By Ueli Steck
Pokhara, Thursday, May 1, 2008With a beer Simon and I celebrated out first ascent of Tengkampoche Northface when we got back the same night of April 24, to Tengkampoche basecamp. For more, we were too exhausted and the following morning we were already on the way back to Kathmandu. In the capital we just stayed to get the permit for Annapurna Southface. Now we are in Pokhara trying to get some rest. Several porters are already on the way to the Annapurna basecamp with all our equipment.
We enjoy and need this rest. Laying back, writing postcards, have good meals and a good shower every day and phoning home. Nevertheless our thoughts are quite absorbed by our next project: Annapurna Southface. We already received the weather forecast for the following days. It's not very promising at the moment. It doesn't matter, since we have to get to the Annapurna basecamp first. We will leave tomorrow. By car we will first go to Naypul and from there we move on on foot to Sauli Bazar. Then we will pass the tiny villages of Chomrong, Bamboo to finally reach the basecamp of Annapurna maybe on Monday or Tuesday. It lies on a beautiful meadow at about 4200 m.
Now our next adventure begins.
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Comments (1)
always a pleasure to read your posts ueli! have a safe and beautiful climb on Annapurna. From NZ, i'll be watching!
Posted by arian | May 15, 2008 4:57 AM
Posted on May 15, 2008 04:57