Yesterday we crossed the West Col, the day before the Sherpani Col.All day was spent lowering loads down the West Col yesterday. Conditions are changing fast, we encountered a lot of snow on Hunku side which was unexpected and yesterday a lot of blue ice and exposed rock.All the group are well and will rest t...
The latest news from Stage 2
of the Great Himalaya Trail
Safety lines and ascenders to finish Stage 1 and finally meeting up with the Stage 2 trekkers
07 Apr 2013
Fantastic! Not only do we have some divine sunny skies today, but it is a rest day - so, solar power is on tap, and I am able, and have time, to update the GHT blog, and the whole camp has been busy washing skanky clothing and drying gear.We are now into our second day of stage 2, and have been joined for thi...
Update from Soren Kruse Ledet
03 Apr 2013
Today we received a call by sat phone from Soren Kruse Ledet, leader of the Makalu GHT section.The team will be arriving at Yangla Kharka today and are scheduled to rendezvous with the full traversers tomorrow where they will continue on Stage 2.So all is going to plan and we should have some more blog posts...
Marking the 'path' into the Makalu region
02 Apr 2013
Yes, it's been a while, and it's not as though we've had nothing to report.The past few days has seen the GHTers back into the wilderness with the tough and/or long days not allowing time to prepare a blog, and now, with a run of bad afternoon weather, our solar charger has been unable to power-up some key co...
