Pisang to Chame
We woke up to snow falling, it was light, but it seemed that it may get worse. We decided that continuing to gain elevation in an attempt at Manang would be very risky. If the snow came down hard again then we may be snowed in at either place (Manang or Pisang) and it would cost us time. Throng La Pass was probably snowed shut and would only be getting worse by the minute, so we decided to cut our losses and head back down. Over the next week we would circle back around the other side of the pass and still get to see about 80% of The Annapurna Circuit rather than waiting out the weather and the snow pack and only seeing less than 50%.
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| Preparing to brave the elements |
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| It's definitely snowing |
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| Mmmmm Milk Tea |
The snow fell a bit harder as we trudged back down, but around 3 the sky opened up and revealed blue sky and some scattered clouds. We stopped to dry off and have some tea, but then decided to stay the night again in Chame. Khem bought another rooster for us to eat and we had a snack of it after lunch. Before dinner we had some raksi and did some rope games and team building practice. Then we had dhal bat with the rooster. They brought us some mustang coffee after and we sat around the fire with the other trekkers for quite a while.
We have an early start tomorrow, hopefully we will make good time heading down.
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