Another cold night but knowing it was the last one in the mountains made it bearable. My sleeping bag from MEC has been amazing. A few nights Heidi has been cold with her sleeping bag and an extra blanket and i have been able to give her my blanket and be plenty warm.
Started out early and had 5 hours ahead of us. Unfortunately a lot of it uphill. I remember our first day wondering at the luck of having so much downhill and thinking how lucky we were. Like i said before. Payback. Big. But today I really didn't care (although at one point thought "seriously, we can't go up much more!"). Today i just kinda stayed by myself in the middle of the group and reflected . This was it. Last day of walking . Hard to believe. Had my ipod on and just enjoyed .
I feel like I learned a lot during this time. I learned that people are somewhat the same all over the world no matter their situation. I learned a smile and a greeting in native tongue can earn you a smile and a greeting back. I learned the Nepali people are a resilient strong people in both character and strength. Anyone who can carry 130kgs on their back, likely twice their body weight, for two days uphill to another village for 30 rupies per kg (approximately 50 cents ), turn around go back down and start over again has my respect and then some. I saw men/boys carrying full stoves with pipe on their backs. Even saw a man going with a bathtub on his back today . I could hardly handle a small pack.
I learned that I am weaker in some ways than I thought I was. I learned that I am stronger than I thought I was in many ways. I learned that when you think you just can't go any further, you can. And I learned to always watch my step behind the yak trains :).
Planning on indulging in some yak meat tonight. Just had a great HOT shower (after having to change rooms when there was literally crap leaking from under our toilet and we hadn't even used it yet.). The small comforts are big when you haven't had them for a while. Looking forward to higher temperatures tomorrow and the coming days.
Started out early and had 5 hours ahead of us. Unfortunately a lot of it uphill. I remember our first day wondering at the luck of having so much downhill and thinking how lucky we were. Like i said before. Payback. Big. But today I really didn't care (although at one point thought "seriously, we can't go up much more!"). Today i just kinda stayed by myself in the middle of the group and reflected . This was it. Last day of walking . Hard to believe. Had my ipod on and just enjoyed .
I feel like I learned a lot during this time. I learned that people are somewhat the same all over the world no matter their situation. I learned a smile and a greeting in native tongue can earn you a smile and a greeting back. I learned the Nepali people are a resilient strong people in both character and strength. Anyone who can carry 130kgs on their back, likely twice their body weight, for two days uphill to another village for 30 rupies per kg (approximately 50 cents ), turn around go back down and start over again has my respect and then some. I saw men/boys carrying full stoves with pipe on their backs. Even saw a man going with a bathtub on his back today . I could hardly handle a small pack.
I learned that I am weaker in some ways than I thought I was. I learned that I am stronger than I thought I was in many ways. I learned that when you think you just can't go any further, you can. And I learned to always watch my step behind the yak trains :).
Planning on indulging in some yak meat tonight. Just had a great HOT shower (after having to change rooms when there was literally crap leaking from under our toilet and we hadn't even used it yet.). The small comforts are big when you haven't had them for a while. Looking forward to higher temperatures tomorrow and the coming days.
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