i kou mau kuli kuli no ka haʻalulu kūpono ma mua o ka iho ʻana. Piʻi nui ke koʻikoʻi hui i ka wā e hele ana i lalo.

Piʻi ʻoe i 480 mau mika ma luna o 12.5 mau kilomita i ka noho ʻana o ka loko o Ringmo. Uhi ʻia ka 70 pākēneka o kēia ʻāpana, ka mea e pono ai ke kuʻekuʻe wāwae me kēlā me kēia ʻanuʻu.

Ma ka hola 7:30 am, hoʻokele ʻoe i ke kahawai ʻo Thuli Bheri River mua. ʻO ka ʻaina awakea ma ka hola 12:00 pm kokoke i ke kauhale. ʻAi ʻoe i ka thukpa mea kanu me nā iʻa maloʻo.

ʻO ke ala hope loa e pili ana i ke kahakai hikina o Phoksundo Lake. ʻOi aku ka laulā o ke ala a hiki i 60 kenimika me 200-mika hoʻokuʻu ʻana e pono ai ke kau wāwae. Hiki ʻoe i Ringmo Guesthouse ma ka hola 3:20 pm

Hōʻike ka mālamalama o ke kakahiaka i nā wai turquoise o Phoksundo Lake ma 3612 mika. Hoʻopā kou mau kāmaʻa i kahakai ma ka hola 7:00 e pale aku i ka makani ahiahi. Hoʻokumu nā mineral glacial i kēia kala ʻokoʻa i ʻike ʻia mai 2 mau kilomita.

Hahai mākou i ke ala kahakai hikina no 3.2 mau mile kaʻapuni. He 40 pakeneka o ke ala i uhi ʻia e nā pōhaku ʻoluʻolu. Ma ka hola 8:45 am, hiki ʻoe i nā ʻanuʻu pōhaku kahiko o Bon Po Monastery.

He 1.8 mika ka manoanoa o ka hale o ke keneturi 12 i kukuluia me ka hamo ole. Hana nā mōneka i nā ʻano wai me nā ipu keleawe i hoʻopiha ʻia mai ka loko mai. Pono kēlā me kēia mōhai i ʻekolu kaʻa kaʻapuni e like me nā kikokikona hoʻomana Bon.

ʻIke ʻoe i ke ʻano nalu o ka loko i ka hola 10:20 am ʻO ka ʻaina awakea ma 12:30 pm kokoke i ke kauhale o Ringmo. ʻAi ʻoe i nā pancakes kūloko, sopa, a me ka berena me ka meli hihiu.

ʻO ke ahiahi ka nānā ʻana i ka moʻomeheu ma ka hola 2:00 pm Hōʻike ka poʻe kamaʻāina i ka ulana ʻupena kuʻuna me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka hulu hipa.

Pono kēlā me kēia ʻupena i 12 mau hola e ulana ai i 1 mika square, ma muli o ko mākou manawa. Kūʻai mākou i nā mīkina lima kaʻawale no 350 NPR i kēlā me kēia pālua e mālama i nā makani loko anu. E hoʻi ʻoe i Ringmo Guesthouse ma ka hola 4:00 pm

I ka lā aʻe o ka Lower Dolpo Trek e pono ai ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā kuli ma Ringmo Guesthouse ma mua o ka haʻalele ʻana i ke ala ma 6:00 am

Piʻi ʻoe i 1,080 mika ma luna o 14.3 mau kilomita ma ke awāwa ʻo Phoksundo. Ma ka hola 7:50 am, hoʻokele ʻoe i ke kahawai ʻo Thuli Bheri River. He 35 kenimika ka hohonu o ka wai. ʻO ka ʻaina awakea ma 12:40 pm kokoke i ke kauhale ʻo Lamjin.

ʻAi ʻoe i ka dal bhat me nā pīkī maloʻo. ʻO ke ala hope loa e pili ana i nā māla bale i kālai ʻia i loko o nā paia o ke awāwa.

Hiki 'oe i ka hale ho'okipa Shyanta ma ka hola 3:50 pm Aia nā lumi i nā paia i uhi 'ia i ka lepo e hā'awi ana i ka ho'oponopono mahana. Hāʻawi ka ʻaina ahiahi i 650 calories ma o ka curry meaʻai me ka laiki.

E hōʻoia mākou i ka lele ʻo Juphal i ka lā ʻapōpō. Hoʻomaka ka hiamoe ma ka hola 8:20 e hoʻōla i ka hele wāwae ʻana.

Hoʻomaka ka lā 16 me ka nānā ʻana i ke ala ma Shyanta Guesthouse ma 5:45 am Uhi ʻoe i 13.8 mau kilomita e iho ana i 55 mika kiʻekiʻe ʻupena i Juphal. Hoʻonui ka laulā o ka muliwai Thuli Bheri i 80 mika.

Ma ka hora 10 o ke kakahiaka. Nānā ʻoe i nā ʻano lawaiʻa kuʻuna ma ka muliwai. Hoʻohana ka poʻe kamaʻāina i nā pahele ʻohe he 1.5 mika ka lōʻihi me 10 kenimika mesh puka.

Loaʻa i kēlā me kēia pahele he 200 a 300 grams o ka iʻa i kēlā me kēia lā. ʻAi ʻia ka ʻaina awakea i ka hola 12:20 pm, a ʻai ʻoe i ka thukpa mea kanu me nā iʻa maloʻo.

E hōʻea ana i ka hale hoʻokipa ʻo Juphal ma ka hola 3:40 pm Loaʻa nā lumi i nā keena pākahiko i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka lā no ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana i nā hāmeʻa. Hōʻike kēia ala i ka mahiʻai ʻana o ke awāwa muliwai ʻo Dolpo ma o nā māla paʻa a me nā hana lawaiʻa kuʻuna.

Pono ka lā 17 o Lower Dolpo Trek e hōʻoia i ka ʻae ʻana ma kahi mākaʻikaʻi kokoke. E neʻe ʻoe i ke kahua mokulele ʻo Juphal ma 8:10 am ma kahi kaʻa i hoʻonohonoho mua ʻia e uhi ana i 1.2 mau kilomita.

Hoʻopau ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana ma ka hola 9:40 am ʻO ka lōʻihi o ka lele ʻana he 46 mau minuke, e iho ana mai 2,475 mau mika a hiki i Nepalgunj he 150 mika kiʻekiʻe. Nalo ʻoe i 2,325 mau mika o ke kiʻekiʻe ma kēia māhele, i hōʻoia ʻia e nā papa lele.

ʻO ka pae ʻana ma ke kahua mokulele ʻo Nepalgunj ma kahi o 11 am Hoʻopau ʻia ke koi ʻana i nā ukana i loko o nā minuke o ka hōʻea ʻana.

Na kā mākou kaʻa e hoʻoili pololei iā ʻoe i ke kahua mokulele o Nepalgunj Airport no ka hola 11:30 am Buddha Air lele i Kathmandu.

Ma hope o ka pae ʻana ma Tribhuvan International Airport, ʻohi ʻoe i kāu ukana mai ka carousel. E hālāwai ana kekahi o kā mākou mea hoʻopuka iā ʻoe ma ka hale hōʻea e paʻa ana i kou hōʻailona inoa.

He 20 mau minuke ka lawe ʻana i Thamel. E noi mākou iā ʻoe e nānā i kou hōkele no ka pō.