The latest news from Stage 3

Sadly, we have just one more day on the trail, one more day of stage 3, before we head to Kathmandu for a short break.It will be sad because Peter and I will be saying goodbye to some fellow trekkers who have added so much to the trek over past few weeks: > Fran (from NZ), who has been with us since s...

Beam me down Scottie...... Gee, that worked - transported from Whiteland to Greenland in a flash.Well, that's how it seemed anyway. We have moved over past 2 days from our recent "home" of ice, rock and snow to one of trees, grass, and people - and a lot more oxygen.Our last GHT blog, on 29/4/13, was from Kab...

Rocks, falling. Big rocks and little rocks, every few minutes.We were making our way slowly and torturously down the Rolwaling Glacier, concentrating on the next step (does that rock look stable?), and having our attention almost constantly diverted by the sudden crashing sounds of rock falling from the steep...

Today we crossed another pass, the Tashi Labsta, at 5760 metres. It was a relatively easy pass, as last night we were camped less than 100 metres (vertical) from the top, so the ascent this morning, in fine and sunny conditions, only took 30 mins or so.And the descent was also straight-forward - a loooong sno...

Now, that was a tough climb.We are now in camp just below Tashi Labsta, a high pass at 5760 metres - subject to weather, we will cross over the pass tomorrow.Camp last night was on a glacier at 4864 metres, so today's climb was approx 800 metres, or around 2500 ft. What's that? Not such a big deal? Well, plea...