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ANNAPURNA: A WOMANS PLACE PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Arlene Blum | 272 pages | 01 Oct 2015 | COUNTERPOINT | 9781619026032 | English | Berkeley, United States Annapurna: A Woman’s Place – Arlene Blum In addition to the mountains, the trek also offers peaceful natural surroundings along the trail. Beautiful greenery in the surroundings of the trail makes the trip a wonderful nature experience. The trek starts at the Modi Riverbank and advances towards Ghandruk village. The beautiful Gurung village of Ghandruk is a perfect place to witness the beauty of the Annapurna range. Later on, trekking to Landruk and then to Dhampus village is a beautiful walking experience. Nepal Climbing Adventure always strives to offer an adventure traveling experience that you can cherish. While the Annapurna Panorama Trek is beautiful in its all essence, your experience of trekking there becomes even more beautiful with us. By the time we take you on the trip and bring you back, we take one step ahead to offer you a beautiful experience. We keep your safety and happiness is our top priority and you will experience the same during the trip. Security for our clients is always a foremost priority for us. All our guides and other support crew are carefully chosen for your trips. Our guides hold licenses issued by the Nepal Government. They are very honest and reliable. But we would also advise you to take care of your own personal belongings. Take your main bag inside the tent once you reach the campsite. At night, all bags and belongings are kept in the middle of the tent. Your guide assigns a Sherpa on a rotation basis to guard the campsite throughout the night. You need to take sensible precautions yourself at all times. Never leave your baggage unattended and keep your lodge room locked when you go out. Depending on the prevailing situation, you can modify it to some extent after consulting with your senior guide. However, the date of trek completion should always coincide with the original itinerary. You should keep in mind that this is an adventure trip into some of the most remote regions in the world, where many unforeseen circumstances may contribute to the need for a change in itinerary. In such cases, we or your guide will suggest the best alternative similar to your original itinerary. Annapurna Panorama Trek. Trip Overview Trip Facts. Day Kathmandu — Pokhara m Hrs. What is included? All airport and hotel transfers Welcome and farewell dinner Overland transportation for the trip Teahouse accommodation and meals during the whole of the trek. A comprehensive medical kit. What is not included? Yes, we are a licensed company to operate adventure tours in Nepal. We have been organizing tours, Treks, and Expeditions for our valued clients for over two decades. Our long journey and experience in the field have made us pioneer in the industry. It's mandatory that they are trained in first aid and also carry a first aid kit with them during the trek. We always do our best to team up a small group of likeminded people to give them a memorable and insightful adventure travel experience, coupled with an invaluable opportunity to interact with each other in the true spirit that comes with adventure. Our trek groups generally comprise of maximum 12 members. We need a minimum of 2 participants to run our fixed departure dates. For private trips, no minimum or maximum numbers apply. All of the necessary permits for your trek are included in the price and will be arranged for you prior to your trek. For certain restricted regions like Manaslu and Makalu , you'll need to have a full day in Kathmandu prior to your trek as your trek operator will need your passport for the permit registration. Yes, we do. The costs for private trips are generally fixed on the basis of group size, trek area, duration, and trek style, and is negotiable. If by any chance, none of our fixed group departure dates work for you and you do not have anyone to accompany you, you can still be able to make your preferred trip with us. There is absolutely nothing to worry about if you want to go solo. We assign local guides, porters, etc who you can trust your life with. This is loaned to you and must be returned when the trek is done. Classifying the difficulty of a trek is like walking a thin red-line, as it depends on your fitness and experience hiking in the mountains. In the Himalaya, a trek's difficulty depends on the steepness of the trail, the general altitude, and the duration of the trek. Generally, the higher you go the more difficult the trek becomes. For most treks in the lower foothills Ghorepani, Poonhill, Ghandruk, and Pikey Peak , it's fairly moderate trekking, although some days will be more challenging than others. For higher-altitude treks i. Everest Base Camp, Gokyo, Annapurna Circuit, and Nar Phu , the treks become more challenging as you get going over 5,m passes with longer days. Much of our trekking ventures are classified into THREE different categories according to the level of difficulty. Soft Adventure treks are only about a week to 10 days in duration. They generally don't go above meters and each day, you can expect to be walking for around 4 — 5 hours. While moderate to fairly challenging treks are longer treks that go right into high mountain country. Physically quite tiring, these involve approx hours trekking along rocky ridges of high Himalayan peaks. Arduous treks are longer treks that go far beyond the normal haunts of trekkers and tourists. Physically challenging, these may involve hours trekking and likely to include unfavorable weather conditions and activities that are not only physically challenging but also tax the mind. These trips are not for greenhorns. Teahouse trekking refers to staying at a small local lodge or mountain hut each night of your trek. The lodges are basic but pretty cozy; enough to shelter you from the bitter mountain winds. They consist of rooms with a common area used for eating and hanging out. Most treks in Nepal are teahouse treks where the lodges are run by members of the local community. Bunking out at these teahouses in some of the harshest territories on earth will give you a true sense of what life is in the wild. On camping treks, you will be sleeping in tents. A trekking crew consists of one sirdar, one cook, and kitchen crew, Sherpa assistants, and porters depending on the size of the group. Our main aim is to make the trek as hassle-free and enjoyable as possible. The leader of that expedition fell ill and became unconscious, forcing Blum to assume responsibility for the safety of six lives at age In between her expeditions climbing 20 of the world's highest mountains, Blum got her Ph. Participating in dangerous climbs enabled Blum to temporarily focus her "busy mind," and helped her to think more clearly about her scientific research. While watching a glacier melt, Blum found inspiration on how to conduct an experiment that would reveal information about how a chain of amino acids folds correctly to form a protein. Her work was the first physical evidence for an intermediate in protein folding, paving the way for a new field of study. Blum also discovered that three chlorinated and brominated chemicals used as flame retardants in furniture and children's pajamas were carcinogenic, and her findings were used to ban those chemicals in the s. In addition to writing books and lecturing, Blum's latest project is creating photo essays on her website that combine text from her book with some of her most vivid climbing photographs. Blum is also continuing her scientific research. She wants to make the testing of people for the presence of toxic chemicals such as PBDEs polybrominated diphenyl ethers more readily available by lowering the cost. She hopes to begin work soon on a cheaper "body burden" test that examines urine samples instead of the more expensive processing of blood samples. One of her other goals is to identify the dangers of additional toxic chemicals used in consumer products. Powering Through the Tour. Annapurna Movement | Countercurrents One is taken first through the preliminaries of expedition organization: the selection of team members, planning and fund raising. Following this come the farewells to friends and loved ones and then the long, anticipatory flight from San Francisco to Kathmandu—the transposition from the reality of everyday life to the reality of life at an expeditionary level. From Kathmandu, where final arrangements are made, the expedition then proceeds towards its objective, Annapurna I. Almost from the outset, the team is plagued by ubiquitous expeditionary problems. There is illness to one degree or another, the food supply proves inadequate, and the logistics of transporting supplies and equipment hang heavy over the enterprise, as does the willingness of the porters and, later, Sherpas to cooperate. In short, this is the usual expedition scenario. Once on the mountain, plans are formulated, camps are established and supplies are transported. The physical demands of the mountain are dealt with as the climbers gradually make their way upwards in the face of bad weather and severe avalanche conditions. Clinch, now 83, had led the first American team to successfully climb an 8,meter peak — Gasherbrum I in — and his concerns turned out to be prophetic. As of March , 61 climbers had died on Annapurna, compared with successful ascents — a ratio of one death for every three successful bids.

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