Friday Flashback – Day 1 of Trekking In Nepal

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Nima Sherpa takes a break at the tourist checkpoint

Wondering what it is like to be dropped off at the starting point of a 10-day trek toward the base camp of Annapurna South (8,000-meter peak) having not gone on an overnight hike since the age of 12 twenty years earlier?  I was too.  I quickly learned why you don’t want to leave later than scheduled if you can avoid it – rain and hail.  The kind of iceball deluge that will have you jumping out of your shoes in pain as you are pelted from the heavens.

Day 1 – Shelter From the Storm records my initial observations from wildlife to having all my clothes and sneakers completely soaked on the very first day!

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Categories: Post-trip
Post tags: blogsherpa, Nepal, pokhara, trek, trekking