Makalu Base Camp Trek

ʻO ka pae ʻana ma ke kahua mokulele ʻo Tribhuvan International ma Kathmandu ka lā mua o kāu huakaʻi hele ma Makalu Base Camp. Ma hope o kou iho ʻana mai ka mokulele, ʻo ka mea mua āu e hana ai, ʻo ia ke kiʻi i kāu visa mākaʻikaʻi ma ka ʻāpana immigration. No kēia, pono ʻoe e noi i kahi palapala noi visa, hoʻopiha, uku i kāu uku visa e like me kou manaʻo e noho ai, a hōʻike i nā palapala āpau e pono ai i ka luna visa.

Pono ʻoe e hōʻike i kāu passport, kāu noi visa, ʻelua kiʻi paʻi kiʻi, kahi palapala hoʻokipa visa, kahi hōʻike o ka noho ʻana, a me ka hōʻike o nā tikiki hoʻi. Ma hope o kēlā, e hōʻoia ka luna immigration i kāu ʻike a hoʻopaʻa i ka visa ma kāu passport. E lawe iki kēia kaʻina holoʻokoʻa ma mua o hoʻokahi hola e hoʻopau ai. Hiki iā ʻoe ke noi no kahi visa mākaʻikaʻi ma ka pūnaewele, he ala maikaʻi loa ia e mālama ai i ka manawa ma nā kahua mokulele piha i ka wā kiʻekiʻe o ka hele wāwae.

Ua mālama ʻia kēia no ke noi ʻana a me ka loaʻa ʻana o nā palapala ʻae no ka Makalu Base Camp Trek a me kahi huakaʻi lā a puni ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Kathmandu. ʻO ka mea mua, e hoʻomaka mākou i ka lā me ka ʻaina kakahiaka hoʻoikaika, a ukali ʻia e ke noi ʻana no nā palapala ʻae e pono ai ma ke Keʻena Papa Hoʻokipa ma Kathmandu. E kōkua ka poʻe loea o Glory Adventure iā ʻoe e kiʻi i kēlā mau palapala ʻae aʻo kāu wale nō e hana ai, ʻo ia ke hāʻawi i nā palapala e pono ai.

Ma hope o ka hoʻonohonoho ʻia ʻana o kā mākou mau palapala ʻae, e kau mākou i kahi jeep/kaʻa pilikino e holoholo ai a puni ke awāwa ʻo Kathmandu. ʻO kā mākou huakaʻi no ka lā e komo pū ana me nā wahi e like me Bouddhanath Stupa, Swayambhunath Stupa, Pashupatinath Temple, Kathmandu Durbar Square, Bhaktapur Durbar Square, a me nā mea hou aku. Hāʻawi pū mākou iā ʻoe i ke koho e hoʻolālā i kāu huakaʻi ponoʻī no ka lā. ʻAʻole ʻo ka ʻaina awakea a me ka ʻaina ahiahi no kēia lā he ʻāpana o ka pūʻolo Makalu Base Camp Trek maʻamau.

He lā huakaʻi kaumaha kēia lā no ka mea e lele mua ana mākou i Tumlingtar, kahi e lawe ai ma kahi o 30 a 50 mau minuke, ma muli o ka lā o ka pule. E kau ana mākou i kahi mokulele liʻiliʻi e haʻalele pinepine ana ma mua o ka hola 10 o ke kakahiaka. No nā hiʻohiʻona maikaʻi loa, pono ʻoe e hoʻopaʻa i nā noho ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o ka mokulele, a na mākou e hoʻonohonoho i ka mea maikaʻi loa o ko mākou hiki.

Ma hope o ko mākou hōʻea ʻana i Tumlingtar, e kau mākou i kahi jeep/kaʻa e holo ai i ke kauhale ʻo Num. He 65 km ka lōʻihi o kēia huakaʻi, a e lawe iā mākou i 4 a 5 mau hola e hele ai no ka mea ʻaʻole maikaʻi loa ke ʻano o ke alanui. Hoʻomaka ke alanui ʻinoʻino, piha i nā lua, ma hope o ko mākou hele ʻana ma Khandbari, kahi e lawe ai ma kahi o 30 mau minuke e hiki ai. I kekahi ʻano, e hiki mākou i ke kauhale ʻo Num a hoʻolilo i ko mākou pō mua ma kahi hale kī.

ʻO ka lā 4 o ka Makalu Base Camp Trek ko mākou lā hele wāwae mua ma ka papahana. ʻO ka mamao holoʻokoʻa he 8 km me ka lōʻihi o ka hele wāwae i manaʻo ʻia he 6 a 7 mau hola. ʻOiai he mea maʻalahi loa ka loli o ke kiʻekiʻe o kēia lā, aia i loko o ke ala he nui nā piʻi a me nā iho me ka iho ʻana o 772 mika a me ka piʻi ʻana o 700 mika. Ke haʻalele nei iā Num, e iho mākou ma waena o kahi ululāʻau momona a hiki i ka muliwai ʻo Arun. ʻO kēia ka iho ʻana he 772 mika e uhi ana ma kahi o 2 km.

Ma hope o ka hele wāwae ʻana no kahi o 2 a 3 mau hola, e hōʻea mākou i ke alahaka kau ʻo Arun River. ʻO ke hele ʻana ma ke alahaka e komo ai mākou i ka Makalu Barun National Park. He ʻāpana nui nā alahaka kau ʻana o kēlā me kēia ʻike hele wāwae Himalayan no ka mea ʻo ia wale nō ka mea e hoʻopili ai i nā kauhale mamao i ka honua waho. Hiki i kēia mau alahaka lūlū ke lilo i mea weliweli no ka manawa mua, akā e maʻa mau ʻoe iā lākou i ka hopena.

ʻO ke keʻa ʻana i ka muliwai ʻo Arun kekahi ʻāpana e hoʻomaka ai ka piʻi ʻana he 700 mika. He 3 km ka lōʻihi o kēia ʻāpana, e lawe ana ma kahi o 3 a 4 mau hola e uhi ai, a hala mākou ma ke kauhale ʻo Runmura, kahi e hoʻomaha iki ai mākou. Ke neʻe nei, ua hoʻomoe ʻia ke ala me ka pōhaku a hiki i ke kauhale ʻo Seduwa, kahi i loaʻa ai ka wahi nānā mua o ka huakaʻi hele wāwae ʻo Makalu Base Camp.

ʻO ka mamao o ka hele wāwae i kēia lā he 10 km wale nō me ka piʻi ʻana o ke kiʻekiʻe o 600 mika. ʻO ka lōʻihi o ka hele wāwae i manaʻo ʻia he 5 a 6 mau hola, e lawe ana iā mākou i 2200 mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai. Ke haʻalele mākou iā Seduwa, piʻi mālie ke ala ma waena o nā kauhale liʻiliʻi a me nā ululāʻau. E hele mākou ma waena o nā kahawai he nui ma luna o nā alahaka liʻiliʻi, e hele ana ma nā kauhale Sherpa a me nā pā mani ma ke ala.

Ma hope koke iho, e hōʻea mākou i Tashigaon, ke kauhale mau loa ma kā mākou huakaʻi. I ka neʻe ʻana i mua, ua noho ʻia nā kauhale a pau ma mua i kēlā me kēia kau, i ke kauwela, ka pūnāwai, a me ka hāʻule. ʻAʻole makemake ʻia ka monsoon a me ka hoʻoilo e nā kamaʻāina, a ke hele pinepine nei lākou i nā wahi haʻahaʻa e pale aku i nā kūlana ʻino loa i kēlā mau kau.

ʻO ka lā 6 o ka Makalu Base Camp Trek he 8.5 km ka lōʻihi me ka piʻi ʻana o ke kiʻekiʻe o 1400 mika. E lawe ana kēia huakaʻi iā mākou he 6 a 7 mau hola e hoʻopau ai, e lawe ana iā mākou i 3500 mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai ma Khongma Danda. Hoʻomaka ka huakaʻi me ka piʻi ʻana ma luna o kahi alapiʻi pōhaku, kahi ʻāpana pali e pahee paha. E alakaʻi kēia ala iā mākou i ke kauhale ʻo Dhara, he 2867 mika ke kiʻekiʻe, e lawe ana ma kahi o 3 mau hola o ka hele wāwae.

E hoʻomaha iki kākou ma laila ma mua o ka neʻe ʻana i ke kauhale ʻo Unshisha, e hōʻea ana i 3200 mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai. Pono kēia ʻāpana o ka huakaʻi e piʻi ma luna o nā pōhaku nui. Ma hope o kēlā, e hōʻea kākou i ka ʻāpana hope o ka huakaʻi o kēia lā, kahi piʻi ʻana i luna e hele ana ma nā ʻāina hānai alpine. Ma hope o nā hola o ka piʻi ʻana i luna, e hōʻea hope loa kākou iā Khongma Danda, kahi i hoʻokumu ʻia ai kekahi mau hale kī.

I mea e hoʻohana pono ai i ko mākou lā hoʻomaha, e hele mākou i kahi huakaʻi hoʻomaʻamaʻa i Khogma La Pass, e hōʻea ana i 3890 mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai. ʻO kēia piʻi ʻana o 390 mika e kōkua iā mākou e hoʻomaʻamaʻa maikaʻi. E lilo ana iā mākou ma kahi o 3 a 4 mau hola e hoʻopau ai i kēia huakaʻi. E hoʻomaka mākou i ka huakaʻi me ka piʻi ʻana ma luna o nā alapiʻi pōhaku; ma hope o hoʻokahi hola o ka piʻi ʻana, e hiki mākou i ka Khongma La Pass, i hoʻonani ʻia me nā hae pule.

Hāʻawi kēia ala hele i kahi hiʻohiʻona kupaianaha o Chamlang, Peak 6, a me Makalu Peak, a me kahi hiʻohiʻona ākea o ke awāwa ʻo Barun. A i ʻole, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻimi i kekahi mau wahi nānā ʻē aʻe kokoke a i ʻole e hele wale a puni ke kauhale, e ʻimi ana i kona mau ʻano hoihoi like ʻole.

ʻO kā mākou pahuhopu nui o ka lā, ʻo ia ke hoʻomaʻamaʻa maikaʻi i ko mākou kino i nā loli o ka mahana, ke aniau, a me nā mea pili i ke kaiapuni. ʻO ka mea nui e hoʻopilikia iā mākou, ʻo ia ka loli o ka pakeneka o ka oxygen i ka lewa. ʻO ka haʻahaʻa o ka oxygen kekahi o nā kumu nui o ka maʻi kiʻekiʻe, a hoʻoluhi koke hoʻi iā mākou. ʻO ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i kēia loli e kōkua nui iā mākou ma o ka Makalu Base Camp Trek.

Pono mākou e hele i kahi kokoke i 8 km me kahi piʻi kiʻekiʻe o kahi o 360 mika, kahi e lawe ai ma kahi o 6 a 7 mau hola e hoʻopau ai. I loko o ka lā, e piʻi mākou ma mua o 850 mika o ke kiʻekiʻe a e nalowale ma kahi o 600 mika. Ke haʻalele nei iā Khongma Danda, e hoʻomaka mākou e piʻi i kahi piʻi pali, e hoʻokele ana i kahi moʻo o nā ʻāpana alapiʻi pōhaku. Ma hope o ke ala o nehinei, e piʻi mākou i ka Khongma La Pass a iho i Sano Pokhari Danda, e hele ana ma luna o kahi moʻo o nā piʻi a me nā iho.

Ke hoʻomau nei i ka huakaʻi, e hōʻea koke ana mākou i ke kumu o Shipton La Pass, i kapa ʻia ma hope o ka mea piʻi mauna Pelekane ʻo Eric Shipton. Hiki i ka piko o kēia ala i 4170 mika a hāʻawi i kahi hiʻohiʻona nani o ka Peak 6, Peak 7, a me Chamlang. ʻO ka iho ʻana mai kēia ala e alakaʻi iā mākou i Kalo Pokhari, kahi loko kapu i hoʻonani ʻia me nā hae pule. He wahi maikaʻi loa ia e hoʻomaha ai, a pēlā mākou e hana ai.

Ma hope o kahi hoʻomaha pōkole, e hoʻi mākou i ke ala a hoʻomaka i ka piʻi pōkole i Keke La Pass, e hōʻea ana i 4080 mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai. ʻO kēia kā mākou piʻi hope loa o ka lā; ke neʻe nei, e iho mākou i Dobate, e hōʻea ana i 3860 mika ma ke ʻano he kiʻekiʻe hope loa.

ʻO ka lā 9 o ka huakaʻi hele wāwae ʻo Makalu Base Camp Trek e hele ana mākou ma luna o 12 km me ka lōʻihi o ka huakaʻi i manaʻo ʻia he 5 a 6 mau hola. ʻO ka pohō kiʻekiʻe o ka lā ma mua iki o 300 mika, akā ʻo ke ala holoʻokoʻa he nui nā piʻi ʻana a me nā iho ʻana ma luna o 300 mika ke kiʻekiʻe. Mai Dobate mai, e iho mālie mākou ma waena o kahi ululāʻau paina. Ma hope o 2 mau hola o ka hele wāwae ʻana, e hōʻea mākou i ke awāwa ʻo Barun River.

Ke neʻe nei, pono mākou e hele ma waena o nā kahawai liʻiliʻi he nui, e hahai ana i ka muliwai ʻo Barun ma uka. Loaʻa i kēia ala nā wailele a me nā pali, e hana ana i kahi hiʻohiʻona nani. Ma hope o kekahi manawa, e hōʻea mākou i nā ʻāina hānai holoholona kahi e ʻike ʻia ai nā Yaks a me nā hipa e ʻai ana, ma lalo o ka nānā ʻana o nā kahu hipa kūloko. Aia pū kekahi ʻāpana o ke ala i kahi ululāʻau rhododendron, e pua nani ana i ka wā puna. Ma hope o kekahi mau hola o ka hele wāwae, e hōʻea mākou i kahi e hele ai i ka lā.

He paʻakikī ka huakaʻi o kēia lā no ka mea e piʻi aʻe ana mākou ma mua o 850 mika o ke kiʻekiʻe ma luna o 5 a 6 mau hola o ka huakaʻi. ʻO ka mamao o ka huakaʻi o ka lā he 12 km, ʻo ia kekahi o nā lā huakaʻi lōʻihi loa ma ka papa kuhikuhi ʻo Makalu Base Camp Trek. Ke haʻalele nei iā Yangir Kharka, e hahai mākou i ka muliwai ʻo Barun a piʻi mālie no 2 a 3 mau hola. E alakaʻi kēia iā mākou i ke kauhale ʻo Jak Kharka.

Ma hope o kahi hoʻomaha pōkole ma ke kauhale ʻo Jak Kharka, e hoʻomau mākou i ka huakaʻi me ka piʻi ʻana i ke kauhale ʻo Yak Kharka. I kēia manawa, ua lilo ke ala i mea piʻi aʻe, ʻoiai ke kokoke aku nei mākou iā Yak Kharka, kahi ʻāina hānai holoholona kau. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kahu hipa kūloko e kipa aku i kēia pāpū i nā mahina kauwela, ʻoiai aia kekahi poʻe ma laila i ka pūnāwai.

Ke haʻalele nei iā Yak Kharka, e hele mākou i ke kauhale ʻo Merek, e hōʻea ana i 4500 mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai. ʻO ka hala ʻana i kēia kula ākea e alakaʻi iā mākou i kā mākou wahi i manaʻo ʻia no ka lā, ʻo Langmale Kharka.

ʻO ka lā 11 o kā mākou Makalu Base Camp Trek paha ka lā hele wāwae paʻakikī loa, me kahi mamao o 9 km o ka hele wāwae, 460 mika o ka piʻi ʻana o ke kiʻekiʻe, a me ka lōʻihi o ka hele wāwae i manaʻo ʻia he 6 a 7 mau hola. ʻAʻole like kēia mau helu me he mea lā he hopohopo loa, akā e hoʻoluhi maoli ke ala iā ʻoe. Mai Langmale Kharka mai, e hele mākou ma kahi piʻi mālie e lilo mālie i ala paʻakikī i ko mākou piʻi ʻana i ke kiʻekiʻe.

Ma hope o kahi huakaʻi hele wāwae he 2 a 3 hola, e hōʻea mākou i ke kauhale ʻo Shershong, e hōʻea ana i 4650 mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai. He wahi maikaʻi loa ia e hoʻomaha ai i ko mākou mau kino luhi ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka neʻe ʻana i ke kahua hoʻomoana. Mai Shershong mai, hele ke ala ma luna o nā ala pōhaku a me nā kualono hau i piha i nā pōhaku wehe. He hau nō hoʻi kēia ʻāpana i kekahi mau wahi, ʻoiai i nā hola kakahiaka o ke ao.

Ke hoʻomau nei mākou i ka huakaʻi ma luna o ka ʻāina paʻakikī a me ka hau, e hōʻea mākou i ke kahua hoʻomoana ʻo Makalu, aia ma 4870 mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai. He nani loa ke ʻano mai ke kahua hoʻomoana e aloha ʻole ai. E moe mākou i ka pō ma kahi hale kī.

He lā hoʻomaʻamaʻa kēia lā ʻimi honua, e mālama ana iā mākou mai ka maʻi kiʻekiʻe. Nui nā koho no ka hele wāwae ʻana i ka ʻāina, me ka hele wāwae i Barun Pokhari, ka piʻi ʻana i kahi kualono, a me ka hele wāwae ʻana i nā wahi e nānā kokoke ana i ke kahua hoʻomoana. ʻO ke koho makemake nui ʻia ʻo ka hele wāwae i Barun Pokhari no ka mea he nani a pōkole hoʻi. ʻO ka piʻi ʻana o ke kiʻekiʻe he 230 mika, e lawe ana iā mākou i 5100 mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai, me ka lōʻihi o ka hele wāwae he 2 a 3 mau hola.

Hoʻomaka ka huakaʻi hele wāwae 3-km i Barun Pokhari (loko) me kahi piʻi ʻana i luna, e hele ana i ka Hau ʻo Barun. Ma kahi o 1 a 1.5 mau hola, e hōʻea mākou i ka loko, e hāʻawi ana i kahi hiʻohiʻona nani o ka ʻāina a puni, me ke awāwa a me nā piko. ʻO ka iho ʻana i lalo i ke kahua hoʻomoana e lawe i ka manawa like.

ʻO kā mākou koho hele wāwae ʻē aʻe e pili ana i ka piʻi ʻana a hiki i ke kualono ma luna o ke kahua hoʻomoana. E loaʻa iā mākou he 430 mika o ke kiʻekiʻe ma kēia huakaʻi, e lawe ana iā mākou i 5300 mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai. ʻO ka mamao holoʻokoʻa he 6 km me ka lōʻihi i manaʻo ʻia he 3 a 4 mau hola. Ke haʻalele nei i ke kahua hoʻomoana, e hele mākou ma luna o kahi piʻi ʻana, he ʻāpana paʻakikī ia, ʻoiai ke kiʻekiʻe o ke kiʻekiʻe a mākou e noho nei.

Me ka hele mālie a me ka mālie, e hōʻea mālie mākou i ka piko o ke kualono a hauʻoli i kahi hiʻohiʻona panoramic o nā piko e hoʻopuni ana, e like me ka Mt. Makalu, Everest, Lhotse, Chamlang, Baruntse, a me nā mea hou aku.

ʻO ka lā 13 ko mākou lā iho mua o ka huakaʻi hele wāwae ʻo Makalu Base Camp. Loaʻa i kēia huakaʻi kahi mamao hele lōʻihi he 16 km, kahi pohō kiʻekiʻe o 3600 mika, a me ka lōʻihi i manaʻo ʻia he 6 a 7 mau hola. Ke haʻalele nei i ke kahua hoʻomoana, e iho mākou i kahi ala lōʻihi ma ke awāwa ʻo Barun, e hele ana ma kahi ala pōhaku. ʻO ka mea mua, e hala mākou ma ke kauhale ʻo Shershong, a ukali ʻia e ka iho ʻana i Langmale Kharka.

I ko mākou iho ʻana i lalo, e hōʻea koke ana mākou i ke kauhale ʻo Merek. Ke haʻalele nei i kēia kauhale, hoʻomaka ka ulu ʻana e loli iki; aia nā ululāʻau mānoanoa ma ke ala. Ma mua o ko mākou hiki ʻana i Yangri Kharka, e hala ana mākou i kekahi mau ululāʻau.

ʻOi aku ka emi ʻana o ke kiʻekiʻe o kēia lā ma mua o 480 mika, me ka lōʻihi o ka hele wāwae i manaʻo ʻia he 6 a 7 mau hola. ʻO ka mamao o ka hele wāwae he 9.3 km wale nō, e hoʻomaka ana me ka iho ʻana i ka muliwai ʻo Barun. Ma hope o kahi hele wāwae he 1.5 hola, e hala mākou ma Themathang a hiki i kahi alahaka e hele ana ma luna o ka muliwai ʻo Barun. ʻO ke hele ʻana ma ke alahaka e alakaʻi iā mākou i kahi wahi i maʻalahi i ka ʻāina heʻe, kahi e lawe ai iā mākou i 1.5 mau hola hou e hele ai.

Ma hope o kēlā ʻāpana, e hōʻea mākou i kahi ululāʻau rhododendron nani, kahi e hōʻailona ai i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kahi piʻi. E mau ana kēia piʻi ʻana ma kahi o 2 mau hola, kahi e luhi ai ʻoe. ʻO ka hoʻopau ʻana i kēia piʻi ʻana e lawe iā mākou i Dobate, kā mākou wahi e hele ai i ka lā.

He mea maʻalahi ka emi ʻana o ke kiʻekiʻe o ka lā, ʻoi aku ma mua o 150 mika, me ka lōʻihi o ka hele wāwae ʻana he 6 a 7 mau hola a me ka huina o ka mamao o ka hele wāwae he 10.5 km. Eia nō naʻe, he paʻakikī ka hele wāwae ʻana no ka mea e hele hou mākou ma waena o 3 mau ala mauna like ʻole. Ke haʻalele nei iā Dobate, e piʻi mākou i kahi ululāʻau momona, e neʻe ana i ke Ala ʻo Keke La, e hōʻea ana i 4170 mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai. ʻO kēia ʻāpana o ka hele wāwae e lawe iā mākou ma kahi o hoʻokahi hola a me ka hapa e hoʻopau ai.

Ma hope o kēlā, e iho mākou i lalo o ke ala a piʻi i Shipton La Pass, i ʻike ʻia hoʻi ʻo Tutu La Pass. ʻO ka piʻi ʻana i kēia ala e lawe i hoʻokahi hola a me ka hapa hou aʻe. I ka iho ʻana mai ke ala, e neʻe mākou i Sano Pokhari Danda, kahi e lawe ai ma kahi o 1 hola e hiki ai. E hoʻomaha iki mākou ma laila ma mua o ka piʻi ʻana i ke ala hope loa o ka lā, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Khongma La Pass (3890 mika). E piʻi mākou i kēia ala i hoʻokahi hola wale nō a hiki i ka ʻāpana hope loa o ka huakaʻi o kēia lā.

ʻO ka lā 16 o ka Makalu Base Camp Trek e nalowale ana ma mua o 1400 mika o ke kiʻekiʻe. ʻO ka mamao holoʻokoʻa ma kahi o 13 km me ka lōʻihi o ka huakaʻi i manaʻo ʻia he 5 a 6 mau hola, e lawe ana iā mākou i lalo i 1500 mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai. Ke haʻalele nei iā Danda Kharka, e hoʻomaka mākou i ka iho ʻana ma luna o kahi ululāʻau paina mānoanoa. Ma ke hele ʻana ma kēia ululāʻau e hiki ai iā mākou i kahi ʻāpana i hoʻomoe ʻia i ka pōhaku, e piʻi iki ana ma mua o ka iho ʻana mai Khongma Danda. Ma hope o kahi o 3 mau hola o ka hele wāwae ʻana, e hōʻea mākou i ke kauhale ʻo Tashigaon, a ukali ʻia e ka iho ʻana i Seduwa.

ʻO kēia ka lā hele wāwae hope loa o ka papa hana hele wāwae ʻo Makalu Base Camp. ʻO ka huakaʻi o kēia lā he 7 km ka mamao o ka huakaʻi, a ʻo ka lōʻihi o ka huakaʻi i manaʻo ʻia he 4 a 5 mau hola. Ke haʻalele nei iā Seduwa, e hōʻea mākou i ka muliwai ʻo Arun ma hope o 2 mau hola o ka hele wāwae ʻana. ʻO ke hele ʻana ma ke kahawai ma luna o kahi alahaka kau e alakaʻi iā mākou i ka piʻi ʻana i ke kauhale ʻo Num. ʻOi aku ke kiʻekiʻe o kēia piʻi ʻana ma mua o 900 mika, ʻo ia hoʻi he piʻi paʻakikī.

Ma hope o ka hōʻea ʻana i Num, e holo mākou i kā mākou huakaʻi hoʻi i Tumlingtar. E mau ana kēia huakaʻi ma kahi o 4 a 5 mau hola.

I kekahi lā aʻe, e ʻai mākou i ka ʻaina kakahiaka mai ka hale noho o ka pō nei a e hele i ke kahua mokulele e hopu i kā mākou mokulele e hoʻi i Kathmandu. Ma hope o ka pae ʻana ma Kathmandu, e hoʻokuʻu aku ka mea hoʻokele iā ʻoe i kou hale noho 3-hōkū no ka pō. Inā makemake ʻoe, pono ʻoe e hoʻāʻo e ʻimi i kekahi mau wahi hoihoi a puni ke kūlanakauhale a loaʻa i kekahi mau mea ʻono kūloko i kou wā ma laila. Ma hope o ke ahiahi, e kiʻi mākou iā ʻoe mai ka hōkele no kahi ʻaina ahiahi hoʻomaha kūikawā ma kekahi o nā hale ʻaina maikaʻi loa o ke kūlanakauhale.

ʻO kēia ka lā hope loa o ka huakaʻi hele wāwae ma Makalu Base Camp Trek. Ma hope o nā hana hope loa a pau, e mālama mākou i kahi ʻaha hoʻomaʻamaʻa pōkole a hoʻokuʻu iā ʻoe ma ke kahua mokulele ʻo Tribhuvan International.