Tag: Chomolhari

Into the High Himalayas: Snow, Base Camp, and Acclimatization on the Chomolhari Trek

Tents pitched at Chomolhari base camp

(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 …

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Into the Himalayas: Beginning the Chomolhari Trek

(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 …

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