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Expedition Report From Nepal - Entry for 7th April
A very cold start at breakfast was brightened up as we were all given some goodies
for the walk. Colin Scott our Food Member gave us all some chocolate, pepperonis
and dried fruit, it was very popular. Food is a major feature in everybody's life
and ensuring fair portions are given to the 26 of us is important. The food we have
had has been supplied by our Summit Trekking Company and has been excellent and thus
very good for morale. We all look forward to the next meal.
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The Lunch Stop with Yaks |
Our route took us in a gradual climb up the Simbua Khola valley. At the start we
passed through deep pine forests with numerous clearings, and beautiful carpets of
primulas. The forest gave way to alpine meadows. We stopped for lunch in one and
were joined by a herd of Yaks passing down the valley with their large bells ringing..
In the afternoon we passed a Buddhist Shrine surrounded by stone cairns and prayer
flags. In the cave was a large area of black rock with a ribbon of white quartz.
It is thought to be a holy snake. The Shrine makes the start of the sacred part of
this valley in which no animal may be killed. A gentle walk followed to our campsite
at Tseram (3870m). We have gained some 800m today. The camp is on a flat grassy meadow
surrounded by snow capped mountains. The snout of the Yalung Glacier blocks our view
up the valley. The bonus here there is that there are a couple of Yak herder's huts
which sell coke, fanta, beer, chocolate and woolly hats.
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The Budisht Shrine with from left to
right Mark Reed,
Euan Lwason and Dave Goldsmith. |
For the Kids: Our man for today is Colin Scott, 37 our Food Member (and morale man!)
He has been to the Himalayas 4 times before on Ama Dhablam, Kamat and Tilicho. He
has been working on the food for this expedition for 2 years. He has amassed one
and half tons of food from military and civilian sources. He has planned in great
detail the food and fuel needed on all the camps up the mountain. He has worked out
the menus, calories and dietary needs for everyone. His other interest is photography
and he has been busy on the trek in. He has much enjoyed the trek so far and hopes
to top out on Kanchenjunga.
Diary entry by David Nicholls.
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