ʻO Annapurna Circuit Trek me Tilicho Lake

I ka hōʻea ʻana ma ke kahua mokulele honua ʻo Tribhuvan ma Kathamndu Nepal, e hālāwai kā mākou hui Glory Adventure me ʻoe a kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻopaʻa inoa i kāu halihali i ka hōkele. I kou hōʻea ʻana, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomaha a hoʻōla mai kāu huakaʻi. Ma muli o ka manawa e hōʻea ai, hiki iā ʻoe ke hele a puni ka ʻāina, kūʻai ma nā hale kūʻai kūloko, a i ʻole e hoʻomaha wale ma ka hōkele. ʻO Kathmandu (1,400 m / 4,593 ft) ke kapikala o Nepal, a ʻo ia kahi hoʻomaka no nā huakaʻi he nui ma ka Himalayas.

E hāʻawi ʻia kahi hōʻike pōkole e pili ana i ka huakaʻi i ke ahiahi e komo pū ana me ka ʻike e pili ana i ke ala, kahi āu e noho ai, nā alakaʻi palekana, a me nā hana o kēlā me kēia lā. He manawa kūpono kēia e hoʻonohonoho ai e pili ana i kāu mau lako huakaʻi a e hōʻoia i loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi mau nīnau āu e pili ana i ka huakaʻi i pane ʻia. He hiamoe ʻoluʻolu ia o ka pō, a he ala maikaʻi loa ia e hoʻomākaukau ai no nā hana o ka lā aʻe ma ka ʻāina ʻo Annapurna.

I kekahi lā aʻe, e haʻalele mākou i ke awāwa ʻo Kathmandu ma hope o ke Alanui ʻo Tribhuvan, e hele ana i ka hikina. E hōʻea mua mākou i Chandragiri, a ukali ʻia e Naubise, kahi e hoʻomaka ai ke Alanui ʻo Prithvi. Hele kēia alaloa ma Chatbesi, Malekhu, a me Aanbu Khaireni e lawe iā mākou i Dumre. Mai laila mai, e hele mākou i ka ʻākau i Khahare a huli i ke komohana ʻākau mai Palungtar. E hōʻea mākou i Besisahar i loko o kekahi mau hola.

ʻO kā mākou holo ʻana a hiki i kēia wahi he kaʻa mākaʻikaʻi ʻoluʻolu ia, akā naʻe, pono ke alanui i mua i kahi Jeep 4WD hiki ke hoʻokele ʻia no ka mea he pōhaku a paʻakikī loa. Ma ke kaʻa ʻana ma Bhulbhule, Lampata, Jagat, a me Tanchok, e hōʻea mākou i Chame ma hope o 3 mau hola o ka hoʻokele kaʻa ʻana.

ʻO ko mākou wahi hoʻomaka o ka lā he 2650 mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai ma Chame, ke kikowaena kālepa waena o ka ʻāina ʻo Manang. I ka hopena o ka lā, e hōʻea mākou i kahi kiʻekiʻe o 3300 mika, e piʻi ana i 650 mika o ke kiʻekiʻe ma o ka huakaʻi 14 km. ʻOiai ʻo ia ko mākou lā mua o ka hele wāwae ʻana ma ka Annapurna Circuit Trek me ka papa hana hele wāwae ʻo Tilicho Lake, he lā hele wāwae pōkole ia, e pono ai ma kahi o 4 a 5 mau hola o ka hele wāwae ʻana.

Ke haʻalele nei iā Chame, e hala mākou i ka puka hoʻāno me nā huila pule a hahai i ke alanui jeep me ka hui pū ʻana o nā piʻi iki a me nā iho ʻana. Ma hope o ko mākou hōʻea ʻana i Talekhu, e haʻalele mākou mai ke alanui jeep a i kahi ala kaʻawale, e hele ana ma waena o kahi ululāʻau paina. E uhi ʻia ke ala i nā lau paina, hiki ke hoʻolilo iā ia i mea pahee iki. Ke neʻe nei i mua, e hiki mākou i Paungda Danda, kahi e loaʻa ai kou manaʻo i kahi pōhaku piʻo nui. Mai laila mai, ʻaʻole mamao loa ʻo Upper Pisang.

ʻO ka lā 4 o ka Annapurna Circuit Trek me Tilicho Lake e lawe iā mākou i Manang, e hōʻea ana i 3540 mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai. E loaʻa iā mākou ma kahi o 240 mika o ke kiʻekiʻe, e hoʻomaka ana mai 3300 mika. ʻO ka mamao holoʻokoʻa e pono ai mākou e uhi he 15.5 km, ʻaʻole pono e ʻoi aku ma mua o 6 mau hola. E hoʻomaka mākou i ka lā me kahi huakaʻi i Ghyaru, kahi ala ʻē aʻe e hiki ke hele ma ka papahele o ke awāwa.

Mai Ghyaru mai, e neʻe mākou i Ngawal, kahi i ʻike nui ʻia ai nā hale kaila Tibet. ʻOi aku ka paʻakikī o kēia ala ma mua o kekahi, akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi no ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana a hāʻawi i kahi ʻike nani. Mai Ngawal mai, e iho mākou i lalo i ka papahele o ke awāwa a hiki i ke kauhale ʻo Mungji. ʻO ka hala ʻana i kēia kauhale e lawe iā mākou i ka piʻi hope loa i Manang, kahi piʻi hiki ke hana ʻia ma ke kauhale ʻo Braka.

ʻO kēia lā ka lā hoʻomaʻamaʻa hoʻokahi wale nō ma ka Annapurna Circuit Trek holoʻokoʻa me ka papa hana ʻo Tilicho Lake. He ʻanuʻu koʻikoʻi kēia lā no kekahi huakaʻi hele wāwae Himalayan holomua. No ka hoʻohana pono ʻana i ko mākou manawa, ʻaʻole mākou e noho wale, akā e hele i ka hele wāwae i Ice Lake. ʻO kēia ke koho hele wāwae hoʻomaʻamaʻa kaulana loa ma kēia ʻāina. ʻO ka mamao hele wāwae holoʻokoʻa he 10 km me ka piʻi ʻana o 1080 mika, e lawe ana iā mākou i 4620 mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai.

Ma kahi o 6 a 7 mau hola ka lōʻihi o kēia huakaʻi hele wāwae, a he mea paʻakikī paha ia no kekahi poʻe. Akā, mai hopohopo, he mau koho maʻalahi ko mākou. ʻO kekahi o lākou ka huakaʻi hele wāwae ʻo Gangpurna Lake a me Glacier Viewpoint. He 3 km wale nō ka lōʻihi o kēia huakaʻi hele a hoʻi mai a hiki ke hoʻopau ʻia i loko o 1.5 mau hola wale nō. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻolilo i ke koena o kou lā e ʻimi ana i ke kauhale ʻo Manang a i ʻole e kipa aku i nā hale mōneka kokoke, me Praken Gompa, Milarepa Cave, a me nā mea hou aku.

ʻO Manang kahi hoʻomaka o ka Annapurna Circuit Trek me Tilicho Lake i kēia lā, aia ma 3540 mika. Mai laila mai, e uhi mākou ma luna o 9 km e hiki ai i Shree Kharka, me ka piʻi ʻana o 520 mika. Pono kēia ma mua o 4 mau hola o ka hele wāwae ʻana, a ʻo ko mākou kiʻekiʻe hope loa o ka lā he 4060 mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai. Ke haʻalele nei iā Manang, e hele mākou ma luna o kahi ala e piʻi mālie ana me kahi hiʻohiʻona kupaianaha o ka pae ʻāina holoʻokoʻa o Annapurna Himalayan.

Ma hope o kahi huakaʻi hele wāwae he 4 hola, e hōʻea mākou i ke kauhale ʻo Khangsar, e hōʻea ana i 3734 mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i kahi puʻu hale pōhaku ma laila, ʻoiai mākou e hoʻomaha ai ma laila no kekahi manawa pōkole. Ke haʻalele nei iā Khangsar, ke hoʻomau nei ke ala e piʻi mālie ana a hiki i Shree Kharka. He hola wale nō ka huakaʻi hele wāwae mai Khangsar a i Shree Kharka.

He lā hoihoi ka lā 7 o ka huakaʻi hele wāwae ʻo Annapurna Circuit Trek me Tilicho Lake no ka mea e piʻi ana mākou i ke kahua hoʻomoana ʻo Tilicho. He 6 a 7 km wale nō ka lōʻihi o ka huakaʻi o kēia lā, akā e lawe ʻia ma kahi o 5 mau hola e hiki ai i ko mākou wahi i manaʻo ʻia no ka mea he paʻakikī a he hau ke ala. ʻO ke kiʻekiʻe o ka lā he 120 mika wale nō, e lawe ana iā mākou i 4150 mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai. Hoʻomaka ka lā me ka ʻaina kakahiaka ma Shree Kharka, e hauʻoli ana i nā hiʻohiʻona o ke awāwa.

Ke iho mālie nei ka hapa mua o ka huakaʻi, akā e lilo koke ana i piʻi mālie i ko mākou hele ʻana i ke kahua hoʻomoana. A laila e hala mākou i kahi ʻāina i ulu pinepine ʻia e ka ʻāina heʻe me nā pōhaku palupalu; hiki ke paʻa iki kēia ʻāpana o ka huakaʻi. Ma hope o ko mākou hala ʻana i kēia ʻāpana, e hauʻoli mākou i kahi hiʻohiʻona nani o ka Tilicho Peak a me kekahi mau piko o ka pae ʻāina ʻo Annapurna. I ka hopena, e hōʻea mākou i ka Tilicho Base Camp, kahi i kaupalena ʻia ai nā hale noho i kekahi mau hale hoʻokipa a me nā hale kī.

ʻO kēia lā ka hopena o ka Annapurna Circuit Trek me Tilicho Lake ʻoiai e hiki ana iā mākou ke kipa aku i ka Tilicho Lake. Mai ke kahua hoʻomoana, e hele wale mākou i 11 km me ka piʻi ʻana o 769 mika e hiki ai i ka loko. Hiki ke hoʻopau ʻia kēia huakaʻi i loko o 5 a 6 mau hola, e lawe ana iā mākou i 4919 mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai. ʻO ka 4 km ka lōʻihi o ka Tilicho Lake he 1.2 km ka laulā, a hāʻawi i kahi hiʻohiʻona kupaianaha loa.

E haʻalele mākou i ke kahua hoʻomoana i ke kakahiaka nui, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma kahi o 6 a i ʻole 7 AM. ʻO ka hapa mua o ka huakaʻi he pali me nā pōhaku wehe a me kahi ala haiki. Ke hele wāwae nei ma luna o nā ʻāpana hau a me nā ala pōhaku, e hōʻea mākou i ke kahakai o ka loko ma hope o 5.5 km o ka hele wāwae. Ma ke ala, e ʻike mākou iā Nilgiri, Tilicho, a me kekahi o nā piko o ka pae ʻāina ʻo Annapurna. Ma hope o ka hoʻolilo ʻana i kekahi manawa ma ka loko, ke kiʻi ʻana i nā kiʻi, a me ka hoʻomaha ʻana, e hoʻi mākou i ke ala a iho i ke kahua hoʻomoana e hoʻomaha ai i ka pō.

Ke haʻalele nei i ke kahua hoʻomoana ʻo Tilicho, e uhi mākou ma mua o 13 km me ka emi ʻana o ke kiʻekiʻe o 140 mika. Ma ke ala holoʻokoʻa, pono mākou e piʻi i nā piʻi he nui a hāʻule i nā iho he nui, he lā hele luhi kēia. ʻO ka manawa holoʻokoʻa he 5 a 6 mau hola, me ka piʻi hope loa he 4010 mika. Hoʻomaka ka lā me ka ʻaina kakahiaka ma ke kahua hoʻomoana. Ma hope o kā mākou ʻaina kakahiaka, e hopu mākou i kā mākou ʻeke a hele i ka hikina e haʻalele i ke kahua hoʻomoana.

Ke hele nei mākou ma waena o ka ululāʻau ʻo Juniper, e hōʻea mākou i ke kauhale kahiko ʻo Khangar, ʻo ia hoʻi, i kēia manawa, he puʻu ʻōpala a me nā mea neoneo wale nō. Mai laila mai, e iho mākou i ke awāwa ʻo Thorong River ma hope o ke hele ʻana i kahi alahaka kau ma Gumsang. Ma hope o kēia, e hōʻea mākou i ka wāwae hope o ka lā. He piʻi mālie ia a hiki i ke kauhale ʻo Yak Khara, he kauhale kaulana kahi e hālāwai ai ʻoe me kekahi mau hui hele wāwae ʻē aʻe.

ʻO kēia ka lā hele wāwae pōkole loa o ka Annapurna Circuit Trek me ka papa hana hele wāwae ʻo Tilicho Lake, ʻoiai he 3 a 4 mau hola wale nō kā mākou e hele ai e uhi i 6 km a hiki i Thorong La Phedi, ke kahua hoʻomoana no Thorong La Pass. ʻO ke kiʻekiʻe o ka lā he 310 mika, e lawe ana iā mākou i 4420 mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai. Hoʻomaka ka hele wāwae me ka piʻi mālie me nā mea kanu kakaʻikahi. Ma hope o kahi 1.5 km o ka hele wāwae ʻana, e hele mākou ma ke kahawai ʻo Kone Khola ma luna o ke alahaka kau.

Ma hope o kēlā, e piʻi mākou i luna ma luna o ke ala o nā pōhaku ākea, me nā hiʻohiʻona o Thorong Peak a me nā piko mamao ʻē aʻe. E hōʻea koke mākou i Thorong Phedi, kahi e moe ai mākou i ka pō.

Mai Thorong Phedi a i Mukitnath, e uhi mākou ma luna o 15 km me ka nalowale o ke kiʻekiʻe o 620 mika. Ma loko o ka huakaʻi, e loaʻa iā mākou kahi kokoke i 1000 mika o ke kiʻekiʻe i ko mākou hiki ʻana i ka piko o Thorong La Pass, e hōʻea ana i 5416 mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai. Ma kēia huakaʻi e kau iā mākou ma ke ala no 7 a 8 mau hola, a ʻo ko mākou kiʻekiʻe hope loa he 3800 mika.

E hoʻomaka ana kā mākou lā ma kahi o ka hola 4 AM, ʻoiai mākou e hele ma ke ala ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka makani awakea. I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka piʻi ʻana, e hele mākou ma luna o 4 km e hiki ai i ka Thorong La Pass. He pōhaku ke ala me nā ʻāpana hau i hoʻopuehu ʻia ma nā wahi a pau. Mai luna mai, e hauʻoli ʻoe i kahi hiʻohiʻona panoramic o nā piko o Annapurna a me Dhaulagiri.

Ke iho nei mākou mai ke ala hele, e nalowale ana mākou ma kahi o 1600 mika o ke kiʻekiʻe e hiki ai i Muktinath. ʻOiaʻiʻo, e hoʻoluhi kēia iho lōʻihi i kou mau kuli, no laila ke paipai nei mākou e hoʻohana i nā lāʻau hele wāwae. He 11 km wale nō ia mai Thorong La Pass a i Muktinath.

Ma hope o ke kipa kakahiaka ʻana i ka Luakini Muktinath, e hoʻi mākou i ko mākou wahi e noho ai a ʻai i ka ʻaina kakahiaka mālie. Ma hope o kā mākou ʻaina kakahiaka, e kau mākou i kahi jeep a holo i lalo i Jomsom, e hōʻea ana i 2743 mika. ʻO ka mamao holoʻokoʻa o kēia lā he 20 km, ʻaʻole pono e ʻoi aku ma mua o 3 mau hola e hiki ai. E hahai mākou i ka muliwai ʻo Kali Gandaki a hala ma Kagbeni lāua ʻo Ekle Bhatti e hiki ai i Jomsom.

I ke kakahiaka aʻe, e ʻai mākou i ka ʻaina kakahiaka wikiwiki a hiki i ke kahua mokulele ʻo Jomsom e hopu i kā mākou mokulele i Pokhara. Hana wale ʻia kēia mokulele i ke kakahiaka no ka mea ʻaʻole kūpono nā makani awakea no nā mokulele. He 20 mau minuke wale nō e hiki ai iā mākou i Pokhara. Na ke alakaʻi ʻo Glory Adventure e lawe iā ʻoe i kou wahi e noho ai no ka pō.

He lōʻihi ka huakaʻi o kēia lā, ʻoiai e uhi mākou ma mua o 200 km e hoʻi ai i Kathmandu. E ʻoi aku ma mua o 8 mau hola kēia huakaʻi. E holo mākou i kahi kaʻa mākaʻikaʻi no ka mea ʻo ia ke koho ʻoluʻolu loa.

ʻO kēia ka lā hope loa o ka Annapurna Circuit Trek me Tilicho Lake. E hoʻokuʻu mākou iā ʻoe ma ke kahua mokulele ʻo Tribhuvan International ma hope o kahi papahana hoʻolauleʻa pōkole ma ko mākou keʻena.