I am in the middle of the Himalayan mountain ranges and the highest mountain peaks in the
whole world are all around me. Let me take you on the four-day journey that got me here.
The actual trek begins right here
We have to make these noises so the bears don't come.. Three hours later,
there's just like a lot of dried blood.
Leech. Yeah. Fall down from the tree. Okay. Because we can recognize from the color
Stuck. So was just walking through the forest. Definitely didn't hit anything and then I realized
there's two leeches on my left arm. One of them got a little bit of blood. The other one didn't.
But yeah, it's just like a mild very itchy sting. Okay so finally we're at Forest Camp
which we were kind of aiming to go for yesterday but didn't make it. There seems to be a lot more
infrastructure here. A lot more signs saying there's wi-fi and hot and cold showers and stuff.
So, if that is a priority, maybe you want to stay here for the night
Okay we're taking a break at the spot called Rest Camp and then we're gonna keep going up.
So I’m just getting chai over here and charging my camera batteries and phones
In the middle of all this goat [ __ ] trying to get a good shot of all these goats and sheep.
That one looks a lot like my sister. Managed to step
on some cow dung or buffalo poop and got it on my camera too
Okay so it's half past noon and we've arrived at Low Camp
at 3000 meters, where there's also a lot of establishments like Forest Camp
and a lot of buffalo and a lot of restaurants and everything else, and it's still super foggy
Coffee. Black coffee.
So, we stopped at this place where I’m getting coffee. My guide and the porter are playing carrom.
So it just started raining really really hard
Preparing a rain cover for my bag
Okay so we're close to Mid Camp right now and I think I’m seeing the best view of this hike
so far. You can see sort of the ridge trail behind me that goes up to High Camp, not too
far from Mid Camp. And then you can sort of see the base of Mardi Himal in the back over there,
but it's still too foggy to see it properly. But it's still good for some aerial shots
Started to drizzle a little bit again and we're trying to go to Mid Camp because I
think the sky might be clearing up a little bit. Hello doggo. We're at Mid Camp right now
Dog. We're at Mid Camp right now and it's weird weather
where it's raining but it's sunny every other five seconds
This is so freaking cool. Feels like I’m walking on those ridge trails of Hawaii.
Except there's Himalayan mountains right there. I think I must be setting some kind
of record of how many leeches can bite you in one single day. I’m super glad that we picked
a spot to rest before going the last part because it's hailing hard right now
By the way it is too cold to be wearing just a t-shirt, but I don't want to get my jacket wet
right now. Last bit. We were getting kind of cold there so we're just going ahead
Look at that view. It's starting to rain
but I think this is one of the most gorgeous things I’ve seen in my life. You can see
Annapurna South behind me over there and then there's Fishtail and Mardi Himal
It's 3 45 a.m. And it is time
Yaks are usually dangerous. So we have to go slowly.
It's like 4 30 or 5 a.m. And the moon is lighting everything up and the
sun's about to come out from the opposite side. Visibility is much better for all of the peaks.
We can see Fishtail sticking out right there over the top. Looks like a fishtail. I see Mardi Himal
right in front of us. There's so many layers I was wearing in the morning.
I had to take basically everything off because I was sweating so bad from walking this far
We can see the first rays of golden light behind the Himalayas over there.
The camera is out. Show's about to begin
This is such a scenic walk. Really getting out of breath because of the altitude. I usually don't
get this tired from walking up 600 meters. I think I’m also suffering from attitude sickness a little
bit, because one of the symptoms is not being able to sleep. Last night I wasn't able to sleep
until past 12 30 a.m. despite waking up before 6 am yesterday. This last part,
it's very steep. We're almost at the first viewpoint at 4 100 meters
And just like that visibility is completely gone.
We can't see a thing. You can't tell if we’re in the Himalayas or Kathmandu.
So we're in this little tea house. We're using the fire to warm our hands and this gentleman is
making us tea. The sun's finally out from behind the peaks. I think this is one of the best views
I’ve seen in my life. This is definitely one of the two best sunrises I’ve seen in my life
along with the Acatenango (volcano) but that was a volcano exploding so I don't know which
one to pick. That one was a lot more brutal though. It was a lot more windy. I was in tears.
Okay so I’m a little bit past the first viewpoint in the spot with pagodas and flags and now you
can see the top of Annapurna south and.. What's that one called? Hiunchuli. And behind me still
Mardi Himal, and on the very top, Fishtail. There's another viewpoint that's one and a
half hours that way and the Mardi Himal base camp, which is actually not that great of a viewpoint
from what I hear, is two hours that way from here. I don't think we're gonna go to the next
viewpoint or anything because all my batteries for everything is dying, because I didn't get to
charge it last night. But also the view doesn't get that much better, we have to go wayyy back
and I also need to use the bathroom. So I think this is it for the Himalayas for now. Himalayas,
by the way, is only anything over 3 500 meters. This whole region is not called the Himalayas
All right guys it is 3 45 p.m. Basically hiked down from the viewpoint to this place called
Siding Village where I’m at right now which is at 1700 meters so that's like 2300 meters down. And
now it's like 3 45 so all that was in seven hours, with a one hour break for breakfast. So my knees
are pretty tired right now. But I think that is it for the end of the hike. We're probably gonna
get a Jeep soon and then go back to Pokhara and that's gonna take like two and a half hours. Just
wanna give a quick shout out to Himalayan 360 again for organizing this whole thing,
for providing me with the guide and the porter, and all of that. Hope you enjoyed the video. This
is one of the coolest things I’ve ever done and I’m glad I got to capture it with my drone my
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and then I’m really looking forward to that shower that I haven't had in like three or four days.