Day 20-21 - Climbing the Himalayas

We left Leh in the morning for our first day of trekking, from Spituk to Rumbak, about a 4 hour hike - roughly flat. Our guide - a Nepali - and our ponyman (and 4 horses just for our stuff!!) and us set out at around 10am.

The views were spectacular. This was such an unbelievable experience. It was one of those situations where you take a picture because the view is so awesome, but then 10 minutes later, as you get further along the trail, the next view is like 10 times better, so you take another...and another...and repeat. This region is spectacular.

Our first view...(this is a mountain tributary to the Indus River)




Lookin' good...ready to trek



Setting off to the great unknown...



Tibetan prayer-flags



Rumbak - a mountain village...population 5?



View along the way



Dinner, cooked by our guide...



Our tent...



Lookin' great with our tent...



Really tired...



The next morning, we awoke and set off for the summit at about 4,900 m (16,000 feet). This mini-peak alone would be the 5th largest mountain in the US.











Running down the mountain...