Friday, May 11, 2007

Day 04: Rest at Ghorepani!

08 April, 2007
Early morning at five A.M., we walked up to Poonhill to see the Annapurna, Dhaulagiri Himalayan ranges and first sunrise view. After fourty-five minutes walk, we reached on the top of Poonhill (3210m) from where, we saw machhapuchhre -Fishtail (6993m), Gangapurna Himal (7454m), Hiunchuli (6434m), Annapurna South (7219m), Baraha Sikhar -Fang (7647m), Annaurna I -world's 10th highest peak (8091m), Nilgiri, Tukuche Peak (6920m), Dhaulagiri Himalayan Ranges (I, II, IV and III) and Gurja PEak respectively from left. Fortunately, the weather was clear. The view was stunning when the first sunrays went directly to the gigantic Dhaulagiri from Machhapuchhre (that scene was really magnificient and trekkers used to walk up to poonhill to see see this view). According to villagers, many travellers had not got the chance to see the Himalayan ranges from Poonhill since 3-4 days because of weather problem.
According our previous plan, today, we had to walk toward Tadapani but teh plan is changed due to the altitude problem of Jason (Lindsay also had normal cough problem) and they became more conscious as they are expert on first aid treatment. His face had changed into light yello and decided to change the plan for taking rest at Ghorepani. Due to jason's international flight, the whole plan was changed. Instead of going Annapurna Base Camp, we cut off the previous plan and made it shorter (Ghorepani -Tadapani -Ghandrug -Pokhara). We took rest at Ghorepani for a whole day because we had to cross the Deurali Pass (3090m), which is higher than Ghorepani (2860m) so it would be problem for themselves. Evening, we took a class of first aid training. Overnight stayed at same hotel.

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