70.11 Nepal: The twin towers on the side of Mattikan. A breathless day of excitement and always discovery.
It truly was an unbelievable day, the second one of the week. The others were good, too but this, together with the hike to Shiva Temple, were superior. The following day, both Jen and I had colds and sore throats. Now, how does that happen, we ask you? The towers: The target. At more than 2 hours from commencement point, we reach a closer position to the towers on a couple of mountains across the way. Jen reaches the towers after 2.5 hours climbing. After an hour-and-half, Jen is no closer to these fabulous mountains. However, the views are spectacular. On the left, is the Shanti Stupa, probably one of our most frequent hikes. Change of terrain as we get closer to target. Annapurna 1 at 26,700 feet, Machapuchare at a little less than 23,000 feet, at left is Shanti Stupa and on the mountain below Machapuchare (little left) is the village of Sarangkot (a bump). On the right is Annapurna 2 at 26,192. This position with an incre...