Apr 07
(Final Part of the Bhutan Trek Series) See here for Part 3 – Into the Himalayas: Beginning the Chomolhari Trek Day 4 – Climbing Toward 16,000 Feet I woke early that morning. I wanted to catch the sunrise lighting up Mount Jomolhari, and I also knew we had a big day ahead of us. Our …
Mar 25
(Part 3 of the Bhutan Trek Series)Go back to Part 2…. Continuing Up the Paro Valley After a wet, snowy first day trekking up the Paro Valley—and an even colder night sleeping in the tent—we woke to a simple but welcome breakfast prepared over a campfire at the stone hut in Thang Thanka. The snow …
Mar 16
(Part 2 of the Bhutan Trek Series from our trip in March 2019)For Part 1, see the post Turning 50 in the Himalayas: Our Trekking Adventure in Bhutan first The next morning, we left the comfort of Hotel Olathang behind and set out for the real adventure. For the next week we would be trekking …
