trek to Annapurna base camp nach unserer 10- taegigen trekking tour sind wir heute wieder gluecklich und voll zufrieden in pokhara angekommen. die blasen an unseren fuessen lassen sich noch an einer hand abzaehlen und die wandersocken, mit denen man vermutlich jeden elefanten haette betaeuben koennen, sind schon zum waschen abgegeben. unser guide, narayan, haette nicht besser sein koennen. die tour war einfach nur klasse.
los gings zunaechst mit dem taxi nach naya pul (auf ca. 900m), dem ausgangspunkt unserer tour. die strasse dorthin bestand praktisch nur aus metergrossen schlagloechern and would be for every German motorists had an almost impossible challenge. because we had 10 days time, we decided not the direct route to Annapurna base camp to take, but to follow a detour Ghorepani. of this small mountain village on 2874m is about half an hour from one of the most famous viewpoints in Nepal, called poon hill.
Fortunately, the first day's stage to thikkedunga (1520m) not too long and so we could pretty well get used to our heavy luggage might be. In contrast to most of the trekkers we carried our luggage and made us even no porter (carrier). These are usually very poor Tibetan refugees the one's luggage for a few dollars a day long tour behind the whole tow.
after but the other trekker who dragged their luggage himself, had a much smaller backpack, we were the first doubts whether we would really put itself up to the base camp. Bernd's backpack weighed more than 12 kg, was frank in their countries to also carry more than enough. as funny had narayan (our guide) the smallest and lightest backpack from us, from which he conjured up but strangely, still everything necessary (mobile phone, sleeping bag, down jackets, etc.)
narayan encouraged us then, but again, we would create loose , and after we then on 2 tag successfully had risen more than 1500meter to Ghorepani, we again hopes to forge new ones. Nevertheless, we are still totally unclear how other trekker could reduce their equipment at 8 kg. maybe they had underpants instead of 4 only 2 here, and 10 days of hiking socks the same. we want but do not really know exactly ...
night we slept in very comfortable lodges, tea houses also stated. even in the base camp at 4200m us overnight only 200 Rubies (about 1 € per person) cost. the rooms were cleaner than the large majority in Kathmandu and Pokhara. which brought with us daunenschlafsaecke that much of our matched eckes accounted made, in particular annapurna paid base camp at -8 degrees celsius.
get up early to watch the sunrises, Hill has paid off, especially in the above-mentioned viewpoint poon. Here you have next to the Annapurna mountain chain also makes the Dhaulagiri mountain range views. both times we see peaks over 8000m are high and are among the 10 highest in the world.
franzi the poon hill, range behind it some of the Dhaulagiri range
the Dhaulagiri from Poon Hill from
the scenery was more impressive the higher we rise: up to approximately 3000m huge rhododendron forests with monkeys and parrots, higher then a wonderful snowy landscape. da only thing missing were the ski.
bernd at our lodge in Tadapani in the background annapurna south and hiunchuli
the highlight was clearly the 6th and 7 tag: the way to the Annapurna base camp (ABC) and back. on the way up we had heavy snowfall, the path through the high snow and poor visibility made the whole thing even more exciting. on abc, and we had dinner the next morning, the best weather during the whole tour, and therefore the perfect time. because of abc, which is practically in a boiler-art, one can see Annapurna mountain chain, the whole, with amazing views of the Machhapuchhre (6993m), Annapurna I (8091m), Annapurna South (7219m) and other incredible mountains.
our guide, narayan, with us at base camp
base camp, in the background Machhapuchhre
the 3 team from one of the 10 highest mountains of the world, the Annapurna I
bernd descending from the abc
that we had booked at 9 € a day one of the most experienced guides, we noticed during our first tour. This was after the fact with certainty the best decision, giving us, especially the areas around certain avalanches fuehrte. dies hoert sich vielleicht selbstverstaendlich an, 2 studenten aus den usa wurde ihr sehr leichtsinniger guide beinahe zum verhaengnis. im gegensatz zu uns folgten sie ahnungslos ihrem guide durch ein stark lawinengefaehrdetes gebiet auf unserer route. 10 meter hinter ihnen ging dann tatsaechlich 3 minuten lang ne gewaltige lawine runter. dank narayan ist uns das allerdings nicht passiert und wir konnten dieses, fuer uns sehr aufregendes ereignis von einem sicheren ort beobachten. wie gesagt, mit unserem guide hatten wir einen echten volltreffer gelandet.
die meisten deutschen, die wir auf unserer trekking tour und in pokhara trafen, waren uebringes studenten, genauer gesagt medizin studenten. allein in den lodges, in denen wir uebernachteten, trafen wir mehr als 10 dieser spezies. scheint wohl ne krankheit zu sein. allein in pokhara machen in diesen semesterferien 35 medizinstudenten aus deutschland ne famulatur.
es gibt sicherlich noch vieles mehr zu erzaehlen, z.b. unsere abenteuerliche rettungsaktionen eines deutschen am letzten tag, aber dafuer ist uns die zeit dann doch zu schade, wir muessen schliesslich das naechste abenteuer organisieren...
