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Nar Phu Annapurna Circuit – Day 11 of 15:Tilicho Lake and then to Shree Kharka We were up at 4:30 AM, the cold at Tilicho Base Camp was biting through my layers as we packed light for the climb up to Tilicho Lake. My neighbours could be heard stirring as I packed. I quietly hoped …

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Nar Phu Annapurna Circuit – Day 10 of 15: Manang to Tilicho Base Camp Today, the numbering of the trek becomes a minor mountain riddle. We’ve just completed Nar Phu over 9 days which finished yesterday. Depending on your own starting point, today is either Day 10 of the Nar Phu Annapurna Circuit – the …

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Nar Phu Valley Trek – Day 9 of 9: The Crossroads at Humde and The Nar Phu Annapurna Circuit Continues Today, the Nar Phu Valley Trek ends. For Some. We woke up in Ngawal, a village that feels like a bustling metropolis after a week in the hidden valleys of Nar and Phu. For many …

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Nar Phu Valley Trek – Day 8 of 9: Crossing the Kang La Pass We were up long before dawn, ate a heavy breakfast cooked by our Nar hosts, who also gave us a warm send-off despite the hour. It was two bowls of porridge and fried eggs for me. As we adjusted our head …

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Nar Phu Valley Trek – Day 7 of 9: Nar acclimatization and exploration Today is our final acclimatization day before the big push over the 5,320m Kang La Pass. We are off the grid (hurray). Yet, there is Wi-Fi in the teahouse, and Gautam brought me the password. I took it with thanks and left …

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Nar Phu Valley Trek – Day 6 of 9 While today’s trek is one of the shortest so far, it shows why we didn’t push through the day before. Leaving Nar Phedi means an hour-long near steep trek up. Doing it yesterday would have just made everything a slog instead of an enjoyable trek. As …

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Nar Phu Valley Trek – Day 5 of 9 For me a great trek is a trekking route be a loop, never crossing the same stone twice. Enter in one place, leave in another. In my Kathmandu Valley Heritage Walks book, I made it a point of pride to design routes that never repeat. It …

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