Kaa Kaapuni Pokole Annapurna

Ma ka la mua o ka Kaapuni Kaapuni o Annapurna, e hōʻea ʻoe i Kathmandu a lawe ʻia i kou hōkele e kiʻi mai Glory Adventure. ʻO kāu lele ʻana i Nepal kekahi mea e hoʻomanaʻo ʻia no ka mea he nani ia me ka nui o nā piko i ʻike ʻia ma ka ʻākau. ʻO ke kahua mokulele ʻo Tribhuvan International kahi e pono ai ʻoe e hana i kāu visa mākaʻikaʻi i Nepal, me ka ʻole o kēia, ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke huakaʻi pū me mākou.

No ka loaʻa ʻana o kāu visa mākaʻikaʻi i Nepal, pono ʻoe e waiho i kekahi mau palapala. ʻO kēia mau pepa i koi ʻia e komo pū me kahi passport kūpono, ka hōʻike o ka noho ʻana, ka palapala hoʻokipa o nā uku visa mai ka panakō, a me 2 mau kiʻi nui o ka passport (i lawe ʻia nei). Inā ʻoe e hele ana i Nepal i ka wā huakaʻi kiʻekiʻe o ka pūnāwai a me ke kau hāʻule, paipai mākou iā ʻoe e hoʻopiha i kahi palapala noi visa mākaʻikaʻi pūnaewele.

I ka wā kiʻekiʻe o ka manawa, hiki i ke kahua mokulele ke piha iki, ʻoiai ka ʻāpana o ka hale hoʻokipa malihini, e koi ana iā ʻoe e kū i kahi laina lōʻihi no nā palapala noi visa. Inā ʻoe e hoʻopiha i kahi palapala kikohoʻe, e hāʻawi ʻia ʻoe i kahi palapala hōʻoia āu e paʻi ai a waiho ma ke kahua mokulele. Hiki iā ʻoe ke kāpae i ka laina me kēia ʻano hana.

Ma ka lua o ka Annapurna Circuit Trek kou lā mua o ka huakaʻi ʻana i ka ʻāina ʻo Annapurna. E holo ana mākou i kahi kaʻa lōʻihi, ma kahi o 10 mau hola inā maikaʻi ke kūlana o ke kaʻa ma ke alaloa. No laila, e hoʻomaka mākou i kā mākou huakaʻi alanui i ke kakahiaka nui.

ʻO ke alanui a mākou e hele ai e piʻi i Manang akā i mea e hāʻawi ai i ko mākou kino i kahi manawa kūpono e hoʻomaʻamaʻa ai, ua ʻōlelo ʻia e hoʻomaka i ka huakaʻi mai Chame. Akā ʻo ka mea mua, pono mākou e hōʻea i Besisahar, e hoʻololi i kahi jeep kūloko, a hoʻomau i ka holo.

Ke hele nei mākou ma waena o nā alahaka, e hala ana i nā wailele nani, nā puʻu, a me nā kauhale o ka ʻāina ʻo Annapurna, e hōʻea mākou i Chame a hoʻolilo i kahi pō ʻoluʻolu ma laila.

ʻO ka huakaʻi o kēia lā mai Chame a i Pisang ma kahi o 15 km ka lōʻihi a he 5 mau hola ka lōʻihi, me nā hoʻomaha. E hoʻomaka mākou ma hope o ka ʻaina kakahiaka ma kahi o 8 o ke kakahiaka. ʻO ke ʻano Himalayan a mākou e ʻike ai mai ko mākou wahi noho ma Chame e hoʻoikaika iā mākou e hoʻomaka i ka huakaʻi. Ma kahi o 1.5 mau hola, e hōʻea mākou i ko mākou wahi kū mua, ʻo Bhratang, e uhi ana i 7 kilomita mai Chame. Aia kēia kauhale ma kahi kiʻekiʻe o 2850 mika, aia kahi mahi ʻāpala a me kahi hale ʻaina.

Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻāʻo i kā lākou wai ʻāpala hou kaulana a e hanu ka poʻe aloha kofe i kahi hanu o ka hoʻomaha i ka ʻono ʻana i kā lākou meaʻai ma kahi kauhale mamao. Ma hope o kahi hoʻomaha pōkole, e hoʻi mākou i ke ala a hiki i Dhukur Pokhari. Pono kēia ʻāpana i 1.5 mau hola o ka hele wāwae, e uhi ana i ka mamao o 4.5 km.

No ka hiki ʻana i Dhukur Pokhari, e hele wāwae mākou ma ke ala pali me ke kahawai ʻo Marsyandi e kahe ana ma kēlā ʻaoʻao (ʻaoʻao hema). E hala pū mākou i kahi wailele ma ke ala, ʻo kēia mau wailele kekahi o nā kumu wai nui no nā muliwai a me nā kamaʻāina. I ka hopena, e hōʻea mākou i kahi alahaka ma hope o ka ululāʻau paina e alakaʻi ana iā Dhukur Pokhari.

He wahi maikaʻi loa kēia kauhale e hoʻomaha ai a e ʻimi ai, hiki iā kākou ke ʻaina awakea mua ma ʻaneʻi inā makemake ʻoe. A i ʻole hiki iā kākou ke hoʻopaʻa a hiki i Pisang, ma kahi o 3.5 km ka mamao. ʻO ke ala mai Dhukur Pokhari a i Pisang ua aneane iho i lalo.

Ma hope o ke kahawai ʻo Marsyangdi, e iho mākou i ke ala e iho ana no hoʻokahi hola a hiki i Pisang. Aia ma kahi kiʻekiʻe o 3300 mika, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻouka hou i kāu mau lako e pau ana ma ʻaneʻi, a i ʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke kali a hiki i Manang kahi i ʻoi aku ai nā hale kūʻai.

E hōʻea mākou i Pisang ma kahi o ka hola 1 PM o ke awakea, kahi e loaʻa ai iā mākou ka manawa nui e ʻimi ai i ke kauhale a hele paha i kahi huakaʻi hoʻomaʻamaʻa.

Mai Pisang mai, hiki iā ʻoe ke koho i ke ala hele wāwae, he huakaʻi hele wāwae 6 hola ma ke ala paʻakikī, a i ʻole ke ala alanui, he maʻalahi a maʻalahi hoʻi a he 3 hola ka lōʻihi. ʻO ke ala hele wāwae ka mea paʻakikī akā ʻo ia nō hoʻi ke ala nani. Paipai mākou iā ʻoe e lawe i ke ala hele wāwae no ka mea hiki iā ʻoe ke hele ma nā alanui o ke kūlanakauhale āu e noho nei. ʻAʻole i kēlā me kēia lā hiki iā ʻoe ke hele ma nā ululāʻau ʻo Annapurna.

Ma ke ala hele wāwae, e hōʻea mua mākou i Ghyaru, he kauhale mamao ma 3730 mika o ke kiʻekiʻe. Mai Pisang mai, pono mākou e hele ma kahi o 2 mau hola, e uhi ana i 5 km e hiki ai i laila. E hele pū mākou ma ke kahawai i ke kaʻina hana.

Ke hoʻomau nei i ka huakaʻi, e hele mākou i ke ala i Ngawal. Ke alakaʻi nei ke ala iā mākou i kahi alahele akā ʻaʻole hopohopo ka pali o ke ala. Me ka hauʻoli i ke kahua o Annapurna II a me ka nahele maʻemaʻe, e hiki mākou i Ngawal ma hope o ka hele wāwae ʻana he 5 km. ʻO 1.5 mau hola kēia o ka huakaʻi e lawe ana iā mākou i kahi kiʻekiʻe o 3560 mika. He wahi ʻaina awakea kaulana kēia kauhale akā he kakahiaka paha no ka ʻaina awakea; hiki iā mākou ke hoʻopaʻa a hiki i Braga.

ʻO kā mākou wāwae aʻe o ka huakaʻi e lawe iā mākou i Braga. He 8km ka mamao o kēia kauhale mai Ngawal a he 1.5 mau hola ka lōʻihi e hiki ai. Hāʻule iki ke ala a hāʻule i loko o ke awāwa, e hala ana i kahi lua pōhaku a lawe iā mākou ma waena o ka ululāʻau. E kū paha mākou ma Braga no ka ʻaina awakea.

ʻO Manang a i Braga ka hapa hope o ka huakaʻi hele wāwae a he mea maʻalahi ia; he 30 mau minuke wale nō a me 2 km o ka hele wāwae. He akahai ke ala ponoʻī, ʻaʻohe piʻi a iho.

Ua kapa pinepine ʻia kēia lā o ka Annapurna Circuit Trek ʻo "lā hoʻomaʻamaʻa" ma mua o ka "hele wāwae i Chongkor Viewpoint" no ka mea he hele wāwae hoʻomaʻamaʻa kēia ma mua o kahi wahi nani (ʻo ia nō). He 16 km ka lōʻihi o kēia hele wāwae hoʻomaʻamaʻa (i mua a i mua) e lawe ana iā mākou i kahi kiʻekiʻe loa o 4600 mika.

Hoʻomaka ka piʻi ʻana mai Manang, aia ma kahi kiʻekiʻe o 3750 mika, ʻo kēia wahi nānā wale nō ma ka ʻāina a kokoke hoʻi i ko mākou wahi noho. Ke hele zig-zagging nei ma waena o ka pali, e hoʻomau mākou i ka piʻi ʻana i luna, e nānā ana i nā hiʻohiʻona o nā piko a me ke awāwa ma lalo. E hoʻomaka mākou i ka lā me ka ʻaina kakahiaka ma kahi o ka hola 8 o ke kakahiaka, e hele ana ma ke kahawai ʻo Marsyangdi, a hiki i ka wāwae o ka wahi nānā.

I ko mākou hele ʻana ma ke kahawai, ʻike ʻia ka loko ʻo Gangapurna. He 30 mau minuke ka lōʻihi e hiki ai i kēlā wahi. Mai laila mai, piʻi ke ala i luna no ka mea pono mākou e piʻi i 3750 m o ke kiʻekiʻe. Mai luna mai o ka wahi e nānā ai, ʻike nui ʻia nā hiʻohiʻona o ka glacier, ka loko ʻo Ganagapurna, ka mauna ʻo Gangapruna, ka mauna ʻo Pisang, ka mauna ʻo Tilicho, a me nā mea hou aku. Ma ke ʻano holoʻokoʻa, pono kēia huakaʻi hoʻomaʻamaʻa ma kahi o 3 mau hola o ka huakaʻi (i mua a i hope).

ʻOi aku ka maʻalahi o ke ala e iho ai i Manang ma mua o ka piʻi ʻana a pono e lawe i ka hapalua o ka manawa o ka piʻi ʻana. ʻOiai ua kapa ʻia kēia lā he lā "hoʻomaha", ʻoi aku ka nui o ka piʻi ʻana ma mua o nā lā hele wāwae ma mua.

Nānā: ʻO ke acclimatization e pili ana i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke kaiapuni kiʻekiʻe loa ma o ka hahai ʻana i nā hana pale o ka maʻi kiʻekiʻe. Hoʻokomo pū kēia me ka mālama ʻana i kou kino i ka wai maikaʻi, ka piʻi ʻana i kahi kiʻekiʻe akā hiamoe ma kahi kiʻekiʻe haʻahaʻa, a me nā mea hou aku. Mālama nā ʻano hana acclimatization iā ʻoe mai ka ʻeha ʻana i ka maʻi kiʻekiʻe ʻo ia kekahi ʻano nui e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke haʻalele i ka hele wāwae.

Hoʻomaka ka lā 6 o ka Annapurna Circuit Trek ma kahi kiʻekiʻe o 3540 mika ma Manang a hoʻopau i 4100 mika ma Yak Kharka. Ua pāpā ʻia kekahi ʻano kaʻa mai ke komo ʻana mai kēia wahi aku no laila ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻike i nā alanui asphalt e neʻe ana ma luna, he mea maikaʻi ia no ke ʻano o ka ʻāina kiʻekiʻe.

I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka huakaʻi i Yak Kharka, e hala mua mākou i kahi muliwai ma luna o kahi alahaka, a ukali ʻia e kahi loko e lawe iā mākou mai Manang mai. A laila alakaʻi ke ala iā mākou i ke kahua hānai o nā Yaks kūloko a ma ka hopena i Gunsang, ko mākou wahi kū mua o ka lā. He mea paʻakikī ke hōʻea i Gunsang no ka mea he piʻi ke ala, e loaʻa ana iā mākou kahi kiʻekiʻe o 400 mika. Ke hōʻea mākou i ke kauhale, e ʻai mākou i kā mākou ʻaina awakea a aia kekahi hale ʻaina ʻo ia kekahi lanakila hou no ka poʻe aloha kofe.

Ma hope o ko mākou hoʻomaha pōkole, e hoʻomau mākou i ka huakaʻi i Yak Kharka. He maʻalahi kēia ʻāpana o ka huakaʻi me kekahi mau piʻi a me nā iho akā ʻaʻohe mea pupule. E hele mākou ma waena o kekahi mau alahaka kau a hele wāwae i kekahi mau ala haiki i piha i kekahi manawa i nā pipi kūloko e lawe ana i nā ukana i nā kauhale kokoke. E maʻemaʻe loa nā hiʻohiʻona ma ke ala i kēia lā no ka mea ʻaʻohe alanui a i ʻole nā ​​​​kaʻa a kū kiʻekiʻe nā piko i uhi ʻia i ka hau i ka ʻākau.

ʻO ka huakaʻi o kēia lā e mau ana ma kahi o 4 mau hola, me 11 km ka mamao e hele ai. No ka mea e hōʻea mākou iā Yak Kharka i ke awakea, hiki iā mākou ke ʻimi i ke kauhale a hiki i ke ahiahi a i ʻole e hele i kahi huakaʻi pōkole no ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i Ledar e mau ana ma kahi o hoʻokahi hola i mua a i hope.

He lā hele wāwae maʻalahi ka lā 7 o ka Annapurna Circuit Trek ʻoiai he 6.5 km wale nō kā mākou e uhi ai hiki ke hana ʻia i loko o 3 mau hola. Hoʻomaka ka hapa mua o ka hele wāwae me kahi ala piʻi iki a hiki i Ledar, ko mākou wahi hoʻomaha wai, a hoʻomau i kahi alahaka a ukali ʻia e ka iho ʻana i kekahi alahaka kau.

Mai laila mai, hele ke ala i kahi ʻano piʻi ʻoi me kahi ʻāpana he 50 mika ka lōʻihi e hiki ai ke heʻe. Pono kēia wahi i hoʻokahi kanaka e makaʻala i nā pōhaku e hāʻule ana aʻo nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e hele ma ka ʻāpana ma ke huli ʻana. ʻO kā mākou alakaʻi ka mea e makaʻala iā ʻoukou. Ma hope o kēia ʻāpana, e hiki mākou i Thorong Phedi.

Ma ke kauhale, hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa nā mea i hoʻomoʻa ʻia; ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o nā meaʻai maʻamau he paʻakikī ia ma kēia wahi no ka mea ʻaʻole hiki ke komo ʻia e like me nā kauhale ʻē aʻe me nā alanui. No ka mea, he nui ko mākou manawa, e hele mākou no kahi huakaʻi pōkole e hoʻomaʻamaʻa ai ma hope o ka waiho ʻana i kā mākou mau ʻeke ma kahi noho.

Ma hope o ka pau ʻana o ka hele wāwae pōkole, paipai mākou iā ʻoe e hoʻomaha nui no ka mea he lā paʻakikī ka lā ʻapōpō, ka lā e piʻi ai iā Thorong La Pass.

ʻO kēia ka lā hope loa o ka Annapurna Circuit Trek; e hōʻea mākou i Muktinath ma hope o ke hele ʻana i ka Thorong La Pass. He 9 hola ka lōʻihi o kā mākou huakaʻi i kēia lā, e pono ai ka hoʻomaka mua ʻana, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma ka hola 6 AM i ke kakahiaka no ka mea ʻaʻole ʻoe makemake e ʻike i ka makani anu o ke awakea ma Thorong La Pass.

ʻO ka mea mua, e hōʻea mākou i kahi hoʻomoana kiʻekiʻe kahi e lawe ai ma kahi o hoʻokahi hola ma ka palena kiʻekiʻe, no ka mea ʻaʻohe mea keakea i manaʻo ʻole ʻia. ʻO kēia ʻāpana he 1 km wale nō o kahi piʻi pali maʻalahi. Ma hope o kahi hoʻomaha wikiwiki, e hoʻomau mākou i ka piʻi ʻana a hoʻomaka i ka ʻāpana hope o ka huakaʻi i ke ala. Hiki ke uhi ʻia ke ala i ka hau e hoʻolilo ai i mea pahee, no laila ua paipai nui ʻia ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā microspikes.

Mai ke kahua kiʻekiʻe, e hōʻea mākou i ka piko o Thorong La Pass ma kahi o 2 mau hola. E ʻike ʻoe i kahi hale kī liʻiliʻi ma ka piko e kūʻai nui ana i ke kī wela a me ke kofe koke me kekahi mau meaʻai māmā kūloko. E noho mākou ma laila no kekahi manawa pōkole, e mahalo ana i ka nānā aku, a e hoʻomaopopo ana i kā mākou hana.

Mai ke alahele, 5416 m, e hoʻomaka mākou i ko mākou iho ʻana i Muktinath, 3670 m. He mea maʻalahi paha kēia iho ʻana akā hoʻokaumaha maoli ia i kou mau kuli i ka wā e pahee ai ke ala i kekahi manawa. Pono mākou e hele ma waena o ka lepo, nā ʻiliʻili palupalu, a me ka hau e hiki ai i Muktinath. Mai nā puʻu a me nā piko i uhi ʻia i ka hau, loli ke ʻano i nā puʻu ʻōmaʻomaʻo a me nā kauhale olaola i ko mākou emi koke ʻana o ke kiʻekiʻe.

He huakaʻi hele wāwae maʻalahi ka hiki ʻana i Jomson mai Muktinath akā pono mākou e uhi i kahi kokoke i 20.5 km hiki ke luhi. Ke pale nei i ke alanui kaʻa, e hele mākou i ke ala hele wāwae e hele ana ma waena o nā wahi noho he nui o ke awāwa. I kēia lā, ua loli loa ke kaiapuni a hāʻawi iā ʻoe i kahi ʻike wao nahele kiʻekiʻe me ka lepo e puhi ana ma nā wahi āpau a me ka makani wikiwiki o ke awakea.

ʻO kā mākou wahi mua ʻo Kagbeni, aia ma kahi kiʻekiʻe o 3670 mika. E kū mākou ma laila no ka ʻaina awakea a e kipa aku hoʻi i hoʻokahi a ʻelua paha o nā hale mōneka kūloko. ʻO kēia kauhale kekahi o nā mea nani loa ma ke awāwa me nā hale pōhaku kuʻuna i hui pū ʻia me nā hale kūʻai hou (nā hale ʻaina, nā hale kūʻai berena, a pēlā aku).

Ma hope o ka ʻaina awakea hoʻoikaika, e hoʻomau mākou i ka huakaʻi a keʻa i kahi muliwai a ukali ʻia e nā ala hele wāwae. E hōʻea mākou iā Jomson mai Muktinath ma kahi o 8 mau hola me nā hoʻomaha āpau.

Hoʻomaopopo: Maopopo iā mākou e makemake paha kekahi poʻe e pale i ka hapa hope o ka huakaʻi, ʻoiai inā he nui ka lepo. ʻO ia ke kumu e hāʻawi aku ai mākou i nā holo mai Muktinath a i Jomson. He lawelawe keu kēia, koe wale nō ke kumukūʻai o ka huakaʻi kaapuni ʻo Annapurna.

ʻO ka lā 10 o ka Annapurna Circuit Trek ka hopena o kāu huakaʻi ma nā ʻāina kiʻekiʻe o Nepal. E holo mākou i kahi mokulele kakahiaka nui i Pokhara, kahi huakaʻi kupaianaha ʻē aʻe e ʻimi ai. Inā makemake ʻoe, hiki iā mākou ke hoʻonohonoho i kahi huakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi nou, e lawe ana iā ʻoe i kahi pūʻulu o nā wahi nani i loko o ke kūlanakauhale.

Ke hoʻi nei ʻoe i Kathmandu ma kahi kaʻa mākaʻikaʻi, e hoʻomanaʻo maoli ʻoe i nā hoʻomanaʻo leʻaleʻa a pau a me nā piʻi luhi o ka Annapurna Circuit Trek. Ke lana nei ko mākou manaʻo ua holomua nui kāu huakaʻi a ua lilo ia i mea hoʻomanaʻo no ke ola holoʻokoʻa.

ʻO ka lā 12 kou lā hope loa o ka Annapurna Circuit Trek. Ma hope o ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā kaʻina hana hope loa, e lawe mākou iā ʻoe i ke kahua mokulele honua no kāu wahi e hiki mai ana.