ʻO ka huakaʻi helikopter āpau ma luna o ka piko o ke kahua hoʻomoana 8000 m ma Nepal

Ua hauʻoli ʻo Kathmandu, ke kapikala kupaianaha o Nepal, e hoʻokipa iā ʻoe i kēia lā. Ke puka ʻoe ma waho o ka TIA Gate, e ʻike ʻoe i ka helehelena ʻakaʻaka o kā mākou ʻelele e kali ana i kou hiki ʻana mai.

E kōkua ʻo ia iā ʻoe me kāu mau ukana a lawe iā ʻoe i kahi hōkele ʻelima hōkū hanohano loa ma kahi kihi mālie o ke kūlanakauhale. ʻO kou manawa i koe e hauʻoli ai.

I ke ahiahi, e hālāwai ʻoe me kā mākou alakaʻi huakaʻi, nāna ʻoe e lawe i kahi pāʻina hoʻokipa i mālama ʻia e Life Himalaya Trekking. I ka ʻaina ahiahi, e alakaʻi kā mākou alakaʻi iā ʻoe ma o nā kikoʻī o kā mākou huakaʻi helikopter 8000 m ma kahi kahua hoʻomoana kumu ma Nepal.

Kiʻekiʻena kiʻekiʻe

1,350 m.

ʻai

Aloha ʻaina ahiahi

Ka lōʻihi o ka hele ʻana

30 min

Nā hale noho

Hōkele 5-hōkū

ka halihali

Kaʻa Kūʻokoʻa

He lā hoʻokipa maikaʻi ko mākou i kēia lā ma Kathmandu. Ma hope o kāu ʻaina kakahiaka, e lawe kā mākou alakaʻi iā ʻoe i kahi huakaʻi hoʻohiwahiwa o ke kūlanakauhale, kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka nani o ke kūlanakauhale aliʻi mua ʻo Bhaktapur.

E ʻaihue ka Palace/Durbar Square i kou mahalo i kou nānā ʻana i nā hana noʻeau kahiko o Newari o ka 55 Window Palace, ka Luakini ʻo Nyatpole, ka Luakini ʻo Vatsala, ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike Kiʻi, nā kiʻi pena ʻo Thangka, a me nā hana lepo o Pottery Square.

I kou hoʻi ʻana mai, e kū maikaʻi ʻoe ma ka stupa o Boudhanath. Maanei, hiki iā ʻoe ke hui pū me kora a holo i kou mau lima ma nā huila pule.

I kēia manawa, e mālama kā mākou hui i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā palapala ʻae e pono ai no kā mākou huakaʻi helikopter ma kahi hoʻomoana kahua kiʻekiʻe he 8000 m ma Nepal.

Kiʻekiʻena kiʻekiʻe

1,350 m.

ʻai

ʻAina kakahiaka, ʻAina awakea & ʻAina awakea

Ka lōʻihi o ka hele ʻana

Lā piha

Nā hale noho

Hōkele 5-hōkū

ka halihali

Kaʻa Kūʻokoʻa

ʻO ka manawa kēia e lele ai e pae ma ke kahua hoʻomoana mua, ua komo mākou i kā mākou huakaʻi helikopter 11 lā ma kahi he 8000 m ma Nepal. ʻO kā mākou wahi kū mua ma ke kahua hoʻomoana o ke kolu o ka mauna kiʻekiʻe loa o ka honua, ʻo Kanchenjunga (8586 m).

Hoʻomaka ka lā me kāu lawe pilikino ʻana mai kou hōkele. E hōʻea ʻoe i TIA, kahi e kōkua ai kā mākou alakaʻi iā ʻoe me ka hōʻoia ʻana i nā pepa e pono ai.

Ke loaʻa iā mākou kā mākou mau palapala holo moku, e kali mākou iā Kanchenjunga e hōʻailona i ka lani mālamalama. A laila e neʻe mākou i ka helipad TIA, kahi e alakaʻi ai kā mākou pailota iā mākou ma o nā kaʻina hana palekana koʻikoʻi mai nā kāʻei palekana a hiki i ke kamaʻilio ʻana me nā headset.

I kēia manawa, e hāpai ana kā mākou heli iā mākou ma luna o ke awāwa ʻo Kathmandu momona. Ke neʻe nei i ka hikina, hiki iā mākou ke ʻike i nā māla kī kupaianaha o Illam e pālahalaha ana ma nā puʻu.

E kū iki paha mākou ma ke kahua mokulele ʻo Suketar no ka hoʻopiha ʻana i ka wahie ma ke ala. I ka lewa, e hoʻomaka mākou e ʻike i ke awāwa hihiu o ka muliwai ʻo Tamur ma lalo. E hele mākou ma luna o nā ululāʻau mamao o Lelep ma mua o ka hiki ʻana i ke kauhale ʻo Ghunsa.

E pae pōkole mākou ma ka helipad o kēia Kauhale Tibet a e hauʻoli no kekahi manawa i kahi hiʻohiʻona nani o ka mauna ʻo Jannu/Kumbhakarna. E kōkua pū kēia i ko mākou hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana ma mua o ka hele ʻana i ke kahua hoʻomoana ʻo Kanchenjunga.

ʻO ka mea aʻe, e piʻi hou mākou i ka lewa a i ka manawa koke, e noho aliʻi ka lewa e ke alo nui o Ghabur (6044 m), Phole (6645 m), Sobi Thongje (6652 m), a me ka mauna ʻo Jannu.

Ma hope koke iho, e ʻike pū kākou i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kahua kiʻekiʻe o Lhonak, kahi e hoʻomalu ai nā piko ʻo Kirat Chuli (Tent Peak, 7365 m), Kanchenjunga, a me ka mauna ʻo Gimmigela (6415 m) i ka ʻaoʻao o ka lewa.

Ma hope koke iho, e pae mālie ana mākou ma kahi kahua pālahalaha a hau o ke kahua hoʻomoana ʻo Kanchenjunga (ʻĀkau). No kahi o 40 mau minuke, e noho mākou i loko o ke ao o ka hau kahi e ʻike nui ʻia ai ko mākou maka e ka Ramtang Peak (6700 m), Chang Himal (6750 m), Taple Shikar (6,341 m), Drohma Ri a me Langpo Glacier. Eia naʻe, e ʻaihue nā piko ʻē aʻe o Kanchenjunga- Yalung Kang (8505 m) a me Kanchenjuna Central (8473 m).

Ma hope o kēia pae ʻana, ua hiki i ka manawa no mākou e neʻe i mua a pae i ke kahua hoʻomoana o ka ʻaoʻao hema o Kanchenjunga. Ke hāpai ka heli iā mākou i ka lewa, e ʻike koke mākou ma lalo o nā ala paʻakikī a piʻi hoʻi o Sinion La Pass (4660 m), ʻo Mirgin La (4480 m), a me Sinelapche La (4645 m).

Hoʻolōʻihi ʻia ka ʻaoʻao o ka honua e hoʻokipa i nā piko kiʻekiʻe o Chamlang, Makalu, Baruntse, Kumbhakarna a me Everest. E hoʻomau mākou i ka lele ʻana ma ka ʻaoʻao o Kanchenjunga e nānā ana i ka Yalung Glacier ma ka hema a me ka Kanchenjunga Glacier ma ka ʻākau.

Ma hope koke iho, e ʻike kākou i ka ʻāina ʻālohilohi o ke Kauhale ʻo Ramche i hoʻopuni ʻia e nā piko o Kokthang, Bokta a me Rathong. Aia ma kahi mamao aku ʻo Oktang Viewpoint a i ʻole ke kahua hoʻomoana hema o Kanchenjunga kahi e pae ai mākou no kahi o 20 a 30 mau minuke a nānā i ka helehelena hoʻonani o Kanchenjunga Hema (8476 m).

Ua hiki i ka manawa no kākou e neʻe aku ai mai ka ea anuanu a i ka mehana wela o Tumlingtar o ka ʻāpana ʻo Sankhuwasabha. E hoʻomoe kākou i ka pō ma kekahi o nā hōkele maikaʻi loa o ke kūlanakauhale e hoʻomākaukau ai no ke kahua hoʻomoana aʻe ma kā kākou papa inoa.

Kiʻekiʻena kiʻekiʻe

5,143 m.

ʻai

ʻAina kakahiaka, ʻAina awakea & ʻAina awakea

Ka lōʻihi o ka hele ʻana

3 i nā hola 4

Nā hale noho

Hotel

ka halihali

Helicopter lele

ʻO ka manawa kēia e hiki ai i ke kahua hoʻomoana ʻelua i kākau inoa ʻia no kā mākou huakaʻi helikopter ma Nepal ma kahi kiʻekiʻe he 8000 m. I ke kakahiaka nui, e hele mākou i ke kahua mokulele ʻo Tumlingtar e kau i ka helikopter e lawe iā mākou i ke kahua hoʻomoana paʻakikī o ka mauna ʻelima kiʻekiʻe loa o ka honua, ʻo Makalu (8485 m).

I ko mākou lele ʻana ma luna, e nānā i lalo i nā hale kuʻuna o nā kauhale ʻo Num a me Seduwa. E ʻike pū kākou i ka nani kūlohelohe i hoʻopā ʻole ʻia o ka Makalu Barun National Park ma lalo.

Ma hope koke iho, e hele ana mākou ma ke puka kiʻekiʻe o Shipton-La Pass (4,217 m), kahi e hiki ai iā mākou ke nānā aku i ka piko o Makalu ʻoiʻoi a maopopo ʻole, a me nā pā nui o nā piko o Chamlang, Baruntse, a me Kanchenjunga.

E piʻi mau ana kā mākou heli, a ma hope koke iho e lele mākou ma luna o ke ala nui ʻo Keke La Pass (4152 m). Ma lalo iho o mākou, hiki iā mākou ke ʻike i ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻōmaʻomaʻo o ke awāwa ʻo Barun.

I ko mākou lele ʻana i luna, e hoʻomaka ana mākou e ʻike i ka hanu ʻoi a anuanu hoʻi o ka Makalu mana. E pae koke ana mākou ma ka paepae kokoke loa o ke kahua hoʻomoana ʻo Makalu, kahi e piʻi ai ka pilikua hau i kahi kiʻekiʻe kupaianaha he 3,600 m ma luna pono o mākou.

E loaʻa iā mākou ma kahi o 30 a 40 mau minuke e hele ai ma ka ʻāina hau kiʻekiʻe o ke kahua hoʻomoana, kahi e hiki ai iā mākou ke nānā aku iā Baruntse, Lhotse, Chamlang, a me Everest.

Ke hauʻoli mākou i ka manawa ʻo Makalu, e hāpai hou kā mākou heli iā mākou i luna, a i kēia manawa e lawe ia iā mākou i ke kūlanakauhale mauna kaulana ʻo Lukla ma ke awāwa ʻo Khumbu.

Maanei, ke kali nei ka hoʻokipa maikaʻi o Lukla Mountain Lodge i ko mākou hōʻea ʻana no ka pō.

Kiʻekiʻena kiʻekiʻe

4,870 m.

ʻai

ʻAina kakahiaka, ʻAina awakea & ʻAina awakea

Ka lōʻihi o ka hele ʻana

3 i nā hola 4

Nā hale noho

Hotel

ka halihali

Helicopter lele

I kēia lā, e hele ana mākou no kahi huakaʻi helikopter ma kahi hoʻomoana kumu helikopa he 8000 m ka lōʻihi ma Nepal: ʻo ke kahua hoʻomoana ʻo Everest, ka piko maoli o ka honua.

E haʻalele mākou iā Lukla i ke kakahiaka nui a hahai i ke ala nani o ka muliwai ʻo Dudh Koshi. E nānā i lalo e mahalo i ka lole uliuli a me ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo nani o Namche, Phortse, a me nā hale mōneka mōʻaukala o Tengboche lāua ʻo Pangboche.

A laila e lele mākou i luna ma luna o ka 4830 m ʻo Dughla Pass, kahi e hiki ai iā mākou ke ʻike i ka hiʻohiʻona kupaianaha o ka Cho La Pass nui (5,420 m). Ua hoʻomalu ʻia ka lani e nā helehelena nui o Lobuche, Pumori, a me ka Khumbu Glacier ikaika.

I ka manawa pōkole, hiki iā mākou ke nānā i lalo i ke kahua kiʻekiʻe o ka wao nahele ʻo Gorakshep, e hōʻike ana ua hala mākou i kahi hoʻomoana kiʻekiʻe loa o ka honua, ʻo ia hoʻi ka EBC. E aloha mai ka Khumbu Icefall iā mākou, e alakaʻi ana iā mākou i ke kualono ʻeleʻele kaulana o Kala Patthar.

Maanei, e pae mākou ma ka paepae ʻeleʻele ākea no kahi o 25 mau minuke a ʻike i ka lewa i piha i ke alo magnetic o ka mauna ʻo Everest, ʻo Changtse, ʻo Lingtren, ʻo Khumbutse, ʻo Ama Dablam, ʻo Nuptse a me Lobuche.

Me kēia mau piko, ʻo nā helehelena kupaianaha o Lhotse, ʻo Lhotse Middle (8,410m) a me Lhotse Shar (8,383m) e lilo i mea hoʻohiwahiwa ke nānā aku.

A laila e hoʻomau kā mākou huakaʻi i ka maluhia nui o ka hoʻohiwahiwa lua ʻole ma ka Hotel Everest View ma Syangboche. A laila e loaʻa iā mākou kahi lā holoʻokoʻa ma ka hōkele kahi e hiki ai iā mākou ke haka pono aku i nā pilikua hau o Thamserku, Ama Dablam, Taboche, Cholatse, Lhotse, Nuptse, a me nā mea hou aku.

Kiʻekiʻena kiʻekiʻe

5,644 m.

ʻai

ʻAina kakahiaka, ʻAina awakea & ʻAina awakea

Ka lōʻihi o ka hele ʻana

2 i nā hola 3

Nā hale noho

Hotel

ka halihali

Helicopter lele

I kēia lā, e hele mākou i kahi kahua hoʻomoana kupaianaha ʻē aʻe o kā mākou huakaʻi helikopter ma luna o ka piko o 8000 m ma Nepal. E lawe pololei kēia māhele o ka huakaʻi iā mākou i kahi kahua hoʻomoana o ka mauna ʻeono kiʻekiʻe loa o ka honua, ʻo Cho Oyu (8188 m), i ʻike ʻia ʻo ke Akua Wahine Turquoise ma Nepal.

Mai ka Everest View Hotel, e kau mākou i kā mākou rotor e lele iā mākou ma luna o nā kauhale nani o Dole lāua ʻo Machhermo, kahi i kiaʻi ʻia ai ka ʻaoʻao o ka honua e nā piko hanohano o Kangtega, Cho Oyu, a me Thamserku.

ʻIke ʻia ke awāwa uliuli nui ʻo Gokyo me nā kikoʻī ʻono mai luna mai, kahi e lele ai mākou ma mua o nā wai uliuli hohonu o Longponga Tsho lāua ʻo Taujung Tsho. Ma hope koke iho, e pae mākou ma ka ʻaoʻao o nā wai ʻālohilohi o ke kolu o ka loko, me ke kualono kaulana ʻo Gokyo Ri (5,357 m) e kū kiʻekiʻe ana ma luna o mākou.

Ma hope o ka pae ʻana, e hele mākou e ʻai i kā mākou ʻaina kakahiaka mauna ma Gokyo Inn. A laila e hoʻomaka mākou e ʻimi i nā loko ʻehā a me ʻelima o Gokyo-Gyazumpa Tsho lāua ʻo Ngozumpa Tsho.

A laila e hahai mākou i ke ala kuamoʻo o ka Ngozumpa Glacier, ka mea lōʻihi loa ma Nepal, a hiki i ke kahua hoʻomoana ʻo Cho Oyu. Maanei, no kahi o 30 mau minuke, e ʻapo ʻia mākou e ka mālie anu o Cho Oyu, Everest, a me Lhotse.

E hoʻi hou ana mākou i Gokyo Lake a holo i ka mokulele e hoʻi i Namche, kahi e nānā ai mākou i loko o kahi hale hoʻokipa mauna nani a hōkele paha. A laila, e hele mākou i kahi piʻi piʻi nani i ke Kauhale ʻo Khumjung (3790 m), kahi e hoʻohanohano ai mākou iā Sir Edmund Hillary ma ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Hillary.

Ma ka hale mōneka kūloko o ke kauhale, e ʻike pū kākou i ka Yeti Scalp pohihihi. A laila, e hoʻohana kākou i ko kākou manawa i koe e launa pū me nā kamaʻāina a me nā mea kālepa ma ka mākeke ʻo Namche.

Kiʻekiʻena kiʻekiʻe

4,900 m.

ʻai

ʻAina kakahiaka, ʻAina awakea & ʻAina awakea

Ka lōʻihi o ka hele ʻana

3 i nā hola 4

Nā hale noho

Hotel

ka halihali

Helicopter lele

I kēia lā, ʻo kā mākou huakaʻi helikopter ma kahi hoʻomoana kumu helikopa he 8000 m ka lōʻihi ma Nepal e pili ana i kahi lele kū hoʻokahi mai Namche a i Kyanjin Gompa, he waiwai kupaianaha o ke awāwa ʻo Langtang.

Mai Namche mai, e hoʻomaka mākou i kakahiaka nui a lele no hoʻokahi hola e neʻe ai i ka ea mehana o ke awāwa ʻo Langtang. I ka wā o ka lele ʻana, e hele mākou ma ka palena ʻike ʻole ʻia ma waena o nā paka aupuni ʻelua o Nepal: ʻo Sagarmatha lāua ʻo Langtang.

I ko mākou haʻalele ʻana i ka lewa o ke awāwa ʻo Khumbu, e ʻike ʻia ka Rolwaling Himal kilokilo i mua o ko mākou mau maka. Ma lalo iho o mākou, e palupalu ka ʻāina i nā ʻōmaʻomaʻo o ka Langtang National Park.

E noho aliʻi ana ka lewa e nā kualono e like me ka ʻohe o Dorje Lhakpa, Langtang Lirung, Gangchempo, Langshisha Ri, a me Chorakri Ri. I kēia manawa, e lele mākou ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o ka piko kiʻekiʻe loa he 14 ma ka Honua, ʻo Shishapangma (8,027 m), aia ma Tibet Kina.

Ma hope koke iho, e iho mālie mākou a pae i ka paepae pālahalaha o Kyanjin Gompa. No kahi o 30 mau minuke, e hele wale mākou ma waena o ka ea ʻoluʻolu a me ka mālie o ka hale mōneka uhane. Ma kahi kokoke, e ʻakaʻaka mai ana ʻo Kyanjin Ri (4,773 m) a me Tsergo Ri (5,000 m).

Ma hope o ko mākou hoʻolilo ʻana i ka hapalua hola ma ʻaneʻi, ua hiki mai ka manawa e hiki ai i ka loko kapu ʻo Gosaikunda. E lele kā mākou moku lawe mokulele iā mākou i ka hema ma waena o nā pali kiʻekiʻe loa a ma luna o nā ululāʻau hohonu o Thulo Syabru lāua ʻo Sing Gompa. E lele pū mākou ma luna o ka puʻu ʻo Laurebinayak he 3930 m ke kiʻekiʻe me Langtang, Ganesh, Manaslu a me Annapurna e piʻi ana ma luna.

Ma hope koke iho, ʻike ʻia nā wai polū o Saraswati Kunda (4100 m) a me Bhairav ​​Kunda (4364 m) e waiho ana ma lalo o nā loko mua a me ka lua o Gosaikunda.

E pae ana mākou ma ka ʻāina paʻakikī o ke kolu o ka loko ʻo Gosaikunda ponoʻī. No kahi o 20 a 30 mau minuke, e hoʻopuni ʻia mākou e ka maluhia uhane e pili ana iā Lord Shiva.

E kipa aku mākou i kona luakini liʻiliʻi, e hana i kahi pradkshina (kaapuni ʻana) a puni ka loko a e hāʻawi i kā mākou mau pule. E loaʻa pū kekahi manawa no ke kiʻi ʻana i nā kiʻi kupaianaha me ka loko.

I kēia manawa, e hoʻokuʻu aku kā mākou helikopter iā mākou i ke kapikala, kahi e noho ai mākou i ka pō ma ka hōkele kaulana ʻo Dwarika.

Kiʻekiʻena kiʻekiʻe

4,380 m.

ʻai

ʻAina kakahiaka, ʻAina awakea & ʻAina awakea

Ka lōʻihi o ka hele ʻana

3 i nā hola 4

Nā hale noho

Hotel

ka halihali

Helicopter lele

Ua hiki mai ka lā e hiki ai i ke kahua hoʻomoana o ka piko kiʻekiʻe loa ʻewalu ma ka Honua, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Mount Manaslu (8163 m). E haʻalele mākou iā Kathmandu i ke kakahiaka nui a e hele hou i TIA.

E hāpai ana kā mākou helikopter iā mākou i ke komohana ʻākau i ka ʻĀpana ʻo Gorkha o Nepal. E nānā i ka ʻāina ma lalo, kahi e ʻike ʻia ai ke kahe ʻana o nā wai keʻokeʻo hekili o ka muliwai ʻo Budhi Gandaki.

Hiki ke ʻike ʻia nā mahina ʻai pāpaʻi a me nā hale pōhaku o Machha Khola lāua ʻo Jagat mai luna mai. E nānā ma lalo i ka ʻāina o ka Manaslu Conservation Area a me ka Lidana Glacier ʻālohilohi e kū mai ana ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka lewa.

I ko mākou lele ʻana i luna, e ʻike mākou i ke alo nani o Ganesh Himal, ka piko ʻo Sringi, ʻo Ngadi Chuli, Himalchuli, a me Naike, akā ʻo nā piko māhoe o Manaslu ka mea e hopu ai i ko mākou manaʻo.

E nānā ma lalo i ke ʻano o ka hoʻololi ʻana o ka ʻāina i ke kahua kiʻekiʻe o Samagaon. E pae mākou ma ke kahua helikopa kiʻekiʻe o kēia kauhale a nānā no kekahi manawa i nā piko māhoe nui o ka mauna ʻo Manaslu, kona glacier, nā piko ʻo Himalchuli a me Naike.

Aia pū kekahi Hale Mōneka ʻo Labrang ma kahi kokoke kahi e hiki ai iā mākou ke ʻimi a hauʻoli i ka lewa Buddhist o ke kauhale. I kēia manawa, e hāpai hou kā mākou heli iā mākou, a i kēia manawa e lele ʻoi aku ia i luna, e alakaʻi ana iā mākou i ka honua hau ʻoi aku ka ʻino o Manaslu Base Camp. Ma lalo, hiki ke ʻike ʻia ka Hale Mōneka ʻo Pungyen mehameha a me ka loko ʻo Birendra e moe hauʻoli ana i loko o ke apo ʻana o kekahi.

I kēia manawa, e pae mākou ma ke kahua hoʻomoana ʻo Manaslu a e hoʻolilo ma kahi o 30 mau minuke e ʻapo ana i ka ea anuanu o Manaslu a me kona hau. Ma hope o ka omo ʻana i ka mana o Manaslu, e lawe ana kā mākou heli iā mākou i ke kauhale Tibetan o Manang, piha i nā pā Mani a me nā chortens kahiko.

Ma hope o ke komo ʻana i loko o kahi hōkele nani o ke kauhale, e piʻi mākou i luna i kahi kokoke i kapa ʻia ʻo Chongkor Viewpoint. Ua kapa pinepine ʻia ʻo ia ʻo Chongkor Hill a i ʻole ka wahi nānā kokoke i ke Ana ʻo Milarepa a hōʻike i nā hiʻohiʻona ākea o Annapurna II, III, a me IV, a me Gangapurna a me Tilicho Peak.

E hele pū mākou i kahi huakaʻi pōkole o Milarepa Cave a inā makemake ʻoe, hiki iā ʻoe ke hiki i ka loko hau o Gangapurna i kahi mamao iki aku. E hoʻi hou ana ke ahiahi ma Manang me nā moʻolelo o nā kamaʻāina.

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4,800 m.

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He lā kupaianaha loa kēia ma kā mākou huakaʻi helikopter ma kahi hoʻomoana kumu kiʻekiʻe he 8000 m ma Nepal. E hele ana mākou i ka ʻāina nani akā ʻōlinolino o Upper Mustang, kahi e kali nui ai ʻo Lo Manthang i kapu ʻia i ko mākou hiki ʻana mai.

Akā ma mua o ko mākou hoʻomaka ʻana e hōʻea i Lo Manthang, e kū iki mākou ma ka loko kiʻekiʻe loa o ka honua, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Lake Tilicho.

No laila, i ke kakahiaka nui, e lele mai kā mākou heli ma luna o nā kauhale ʻo Khadga lāua ʻo Khangsar (3756 m). E nānā ma lalo no kahi hale mōneka kahiko nani ma luna o ka pali ʻākau.

E piʻi koke ana mākou ma luna o Shree Kharka a ma hope koke iho e ʻike mākou i ke kahua paʻa kokoke i ka loko ʻo Tilicho. E pae ana kā mākou heli iā mākou ma ʻaneʻi me kahi e hiki koke ai i kahi e nānā ai i ka loko.

E loaʻa iā mākou ma kahi o 20 mau minuke e ʻike ai i ka wai polū hau mālamalama o ka loko i kū pono ma lalo o nā piko nui o Tilicho, Nilgiri, Peak 29, Dhaulagiri, Tukuche, Lamjung, Annapurna I, II, III, a me IV, Gangapurna, Chulu, a me Manaslu.

ʻO kēia ka manawa e hele ai i ke kuhikuhi o Upper Mustang a no laila e lele kā mākou pailota iā mākou ma waena o nā pae ʻo Annapurna a me Dhaulagiri. Ma hope koke iho, e ʻike mākou i ke awāwa ʻo Kali Gandaki ma lalo, ka mea hohonu loa ma ka Honua.

E nānā i ke ʻano o ka neʻe ʻana o ka ʻāina mai ka ululāʻau ʻōmaʻomaʻo a i nā pali ʻulaʻula a me nā mauna. Ke hoʻokokoke aku nei mākou i ka palena ʻākau kokoke iā Tibet, a e ʻike koke ana mākou i nā palena pā kaulana o Lo Manthang.

I kēia manawa, e pae mākou ma waho o Lo Manthang, kahi e loaʻa ai iā mākou ma kahi o 30 a 40 mau minuke e hoʻi ai i ka wā ma mua. I loko o kēia manawa, e ʻimi mākou i kona mau alanui haiki, nā hale mōneka kahiko, a me ka Hale Aliʻi o ke Aliʻi mua.

Ua hiki mai ka manawa no mākou e kau hou ai i kā mākou heli e lele i ke kaona makani o Jomsom. E hele ana kā mākou heli i ka hema, e lele ana ma luna o ke alaloa nui ʻo Kali Gandaki.

E ʻike paha kākou i kekahi mau hiʻohiʻona o nā ana lani pohihihi o Upper Mustang ma lalo. I ka hopena, e ʻike ʻia nā helehelena nui o Nilgiri lāua ʻo Dhaulagiri i ko kākou hoʻokokoke ʻana aku iā Jomsom.

Ma hope o ko mākou pae ʻana, e nānā mākou i ka hoʻohiwahiwa o kona hōkele ʻelima hōkū, ʻo Shinta Mani Mustang. Ma hope o kahi hoʻomaha pōkole, a laila e ʻimi mākou i ke ʻano kūloko o Jomsom, e ʻimi i ka Mustang Eco Museum, a e hoʻāʻo i ka meaʻai ʻono ʻo Thakali.

Kiʻekiʻena kiʻekiʻe

4,919 m.

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2 i nā hola 3

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Helicopter lele

ʻO kā mākou huakaʻi helikopter ma kahi hoʻomoana kumu he 8000 m ka lōʻihi ma Nepal e alakaʻi iā mākou i kēia lā i nā kahua hoʻomoana o ʻelua mau mauna he 8000 m ka kiʻekiʻe: ʻo Dhaulagiri nui keʻokeʻo a me Annapurna kapu.

Mai Jomsom mai, e ʻoi aku ka pololei o kā mākou lele heli. E lele hou mākou ma luna o ka muliwai ʻo Kali Gandaki, a ma hope iho e hahai kā mākou heli i ke ala o ka Dhaulagiri Glacier.

E pae koke ana mākou, akā e ʻike paha mākou i kahi ʻike pōkole e lana ana i ke awāwa huna. E pae mai kā mākou pailota iā mākou ma ka ʻāina keʻokeʻo ʻōlinolino o kahi hoʻomoana, kahi e loaʻa ai iā mākou ma kahi o 30 mau minuke e kū kokoke ai i kēia piko nui.

Maanei, e piha pū ka lani me Dhaulagiri II, III, IV, a me V, a me ka piko ʻoi o Tukuche. E hele mākou ma luna o ka moraine a hanu i ka ea maʻemaʻe o ka piko kiʻekiʻe loa ʻehiku o ka honua, ʻo Dhaulagiri (8167 m).

E hoʻomau kā mākou huakaʻi i ke kahua hoʻomoana o ka piko kiʻekiʻe loa he 10 ma ka Honua, ʻo Annapurna I (8091 m). E hele hou ana kā mākou helikopter ma ke awāwa ʻo Kali Gandaki, e lele ana ma waena o Dhaulagiri a me Annapurna.

E ʻike koke ana kākou i ka hale kiaʻi kaulana o Poon Hill a me ka ululāʻau rhododendron mānoanoa o Ghorepani. E hoʻohiwahiwa mai ana ke kāpeti emerald o ka Annapurna Conservation Area i ko kākou mau maka i ko kākou hoʻomākaukau ʻana e pae ma ke kahua hoʻomoana ʻo Annapurna.

Ke kū nei mākou ma kēia hale keaka nui o ka Himalayas, e hoʻopuni ʻia mākou ʻaʻole wale e Annapurna I akā, ʻo Annapurna Hema hoʻi, ʻo Fishtail, ʻo Hiunchuli, ʻo Annapurna III, a me Gangapurna.

Ma hope o ka hoʻolilo ʻana ma kahi o 30 a 40 mau minuke ma ABC, e iho ana mākou i ke kūlanakauhale loko kaulana o Pokhara. Ma lalo, e ʻike koke mākou i nā au keʻokeʻo o ka muliwai ʻo Modi Khola.

He mea leʻaleʻa ke nānā aku i nā ʻāina mahiʻai ʻo Chhomrong lāua ʻo Ghandruk mai ko mākou puka makani helikopa. E ʻike koke ʻia ʻo Pokhara ma kahi e pae ai mākou ma kona kahua mokulele.

E nānā mākou i loko o ka hōkele ʻelima hōkū ʻo Temple Tree a i ʻole Fishtail Lodge a hoʻomaha i ke awakea ma ka loko wai. Hiki iā mākou ke holo waʻa ma ka loko ʻo Phewa, ʻoiai e piha ke ahiahi i ka hoʻolauleʻa me nā mele ʻono a me ka ʻaina ahiahi.

Kiʻekiʻena kiʻekiʻe

4,750 m.

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ʻAina kakahiaka, ʻAina awakea & ʻAina awakea

Ka lōʻihi o ka hele ʻana

3 i nā hola 4

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Helicopter lele

I kēia lā, e hoʻopau ʻia ka pōʻai nui o kā mākou huakaʻi helikopter ma kahi hoʻomoana kumu helikopa he 8000 m ma Nepal me kahi lele heli e hoʻi ana i Kathmandu i ke kakahiaka nui.

Ke nānā nei iā Ganesh, Annapurna, Fishtail, a me Langtang, e pae koke ana mākou i TIA, kahi e hāʻawi aku ai ʻo Life Himalaya iā ʻoe i kahi hoʻoili pilikino i kou wahi e noho ai.

ʻAʻole e liuliu, e hiki mai ana kou manawa e haʻi aku ai, a e hāʻawi hou kā mākou hui iā ʻoe i kahi huakaʻi maʻalahi i TIA.

Kiʻekiʻena kiʻekiʻe

1,350 m.

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Ka lōʻihi o ka hele ʻana

30 minuke

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Helicopter lele