Tidbits from the Trail

All we do is laugh our way up the trail. This is a sawmill by the way. Everything here has been carried up the valley by local people.The waterfall situation in Rolwaling is ourtrageous. I think by the end of this post, you'll agree.We came up through the jungle from the valley floor. We've got close to 18,000 vertical feet to go! I think this is when Furtemba casually told me that people occasionally run into tigers here. Like actual tiger tigers. Furtemba's cousin's house is the close one. She cooked us the most amazing meal over a wood burning stove. There are like people-sized holes in most of these bridges.Remote, holy and unclimbed: the incomparable Gauri Shankar (Tseringma if you're a Sherpa) So, so wobbly!The view down the last three days of trekkingBeding, the largest village in Rolwaling. People here move up and down the valley with the seasons.Tseringma...steep from this side too! The entrance to Na, the highest settlement in Rolwaling at just under 14,000 ft. Na YakyakyakRajendra (orange jacket, our cook) and porters getting ready for a day of trekking