Piʻi ʻo Yala Peak

ʻO ke ala e piʻi ai i ka piko o Yala ke hōʻea ʻoe i ka puʻuwai o ka lāhui, ʻo Kathmandu. He wahi kupaianaha ke awāwa ʻo Kathmandu nona iho, a e loaʻa iā mākou kahi lā holoʻokoʻa i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no ka ʻimi ʻana i kona mau wahi. Ke komo ka mokulele i ka ʻāina puʻu, e ʻike ʻoe i nā hiʻohiʻona o ka Himalayas ma ka ʻākau. He lele nani loa ia me nā hiʻohiʻona o ka Annapurna Himalayas, Langtang, Mera Peak, a me kekahi mau piko o ka ʻāina ʻo Everest.

Ma hope o kou pae ʻana i ke kahua mokulele, e lawe ʻia ʻoe i ke keʻena immigration kahi e hana ʻia ai kāu visa mākaʻikaʻi. No kēia, pono ʻoe e hoʻopiha i kahi palapala noi āu e loaʻa ai ma laila, kahi hōʻike o ka noho ʻana, kahi hōʻike o nā tikiki hoʻi, kahi passport kūpono, kahi palapala uku visa panakō, a me ʻelua mau kiʻi paʻi kiʻi.

Inā makemake ʻoe e pale i ka hoʻolilo ʻana i ka manawa nui ma ke keʻena immigration, hiki iā ʻoe ke noi no ka visa mākaʻikaʻi ma ka pūnaewele. Pono ʻoe e hoʻopiha i kahi noi visa kikohoʻe, e hoʻopili i nā palapala pono āpau e like me ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia ma luna, a kali i kekahi mau lā ʻoihana e loaʻa ai kahi leka uila. E hoʻouna ʻia aku iā ʻoe kahi barcode kikohoʻe āu e paʻi ai a hōʻike ma ke keʻena immigration e loaʻa ai ka ʻae ʻia o ka visa.

Me ka nānā ʻole i ke ʻano o kāu hoʻoholo ʻana e hoʻomau, e kali ana kekahi o kā mākou mau ʻelele ma ke kahua mokulele e lawe iā ʻoe i kāu hōkele 3-hōkū no ka pō. Ma hope o kou hoʻomaha ʻana, e hoʻonohonoho mākou i kahi hālāwai pōkole me nā lālā o ka poʻe hana e launa pū kekahi me kekahi.

He lā piha kēia o ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻana a puni ke awāwa ʻo Kathmandu. He ala maikaʻi loa ia e ʻike ai i ke ʻano kuʻuna o Nepal me ke aʻo iki ʻana e pili ana i ka mōʻaukala. E hoʻomaka mākou i ka lā 2 o ka piʻi ʻana i ka piko o Yala me kahi kipa ʻana i ka Luakini ʻo Dakshinkali. Ma kahi o 22 km mai ke kikowaena o ke kūlanakauhale, aia kēia luakini ma waho o ke awāwa, akā he wahi maikaʻi loa ia ʻaʻole pono e haʻalele ʻia.

Hoʻolaʻa ʻia no ke Akua Wahine ʻo Kali, ua mahalo nui ʻia kēia luakini e ka poʻe Hindu a he mea nui ia i ka hoʻomana mai ke kenekulia 14 i ka wā i kūkulu ʻia ai e nā mōʻī Malla. Wahi a ke kaʻao, ua hōʻike ʻia ke Akua Wahine ʻo Kali i loko o nā moeʻuhane o ke aliʻi o ia manawa a kauoha iā ia e kūkulu i luakini ma ia wahi. I ka wā i hele ai ke aliʻi e nānā i ke kahua e kūkulu i ka luakini, ua loaʻa iā ia kahi kiʻi pōhaku o Kali ma laila.

He kipa maikaʻi nō hoʻi ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Taragaon. Aia ma ka ʻākau o ke awāwa, he hale hou ia (hana mai ka makahiki 2014), akā ʻoi aku ka kahiko o nā mea i loko. He hōʻiliʻili ia o nā hana noʻeau e kālele ana i ka mālama ʻana i ka Newari Heritage, ʻo ia ka moʻomeheu nui ma ke awāwa.

ʻOiai ua wehe ʻia ka hale hōʻikeʻike mai ka makahiki 2014, ua hoʻi ka moʻolelo ma hope o ka hale i ka makahiki 1972, i ka wā i kahakiʻi ai ʻo Carl Pruscha, he mea kālai hale Austrian, i ka hoʻolālā e hoʻokipa i nā luna i kipa aku iā Nepal (UNESCO a me UNO). ʻO ka hoʻolālā hope loa o ka hale, he hui pū ʻana o nā kaila ʻEulopa hou a me nā kaila kuʻuna Nepalese.

Ua hana ka hale ma ke ʻano he hale noho a hiki i nā makahiki 90, a ma hope iho ua lilo ia i hale i haʻalele ʻia. Ua kūʻai ʻo Arun Saraf, he kanaka lokomaikaʻi kaulana a he kanaka kālepa, i ka hale i ka makahiki 1997, akā ʻaʻole a hiki i ka makahiki 2012 i hoʻoholo ai ʻo ia e hoʻolilo iā ia i hale hōʻikeʻike.

ʻO ka Luakini ʻo Mahabouddha kekahi wahi maikaʻi loa e kipa aku ai, ua hoʻoulu ʻia kēia luakini Hindu o ke kenekulia 16 e kahi kipa ʻana iā Bodh Gaya, kahi i loaʻa ai iā Buddha ka mālamalama. Ua hoʻāʻo ʻo Abhta Raj, he kahuna kaulana, e hoʻolālā a kūkulu i kahi mea like me ka Luakini ʻo Mahabodhi ma India, a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hopena. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole ʻo ia i ola lōʻihi e ʻike i kāna hana ponoʻī.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻia kēia luakini ʻo ia kekahi o nā luakini kaila Shikhara maikaʻi loa ma Nepal no ka mea e hoʻohui ana i ke ʻano o ka luakini ʻo Maha Bodhi a me ke ʻano kuʻuna Nepalese. ʻO ka papahele kahi mea āu e ʻike pono ai, no ka mea, ua hoʻonani ʻia me ka nui o nā tile terracotta me nā kaha o Buddha ma kēlā me kēia.

ʻO ka mea aʻe, ʻo ka Luakini ʻo Budhanilkantha kahi ʻāpana o ka mōʻaukala o nā kenekulia i kū mau nei. Ua kūkulu mua ʻia i ke kenekulia 6 ma lalo o ke kauoha a ke aliʻi ʻo Licchavi ʻo Vishnugupta i kēlā manawa. E like me ka moʻolelo, ua kuʻia ka wahine a ke aliʻi i ke kiʻi o Lord Vishnu i kāna mahi ʻai ʻana i kahi mahina ʻai. Ma hope o ka paʻi ʻana o kāna palau i ke kiʻi, ua hoʻomaka ia e kūkulu me he mea lā e ola ana. Ua hoʻoulu kēia i ke kūkulu koke ʻana i kahi luakini ma ke mahina ʻai.

ʻO ka inoa ʻo Budhanilkantha, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo "Old Blue Throat," hiki ke hoʻopili ʻia me ka ʻāʻī polū o Lord Shiva ma hope o kona inu ʻana i ka lāʻau make i ka wā o ka Churning of the Ocean of Milk. Wahi a nā palapala hoʻomana, ua hōʻike hope ʻo Lord Shiva ua hiki iā ia ke hana pēlā me ka lokomaikaʻi o Lord Vishnu.

E hoʻomaka mākou i ka lā 3 o ka piʻi ʻana i ka piko o Yala me ka ʻaina kakahiaka nui, a ukali ʻia e ka holo ʻana i waho o ke kūlanakauhale. Mai Kathmandu a i Sybarubesi, he huakaʻi alanui 122 km ka lōʻihi e lawe ana ma kahi o 7 mau hola e hoʻopau ai, me nā hoʻomaha iki. ʻO ia ka huakaʻi mua a nā mea hele wāwae e hana ai i ka wā e pono ai lākou e hōʻea i ke awāwa ʻo Langtang. ʻOiai ʻaʻole maʻalahi ka huakaʻi a pau, ua hoʻoponopono ʻia ke ʻano ʻino ma o ka lawe ʻana i ko mākou manaʻo me nā hiʻohiʻona o nā puʻu a me nā muliwai.

Mai Kathmandu mai, e hele mākou i ka ʻākau ma ke Alanui Pasang Lhamu (NH-18) e hala ana iā Dhunche, Trishuli Bazaar, a me nā kūlanakauhale ʻē aʻe ma ke ala e hele ai i Syabrubesi. ʻO ka mea mua, e hoʻomaha iki mākou ma hope o ka hōʻea ʻana i Tishuli Bazaar, ma kahi o 70 km mai Kathmandu mai. He maʻamau ke ʻano o ke alanui akā hiki ke haiki i kekahi manawa no ka mea e piʻi ana ke alanui i luna o nā puʻu a ma nā muliwai.

Mai Trishuli Bazaar, e hōʻea mākou i Dhunche ma hope o 2 mau hola o ka holo lio; maanei mākou e ʻaina awakea ai. Ma ke ala, e ʻike ʻoe i nā hiʻohiʻona o Ganesh Himal lāua ʻo Langtang. Ke hele nei mākou ma kekahi mau wahi noho liʻiliʻi ma ke ala, e hōʻea mākou i 1965 mika o ke kiʻekiʻe, e alakaʻi ana iā mākou i Dhunche.

I kēia manawa, no ka wāwae hope loa o ka huakaʻi alanui o kēia lā, e hōʻea mākou i Syabrubesi ma kahi o 1.5 mau hola hou o ke kaʻa ʻana. Ma hope o kēia ala ka muliwai ʻo Langtang me nā hiʻohiʻona o nā piko he nui ma kahi mamao. He kauhale kaulana ʻo Sybarubesi ma ka ʻāina, ʻo ia hoʻi, ua maʻalahi ka hana ʻana, ʻaʻole like me nā kauhale mamao ʻē aʻe a mākou e kipa aku ai i kēia huakaʻi piʻi ʻana i ka piko o Yala.

ʻO kēia ka lā mua o ka hele wāwae ʻana i kāu huakaʻi piʻi ʻana i ka piko o Yala. E uhi mākou i 11.3 km i loko o 5 mau hola e hiki ai i kā mākou wahi i manaʻo ʻia, ʻo Lama Hotel. ʻAʻole kahi hōkele kā mākou wahi i manaʻo ʻia, e like me ka inoa e hōʻike nei, ua kapa ʻia ke kauhale ma hope o "Lama Hotel", ʻo ia ka mana nui o ke kaiāulu.

Mai ke kauhale ʻo Syabrubesi, e hele mākou i ka hikina ʻākau, e komo ana i ka Langtang National Park, ʻo ia kahi e nānā ʻia ai kā mākou mau palapala ʻae. Ma hope o ka ululāʻau paina a me ka ʻoka, e hele wāwae mākou no kahi o 2 mau hola e hiki ai i Bamboo, ko mākou wahi kū mua. E like me kāu i kuhi ai, ua piha kēia wahi i nā lāʻau ʻohe.

Mai Bamboo mai, ʻoi aku ka piʻi ʻana o ke ala i ko mākou hele ʻana ma waena o ka ululāʻau o nā lāʻau Rhododendron a me nā lāʻau ʻoka. He hoʻokahi hola ka lōʻihi o kēia piʻi ʻana a lilo i ala ākea e alakaʻi ana iā mākou i Rimche. ʻO kēia ke kauhale hope loa ma mua o Lama Hotel a ʻo ko mākou wahi kū hope loa hoʻi. Mai laila mai, ʻoi aku ka piʻi ʻana o ke ala, e hōʻailona ana i ka piʻi hope loa o ka lā 4 o ka huakaʻi piʻi ʻana i Yala Peak.

He wahi mālie ke kauhale ʻo Lama Hotel e hoʻomaha ai i ka pō; ʻo ke kani ʻālohilohi o ka muliwai, ka makani anuanu o nā puʻu, a me ka nahele mālie a puni e hoʻomaha loa ai. E hoʻomaha mākou i ka pō ma kahi hale kī a hale hoʻokipa paha, kahi e kākoʻo ai i nā kaiāulu kūloko i kā lākou ʻoihana liʻiliʻi. E hoʻomaka ana ka lā ma 1460 mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai, e hoʻopau mākou i ka lā ma kahi kiʻekiʻe o 2470 mika.

ʻO ka huakaʻi piʻi ʻana i ka piko o Yala kekahi o nā lā hele wāwae lōʻihi loa no ka mea pono mākou e uhi i 14 km, ʻo ia hoʻi ma kahi o 6 mau hola. Ke haʻalele nei i ke kauhale ʻo Lama Hotel, e hele mākou ma ke kahawai ʻo Langtang ma kahi ala e piʻi iki ana ma waena o kahi ululāʻau ʻōmaʻomaʻo ma ka puʻu. Ma kahi o hoʻokahi hola i loko o ka hele wāwae, e hōʻea mākou i Riverside, i kapa ʻia ʻo Gumnachok. He wahi noho liʻiliʻi ia kahi e hiki ai i nā mea hele wāwae ke hauʻoli i kahi kīʻaha tī wela a me nā meaʻai māmā ma mua o ka hoʻomau ʻana.

Mai laila mai, ʻo kā mākou wahi kū aʻe ʻo Ghoda Tabela, ʻo ia hoʻi ka Hale Lio. ʻAʻole ia he huakaʻi lōʻihi, he 2 km wale nō, a ʻoi aku ma mua o hoʻokahi hola e hoʻopau ai. ʻO ka piʻi ʻana o ke kiʻekiʻe he 250 mika, ʻo ia ke kumu e lōʻihi ai ka manawa. Mai Riverside mai, pono mākou e hele i kahi ala pali me nā piʻo ma ka puʻu. I kou piʻi ʻana, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā piko ma kahi mamao, me ka Langtang Himalayan Range.

Mai Ghoda Tabela mai, e hele mākou ma kahi o 45 mau minuke, e piʻi i 140 mika o ke kiʻekiʻe, a uhi i 1.5 km e hiki ai i Thangshyap. He mālie loa ke ala i ka wā e lilo ai nā mea kanu sub-alpine i wahi alpine. E hele mākou ma waena o nā kahawai he nui ma o nā alahaka lāʻau a hala i kekahi mau hale hana i hoʻohana ʻia e nā kahu hipa i kēlā me kēia manawa. E hoʻomaha iki mākou ma Ghoda Tabela ma mua o ko mākou neʻe ʻana i ke kauhale ʻo Langtang, ko mākou wahi hope loa o ka lā.

ʻO ka hapa hope o ka huakaʻi o kēia lā he piʻi paʻakikī ia no ka mea pono mākou e uhi i 4.5 km a loaʻa i 540 mika i loko o 2.5 mau hola. Lawe kahi piʻi kiʻekiʻe iā mākou i ke kauhale ʻo Chyamki, aia ma 3230 mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai. Ke neʻe nei, e hala mākou i nā pā Mani a me Chortens he nui, he hōʻike i ka mana o ka Buddhism Tibet ma ka ʻāina. Lilo ke ala i piʻi mālie ma hope o kekahi manawa a lawe iā mākou i ke kauhale ʻo Langtang.

ʻO kēia ka lā pōkole loa o ka huakaʻi piʻi ʻana i ka piko o Yala. Pono mākou e uhi i 6.8 km, hiki ke hana ʻia i loko o 4 mau hola o ka hele wāwae ʻana mai ke kauhale ʻo Langtang. E hoʻomaka mākou i ka hele wāwae o kēia lā mai 3430 mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai a hiki i 3870 mika o ke kiʻekiʻe i ka hopena o ka hele wāwae o ka lā. E loaʻa iā mākou ka huina kiʻekiʻe o 440 mika.

Ke haʻalele nei i ke kauhale ʻo Langtang, ua ākea a ākea ke ala me nā mea ʻono o nā piko ʻākau, a he mea maʻalahi ia no ka hapa nui o ka huakaʻi o kēia lā. ʻO ka mea mua, e hōʻea mākou i Mundu, ma kahi o hoʻokahi kilomita mai ke kauhale ʻo Langtang; e hōʻea mākou i laila i loko o 30 mau minuke wale nō.

Mai laila mai, e hele wāwae mākou i 1.5 km hou aʻe e hōʻea ai i ke kauhale ʻo Sindum. Ma kēia ʻāpana o ka huakaʻi e piʻi aʻe ana mākou i 150 mika o ke kiʻekiʻe. Ma ke ala, e hala mākou i kahi pāpū kahi e hālāwai ai ʻoe me kekahi mau Yaks a me nā hipa. ʻIke pinepine ʻia nā kahu hipa ma laila e mālama ana i kā lākou pipi. Hiki iā ʻoe ke nānā aku i ka piko ʻo Langtang Lirung he 7227 mika ke kiʻekiʻe.

Mai Sindum mai, ke hoʻomau nei ke ala i ka piʻi mālie ʻana a lawe iā mākou ma waena o nā kahawai liʻiliʻi. E hele pū mākou ma nā paia ʻo Mani a me nā chortens, e alakaʻi ana iā mākou i ke kauhale ʻo Yamphu. E hoʻomanaʻo e hele mau ma nā chortens mai ka hema; ka hoʻohuli ʻana i ka ʻaoʻao o ka uaki. ʻO kēia ke kauhale hope loa ma mua o ko mākou hiki ʻana i Kyanjin Gompa.

No ka hapa hope o ka huakaʻi o kēia lā, e hele mākou ma ke ala pālahalaha, e hele ana ma nā moraines glacial a me nā ʻāpana mauʻu. Ma hope o ka huakaʻi 1.5 hola mai Yamphu, e hōʻea mākou i ke Kauhale ʻo Kyanjin. He mea kahiko loa ka Gompa ma ke kauhale a ʻo ia ke kikowaena o kekahi ʻano hana hoʻomana ma ka ʻāina.

ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke hoʻokūpaʻa nui i ke koʻikoʻi o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa maikaʻi ʻana me ke kaiapuni; he mea ia e hoʻoholo ai i ka holomua o kāu huakaʻi piʻi ʻana i ka piko o Yala. ʻAʻole wale kēia lā he lā hoʻomaʻamaʻa akā he lā hoʻi e ʻimi ai i kekahi mau wahi e nānā kokoke ana a me nā wahi hoihoi o ka wahi.

ʻO kekahi o nā koho kaulana loa a nani hoʻi, ʻo ia ka hele wāwae i Kyanjin Ri. ʻO kēia wahi nānā he 900 mika ke kiʻekiʻe e uhi ana ma kahi o 4 km o ka mamao a he 5 mau hola e hoʻopau ai. No ka hoʻomaka ʻana i kēia huakaʻi hoʻomaʻamaʻa, haʻalele mākou i ke kauhale ʻo Kyanjin a hele i ka ʻākau hikina i kahi piʻi pali. He pōhaku ke ala me nā ʻāpana mauʻu ma ʻaneʻi a ma laila.

I ko mākou piʻi ʻana i luna o ka puʻu, ua lilo ke ala i mea ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī, e piʻi ana i nā pali. ʻAʻole ia he piʻi paʻakikī i ke ʻano loea, akā he mea luhi maoli nō ia. Mai luna mai o Kyanjin RI, e ʻike mākou i kahi hiʻohiʻona kupaianaha o Langtang II, Langtang Lirung Glacier, Cho Oyu, Makalu, Lhotse, Langtang Lirung, a me nā mea hou aku. Ke kū nei ma 4773 mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai, he manaʻo kupaianaha ia a he manawa maoli nō ia o ke ola.

ʻO kekahi koho huakaʻi hoʻomaʻamaʻa maikaʻi loa, ʻo ia ka huakaʻi i Tserko Ri. Me ke kiʻekiʻe loa he 5033 mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai, ʻoi aku ke kiʻekiʻe o kēia wahi nānā ma mua o Kyanjin Ri. No kēia huakaʻi, e hele mākou i ka hikina mai Kyanjin Ri a hele i ke kahawai ʻo Langtang ma o kahi alahaka kau e hiki ai i kahi ʻāina hānai holoholona. He pali loa kēia ʻāpana o ka huakaʻi.

I ko mākou neʻe ʻana i luna o ka puʻu, lilo ke ala i ʻano ʻē a piha i nā pōhaku palupalu. E hahai i ke ala o ke alakaʻi piʻi ʻana o Yala Peak ma nā ʻāpana paʻakikī. ʻO ka ʻāpana hope loa o ka piʻi ʻana ka mea ʻoi loa a uhi ʻia i ka hau i kekahi manawa. Hāʻawi ka piko o Tserko Ri i nā mea hele wāwae me nā hiʻohiʻona nani o Yala Peak, Langtang Ri, Shishapangma, Langtang Lirung, Naya Khang, a me nā mea hou aku.

E hōʻea mākou i kahi kiʻekiʻe loa o 5033 mika, e piʻi i 1163 mika o ke kiʻekiʻe, a e uhi i kahi mamao o 10 km. E lawe ana kēia huakaʻi ma kahi o 8 mau hola e hoʻopau ai, ʻo ia hoʻi he lā holoʻokoʻa, a ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ka piʻi ʻana i ka hoʻohālikelike ʻia me Kyanjin Ri. No laila, inā ʻaʻole ʻoe maopopo maoli i ia mea, pono ʻoe e pili i nā koho ʻē aʻe.

ʻO ke koho hele wāwae hope loa ʻo ia ka hele wāwae ʻo Langshisha Kharka. ʻO kēia ke koho kaulana ʻole ma waena o nā koho ʻekolu ma muli o ka lōʻihi o 20 km, ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi ma mua o ka lā hele wāwae maoli, a he 9 mau hola ka lōʻihi e hoʻopau ai. Ke hele nei i ka hikina mai ke kauhale ʻo Kyanjin, e hele mākou ma ke kualono o ke awāwa a hiki i kahi ʻāpana pāpū. Ua piha kēia ʻāpana i nā kula kahi e ʻai ai nā bipi a ke kiaʻi nei nā kahu hipa.

Ma ke kaʻa ʻana i kekahi mau moraines glacial a me nā kahawai liʻiliʻi, e hōʻea hope loa kākou i Langshisha Kharka, kahi e hoʻopiha ai nā mauʻu ʻōmaʻomaʻo i ka ʻāina me nā hiʻohiʻona o nā piko e pili ana me mākou. ʻO ke kiʻekiʻe loa o kēia huakaʻi he 4100 mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai, a ʻo ka piʻi ʻana o ke kiʻekiʻe he 230 mika wale nō.

Aia kekahi mau wahi ma ke kauhale ʻo Kyanjin e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke ʻimi, me ka Hale Hana Kīhi Kūloko a me ka Hale Mōneka ʻo Kyanjin Gompa. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka Hale Hana Kīhi me ke kōkua o ke aupuni Swiss, kahi e noa ai nā malihini e hoʻāʻo i kekahi tīhi Yak a ʻike i ke kaʻina hana e hana ai i ka tīhi. I kēia manawa, he kipa hoʻomaha ka Hale Mōneka ʻo Kyanjin kahi e hīmeni ai nā mele a nā mōneka i kou ʻuhane.

ʻO ka huakaʻi piʻi ʻana i ka piko o Yala he lā nui ia no ka mea e hele ana mākou i ke kahua hoʻomoana a e hoʻomākaukau ana no ka piʻi ʻana i ka lā ʻapōpō. He lā hele wāwae paʻakikī nō hoʻi ia no ka mea aia mākou i kahi kiʻekiʻe kūpono o ka Himalayan me ka hau a puni mākou a me nā makani anuanu ma nā wahi a pau. ʻO ka mamao holoʻokoʻa o ka hele wāwae he ʻoi aku ma mua o 9 km me ka piʻi ʻana o ke kiʻekiʻe o 730 mika. Pono mākou e hiki i ke kahua hoʻomoana ma kahi o 6 mau hola.

Ke haʻalele nei iā Kyanjin Gompa, e hele mākou i ka ʻākau hikina e hele i ke kahawai ʻo Langtang ma o kahi alahaka lāʻau e like me ke ʻano kānalua, akā he paʻa loa ia. Ke hoʻomau nei i ka huakaʻi, e hōʻea mākou i kahi ʻāina hānai holoholona ākea me nā hiʻohiʻona o nā piko kiʻekiʻe. Mai laila mai, piʻi nui ke ala me nā pōhaku wehe a me nā pōhaku nui e noho aliʻi ana ma luna o nā ʻāpana mauʻu.

Pono mākou e piʻi ma luna o ka moraine hau ma ka ʻāpana hope loa o ke kahua hoʻomoana. Ke hiki mākou i ke kahua hoʻomoana, e kali mai ana kahi hiʻohiʻona nani o Naya Kang, Tserko Ri, Gangchepmo, a me nā mea hou aku iā mākou.

Ua hiki mai ka lā hope loa o ka huakaʻi piʻi ʻana i ka piko o Yala; i kēia lā, e piʻi mākou i ka piko o Yala a hoʻi i Kyanjin Gompa ma hope. Hoʻomaka koke ka lā, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma kahi o 3 AM o ke kakahiaka no ka mea he nui nā wahi e uhi ai. No laila, e hōʻoia i ka lawa o kou hiamoe a me ka hoʻomaha i ka pō ma mua.

He 4.5 km ka lōʻihi o ka piʻi ʻana i ka piko, ʻo ia hoʻi he 9 km ka lōʻihi o ka huakaʻi a me ka hele ʻana mai. ʻOiai ke piʻi nei mākou i kahi piko, ʻoi aku ma mua o 7 mau hola ka lōʻihi o kēia 9 km. E hoʻomaka mākou i ka piʻi ʻana ma kahi o 3:15 AM ma hope o ka mākaukau maikaʻi ʻana a me ka hānai ʻia ʻana o nā mea a pau. Ke haʻalele nei i ke kahua hoʻomoana, e hele mākou a uhi i ka moraine glacial me nā pōhaku e hiolo ana no ka ʻāpana mua o ka piʻi ʻana.

I ko mākou piʻi ʻana i ka piko, e piʻi ana ke ala me ka hau e uhi ana i nā mea āpau. I kēia manawa, pono ʻoe e hoʻohana i kāu mau koʻi hau, nā kui, a me nā crampon e loaʻa ai ke koʻikoʻi āpau āu e pono ai. ʻO ka piʻi ʻana ma ke ʻano ʻē aʻe e kōkua i ke kūʻē ʻana i ke piʻi ʻana o ke ala me ka hele ʻana ma luna o nā kualono ʻoi. ʻO ka hoʻoikaika hope loa e hiki ai i ka piko e pono ai ka piʻi ʻana i kahi ala pōhaku e pono ai ke ahonui.

ʻAʻole hiki ke wehewehe piha ʻia ke ʻano o ka hoʻokō āu e loaʻa ai ke hiki ʻoe i ka piko me nā huaʻōlelo. ʻO nā hiʻohiʻona o Langtang Lirung, Shishapangma, Dorje Lakpa, Gangchempo, Ganesh Himal, a me nā mea hou aku, e hoʻohui i ka manaʻo o ka hoʻokō. Ma hope o ka hoʻolilo ʻana i kekahi manawa ma ka piko, e hoʻomaka mākou e iho i lalo.

Ma hope o ko mākou hōʻea ʻana i ko mākou kahua hoʻomoana, e loaʻa iā mākou kahi pā palaoa wela e pono ai ma mua o ke hele ʻana i Kyanjin Gompa. E iho mākou ma kahi o 9 km a e nalowale i 1630 mika o ke kiʻekiʻe ma luna o 5 mau hola. ʻAʻole paʻakikī ka iho ʻana e like me ka piʻi ʻana, akā naʻe, he manawa ka manawa e iho ai ma muli o ka ʻāina paʻakikī. Pono ʻoe e hehi ma nā wahi paʻa e pale aku ai i ka paheʻe ʻana ma luna o nā pōhaku palupalu.

Ua piha ka lā 10 o ka huakaʻi piʻi ʻana i ka piko o Yala i ka iho ʻana i lalo mai Kyanjin Gompa a i Lama Hotel. He 14.5 km ka lōʻihi o kēia huakaʻi, ua nalowale ke kiʻekiʻe o 1400 mika, a he 6 mau hola ka lōʻihi e hoʻopau ai.

He iho ʻana he 5 hola ka lōʻihi mai Lama Hotel a i Sybaru Besi, e uhi ana i 11.3 km, a e nalowale ana he 1003 mika o ke kiʻekiʻe. ʻO kēia lā hoʻi ka lā hope loa o ka hele wāwae ʻana ma kāu huakaʻi piʻi ʻana i Yala Peak.

I ka lā aʻe, e loaʻa iā mākou kā mākou ʻaina kakahiaka hope loa o nā lā hele wāwae ma Syabrubesi ma mua o ka holo ʻana i Kathmandu. E kali ana kahi pāʻina aloha/hoʻolauleʻa iā ʻoe ma Kathmandu

ʻO ka lā hope loa kēia o ka huakaʻi piʻi ʻana i ka piko o Yala; ke lana nei ko mākou manaʻo e loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi manawa maikaʻi e hele pū me mākou, a ke lana nei ko mākou manaʻo e hoʻi hou mai ʻoe no kahi huakaʻi hoihoi ʻē aʻe i ka Himalayas. A hiki i kēlā manawa, ke aloha aku nei mākou iā ʻoe a hoʻokuʻu iā ʻoe i ke kahua mokulele honua e like me kāu papa hana lele.