The TREK day 7
Hi everyone! I’m back with another blog post for you today about our very challenging hike today up the Annapurna to the highest lake in the world: Lake Tilicho. Before I continue, you should know that today was a back and forth day, like we went from one location to another location and then back to the second location😵. Also being said, today was our steepest climb yet(aside from Kilimanjaro, obviously), even more than the pass, which is our final climb up! So, as you can see, today was very challenging, but ultimately was worth the tremendous effort. You probably know the schedule from my last six posts, so I’m not going to explain it because it was the same, boring routine as always. When we walked out of the Sheri Kara base camp, we embarked for 2 and a half hours until reaching where we would sleep tonight. This hike was mainly uphill and we reached our first obstacle of the day: Landslide territory😱! About two thirds of our first climb of the day was downhill AND on landslide territory, making our trek even more dangerous. Whenever we stepped on ground, dust flew all around us and the ground trembled. It was kind of scary way first, but it was easier as we progressed downwards. After we completed this first half of today, I felt a great feeling of accomplishment after what we did and made me believe in anything!!! Yeah, I am over exaggerating. But still, believe in yourself and follow your dreams😆😝🐴🌈!!!! Back on topic, we got to Tilicho base camp, where we would later sleep that night. I had pasta there and so did Ella. I love pasta and it actually was pretty good here. Anyways, we planned to visit the highest lake in the world, so we started to hike for the next 3 hours to what was one of the most awesome things we had seen on this trip. Let’s just get this out of the way, 98% of the three HOUR hike was uphill, steep, and dusty. You can imagine how hard it was, but also how beautiful the scenery was. It was absolutely extraordinary and the whole hike was plain awesome all the way, except for the massive uphill and the fact that my feet were dead when we got to the lake. However, the greatest part was at the end of the long journey. Just as I was about to fall down from exhaustion, we came across Lake Tilicho, the most beautiful lake in the world. It was all light blue and was massive. It was so rewarding to see and made that whole uphill trip worth it. We had tea next to it and after posing for photos, we went back to Tilicho base camp with a smooth downhill. However, something terrifying awaited us there. Once we got rested, got ready, and went to the bathroom(finally), we went to the kitchen to eat dinner and there was a cluster of some 40 hikers gathered around😱😦😥!!!! I was not expecting this. They came out of nowhere and were so loud! They used a jeep so the way to Manang and then hiked to here. Thankfully, we got a room first so we wouldn’t have to sleep with all of them. We ate our nice dinner and went to bed relieved and satisfied.
