Cybercasts

Hello there friends, family, and loved ones, Trekkers reporting in from the happy kingdom of Bhutan.

We had a very sunny morning and were able to make good time on a good trail. Stopped in our tracks of course, when we came across the prints of a very large cat; we had to take some photos of that. And then we had pretty much a downhill run of it until the very last bit of the day where we scaled another thousand feet up to a glacial tarn in a beautiful cirque and that’s where our camp is.

And we’re now just finishing off a lovely repast from the meal and heading for bed. All souls on board seem to be happy, healthy and in good spirits, telling jokes about – well, we won’t even go into that. We’re heading to bed. So thanks for tuning in. See you tomorrow, same place, same time. Ta ta for now!

Hello there friends, family, and loved ones, this is the Trekkers calling in from Bhutan. Today was spectacular!

It opened up with a beautiful vista, lots of sunshine on the snow that had fallen the previous day. And we were able to see mountains in all directions, lots of glaciers, and lots of ice. It was magnificent views, took lots of photos. Everybody was popping the cameras all day, excuse me, in the morning part of it anyway.

And then we actually set out to our highest pass on the whole walk is 5,320 meters… (transmission cuts out).

Hello there friends, family, and loved ones, this is Bhutan calling and it’s been a very snowy day. Our guide staff here has been busting a trail through a foot of snow for us. We were able to make our next camp. It’s also our highest camp, 5500 – excuse me, 5050 meters above sea level. That’s about 16,500 feet or so. We’re high and we feel it, just walking around, very breathless; but hopefully it’ll set us up for tomorrow to push on up and over the highest pass at about 17,500 feet.

So we were able to find some tracks today of a snow leopard in the fresh snow, so it must have been near our camp last night because the snow all fell yesterday and even more during the night and the tracks were very fresh. So wow! To be that close to a snow leopard, really really cool!

And everybody’s in good spirits and in good health. And we’re looking forward to making the high point on this Snowman Trek! That’ll be tomorrow and stay tuned and you’ll find out if we did it or not! Ta ta for now!

Hello there friends, family, and loved ones, this is Trekkers in Bhutan calling in from The Snowman Trek and today it lived up to its reputation. We’ve been hiking all day long in about eight inches of snow that has accumulated and I tell you what, it’s a winter wonderland out here. Wish you could be here!

A big highlight of the day was topping out the Jaze La Pass at 5,135 meters above sea level and having hot soup. The local staff here carried a thermos of hot soup to the top. They knew it was going to be a cold, wet day and it was. And that soup was the best soup that we ever had in our whole lives!

So we’re now tucking into bed and we’re going to get up early tomorrow and try to get across the Loju La pass as well and hopefully the snow won’t slow us down. And so
we appreciate your best wishes and thoughts for us tonight. Thank you very much and ciao for now!

Hello there friends, family, and loved ones. Today was a day of rest and acclimatization. We got to explore the local town of Thanza. It’s high in the Himalayas, just downstream from a couple of wonderful, beautiful lakes. Unfortunately the lakes are precariously balanced in the state of growing and potentially could release billions of tons of water. But we went up and took a look at it and our hydrologist Mr. Sangay joined us and showed us the equipment that they monitor the lake with; it was very interesting, fascinating.

We’ve also been able to take showers today and do laundry. So everybody’s in fine spirits, especially with the staff sharing their local brews with us. We have just completed eating a beautiful carrot cake that our cook/chef has made for us and there’s big smiles all the way around. So stay tuned for when tomorrow we go high over the pass named Jaze La. Ta ta for now!