DAY 146 - POKHARA

146) SUNDAY, 20 NOVEMBER 1977 : 0KMS. - POKHARA

 
 

I could feel the cold weather and wind at dawn that woke us up to watch the sunrise.  When I firstly looked to the Himalayas, they were covered by the clouds on the eastern hills with low visibility ahead. The valley below was also filled with the clouds,  like a silvery sea when exposed to the sunlight . But it was still dark under the clouds and those clouds of dense fog would slowly rise and disappear.

Annapurna range - Photo : mountainmusicproject.blogspot.com / Google images search

 


There were still thick clouds on the mountains. I could not see anything but had to wait until around 10:00 a.m.,  when we could see  the Machapuchare  peak (6,993 m.) of  the Annapurna Himal (8,091 m.) and some of the nearby peaks.  We intended  to wait until the sky was clear with no clouds but it would probably take us all day.  Approximately at  noon, we slowly walked down from  the Sarankot. I did not  feel  tired and came down faster than walking uphill.  It was about 2.00 p.m. when we arrived at the foothill below.

Machapuchare (Fishtail) - Photo : wikipedia.org /Bing images search