Wrong. We've had an extremely challenging 3 days with a snowstorm which closed the pass at 15,000 feet we wanted to cross and temperatures dropping to minus 15C. We slept in tea houses with draughty unheated, uninsulated bedrooms. My water bottle froze the last 2 nights so I had to stick it down my sleeping bag to thaw out. At last the weather turned today and we got up at 6am with a group of 12 from all nationalities with porters and guides to forge a way over the pass. The snow was always knee deep and sometimes waist high. Very tough going and knackering but we did it!
Rewarded with fantastic views over Annapurna range, Daulagiri,Ganesh Himal, and Langtang Lirung.
Well worth all the deprivation - well I think so but you had better ask Sarah. Now stopped off in a tea house with fantastic views towards the foothills of the Himalayas. No more views of high Himalayas - but at least it's mainly downhill from now
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