The latest news from Stage 3

of the Great Himalaya Trail

Friday April 27th, Day 67 of the World Expeditions Great Himalaya Nepal Traverse, by Peter McVeigh

27 Apr 2012

Hi Everyone its Peter hereSpent the night before last camped up at Simagon next to the monastery. We made a steep descent down from there and were shocked to walk straight into the middle of a massive hydro tower construction project extending from Nepal into nearby Tibet. It was a real shock after not seeing...

Tuesday April 24th, Day 64 of the World Expeditions Great Himalaya Nepal Traverse, by Peter McVeigh

24 Apr 2012

Hi Everyone!   It’s Peter (McVeigh) here!  I’ve finally had a couple of rest days – a perfect chance to dry and air out my things and get everything organised for the next parts of the trek.Its been a very eventful few days too. For the 2nd time we’ve had a helicopter co...

Thursday April 19th, Day 59 of the World Expeditions Great Himalaya Nepal Traverse, by Greg Mortimer

19 Apr 2012

  Hi Everyone! Greg Mortimer here, leader for Stage 3, the Everest Rolwaling Traverse via Tashi Labsta Pass.It was sad to see Soren and the big group of Stage 2 trekkers go. We’re back to a small family now of myself, Annie and Peter our 12 porters and 4 Sherpas.The nice part is that smaller groups...

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