Annapurna Circuit

We just completed Annapurna Circuit!! Dave, Nathan and I had a blast and now we have "Calves of Steel" so look out! We're just adding a few photos, mainly Dave's, given that I dropped our camera on route...... We took 17 days to complete the circuit. The length of the circuit is disputed and most say it is 230km long. I would agree that it is at LEAST this long and possibly they mean 1,230,000km.

Luckily none of us had done anything at all to prepare for the trek, except buy ridiculously cheap trekking gear in Kathmandu. My "Goretex" boots were only $30 and I was shocked to discover on route that they weren't waterproof! Who would've thought?!

The boys required an additional acclimatisation day in Yak Kharka near 4000m (wooss bags). I started getting a headache at 4550m but we all took tablets and were ok for the day of the pass. The day we did the pass (5416m high!) was stunning - beautiful sunshine and no wind - whoopee!! Our Guide has done the circuit 100s of times and couldn't believe our luck with the weather!

Scaling a landslide / road "construction" (with no warnings of blast times - how exciting!)

After watching "Into Thin Air" sitting on a yak rug, we couldn't believe people could be so unprepared before climbing Everest. After the movie we opened the door of the 'cinema' to discover pouring snow - we ran back in thongs/sneakers without any wet weather gear....

Where's Dave?

We went for a little acclimatisation stroll after reaching 3500m. We were lucky to view this avalanche from very close up! Meanwhile back at the lodge, our guide was a little concerned of possibility of 3 missing Australians

All lodges claimed to have "24 hr Solar Heated Shower" - brrrrrrrrrrr (Dave didn't shower for 6 days in a row! Nice one!! Sorry to Dave's mum - this is no indictment on how your raised your dirty little boy)