Ka Huakaʻi ma Manaslu ma ke awāwa ʻo Tsum

Hoʻomaka kā mākou huakaʻi hele wāwae i Tsum Valley Manaslu i ka wanaʻao me ka hoʻoili mua ʻana i ke komohana o Kathmandu. Ke puka mākou i waho o ke kapikala, e iho mai ana kā mākou kaʻa lehulehu ma ke ala ʻo Thankot.

A laila e hahai mākou i ke alanui e hiki aku ana i Pokhara no kekahi manawa ma ke Alanui Nui ʻo Prithvi. Ke hele nei mākou ma waena o nā pali ʻōmaʻomaʻo o Malekhu lāua ʻo Trishuli, e huakaʻi mākou i ka ʻākau e hiki ai i Dhading.

E hoʻomaka ana ke alanui lepo e hoʻonui i kā mākou huakaʻi i ko mākou holomua ʻana ma Dhading Besi a i loko o ka ʻāpana ʻo Upper Gorkha. Ke poina nei i ka ʻike alanui puʻu i nā hiʻohiʻona o Ganesh, Manaslu, Langtang, a me Annapurna, e hōʻea mākou i ke awāwa ʻo Budhi Gandaki.

E hala mākou ma ke kahua kūʻai nani o Arughat a hoʻomau i kahi ʻāpana a hiki i Soti Khola (730 m), e hele ana ma waena o nā wahi liʻiliʻi nani o Maltar, Shante, Arkhet, a me Kyoropani.

E hoʻomaka mālie ke alanui e piʻi i Khursane, kahi e ʻike ai mākou i ka mana o Nuali Khola. I ko mākou hala ʻana ma Labubesi, e hōʻea koke mākou i Machha Khola, kahi e pau ai kā mākou huakaʻi hoʻokele lōʻihi.

Ma hope o kahi ʻaina kakahiaka mehana a ʻono hoʻi i ke kakahiaka nui, e hoʻomākaukau mākou e hoʻomaka i ka ʻāpana hele wāwae o kā mākou huakaʻi hele wāwae ʻo Tsum Valley Manaslu. E mau ana ka muliwai ʻo Budhi Gandaki ikaika i ko mākou hele ʻana ma ke ala uka i Thado Khola.

A laila e lawe ʻia mākou e kahi alahaka kaulahao lōʻihi, kila, a me nā ʻaleʻale ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ka muliwai a i Khorla Besi. E alakaʻi ana ka ʻāina puʻu mamao iā mākou i ka pūnāwai wai wela o Tatopani ma 1040 m.

Mai ʻaneʻi aku, e hele mākou i loko o ke awāwa nani ʻo Dobhan Khola, kahi e kū pono ai mākou i ke alahaka kau kupaianaha he 92 km ka lōʻihi, kahi e lawe ai iā mākou i loko o ke awāwa ʻo Yaru Khola.

ʻO ke ala puʻu e piʻi mālie ana e lawe iā mākou i Thulo Dhunga a laila i Jagat, kahi e hoʻokipa mai ai ka poʻe Gurung hauʻoli a minoʻaka iā mākou. Hiki iā mākou ke ʻike i nā hōʻailona o ka moʻomeheu Buddhist Tibet me kekahi mau Mani Walls.

I ke kakahiaka nui, i ko mākou hoʻomaka ʻana e haʻalele iā Jagat, e hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia a hōʻoia ʻia kā mākou mau palapala ʻae ma kahi mākaʻi koa o ka Manaslu Conservation Area.

A laila e hele mākou ma waena o nā kauhale Tibet nani o Salleri lāua ʻo Nagjet. E lawe ana kahi ʻāina maloʻo mālie e piʻi ana iā mākou i ke Kauhale ʻo Sridibas, kahi e hiki ai iā mākou ke hauʻoli i ka ʻike ʻana i nā wailele nani.

I kēia manawa, e hele kākou ma ke alahaka liʻiliʻi a hiki i ke kauhale mālamalama o Philim (1590 m). I kēia manawa, e haʻalele kākou i ke awāwa ʻo Budi Gandaki a luʻu i loko o ka ululāʻau ʻohe o Ekle Bhatti (kahi hale kī kaʻawale) a hiki i ke kauhale ʻo Lokpa e nānā pono ana i ke awāwa ʻo Tsum. Akā i kēia manawa, e kau kākou i ko kākou ʻike ma nā mauna nani ʻo Gajung Kang lāua ʻo Shringi.

Ma hope o ka ʻaina kakahiaka ma ka hale kī, e mākaukau mākou e hele wāwae ma ke alahele haiki malu o ka ululāʻau e nānā ana i nā kauhale pōhaku o ke awāwa ʻo Sardi Khola.

ʻO ke kaiapuni alpine e ulu ana e lawe iā mākou ma mua ma o Gadhkhola lāua ʻo Lungwa Khola. A laila e hele mākou ma ke awāwa haiki malu, kahi e piʻi ai iā mākou a hiki i ke Kauhale ʻo Gumlung (2130 m).

A laila e lawe ʻia mākou e kahi ala piʻo ʻoi i ke Kauhale ʻo Ripchet (2470 m) a laila i Chumling. Ua piha ke kauhale i ka aura o nā hale mōneka kahiko e like me Gurwa, Panagao, a me Mani Dhungyur, ʻoiai ʻo Baudha lāua ʻo Ganesh e kū nei me ka minoʻaka mai iā mākou mai kahi mamao aku. Welina mai i ke awāwa ʻo Tsum.

I kēia lā, e lawe ana ka huakaʻi hele wāwae ma Tsum Valley Manaslu iā kākou i loko o ka ʻāina o Upper Tsum Valley. Ua ʻoi aku ka ākea o nā hiʻohiʻona me ka mana o Ganesh e kauoha ana i ka lewa.

ʻO ke ala alpine i hoʻopuni ʻia e nā Mani Walls e piʻi mālie iā mākou i ke Kauhale ʻo Dumje. I kēia manawa e ʻike mākou iā mākou iho e kū ana i mua o ʻelua mau ala e hui pū ana: kekahi e hele ana i ke kahua hoʻomoana o ka Ganesh Peak a ʻo kekahi e piʻi ana i ke kauhale ʻo Lar.

E hoʻomau mākou i ke ala aʻe a hahai i ke kapa o ka nani ʻo Serpu Khola. E alakaʻi ke kahawai iā mākou i kahi noho ʻo Tibetan Gho, kahi e pono ai mākou e hele ma ke alahaka liʻiliʻi.

A laila e piʻi mālie a mālie mākou no kahi o 2 a me ka hapa hola a hiki i ke Kauhale ʻo Chekampar. I nā hola hope, hiki iā mākou ke kipa aku i ka luakini liʻiliʻi ma ke kauhale.

E hoʻomau mākou i ka piʻi ʻana ma o ke awāwa ʻo Upper Tsum me ka manaʻo e hiki i ke kauhale mehameha o Nile. E holo ana kā mākou ala ma ke kualono no kekahi manawa, e lawe ana iā mākou i Lamagaon (3202 m).

Maanei, e ʻike kākou i ka Hale Mōneka ʻo Rachen a i ʻole ka Hale Nune, kahi e hālāwai ai kākou me nā nuns he nui e ʻimi ana i ko lākou hōʻoluʻolu. Ma kahi mamao iki aku, e ʻike pū kākou i ke Ana ʻo Piren Phu o ke Kauhale ʻo Burji, kahi i ʻike ʻia e ka poʻe komohana ʻo ia ʻo ke Ana Pigeon.

ʻOiai ʻo ia kahi i noʻonoʻo ai ʻo Milarepa i kekahi manawa, ua kapa ʻia hoʻi ke ana ʻo Milarepa Cave. I kēia manawa, e hele mākou ma waena o Siyar Khola ma kahi alahaka liʻiliʻi a piʻi i luna ma waena o nā kauhale ʻo Phurbe (3250 m) a me Pangdun (3258 m) e hiki ai i Chule.

Mai ke kauhale aku, hiki iā kākou ke nānā aku iā Mu Gompa, a hiki nō hoʻi iā kākou ke hauʻoli i ke anuanu o kahi wailele nani. Ma ke alo aku ʻo ke kauhale ʻo Nile, hiki ke piʻi ʻia ma ka piʻi ʻana i luna no hoʻokahi hola.

Ua kapa ʻia ka poʻe kamaʻāina ma ʻaneʻi ʻo Tsumbas, ka poʻe ʻōlelo iki i ka ʻōlelo Nepali akā ua hoʻokipa nui lākou i nā mākaʻikaʻi kakaikahi a lākou e ʻike ai i kēlā me kēia makahiki.

I ke kakahiaka nui, e hoʻokaʻawale kākou i kahi manawa e leʻaleʻa ai i ka nani o Ganesh Himal, Naike Peak, Simnang Himal, Manaslu, Shringi Himal, Himal Chuli, Ngadi Chuli, a me Saula Himal.

A laila, e hele aku kākou i kahi o ka huakaʻi nui o kā kākou huakaʻi hele wāwae ma Tsum Valley Manaslu, kahi kipa iā Mu gompa. Mai Nile mai, pono kākou e piʻi i ka Gompa no 2.5 mau hola, kahi i hoʻokumu ʻia i ka makahiki 1985 ma kahi kupaianaha o Shringi, Baudha, Ganesh, a me Himalchuli.

Ma kahi o 100 mau mōneka e noho ana ma ʻaneʻi e komo ana i nā hana kuʻuna o kēlā me kēia lā, a hauʻoli nui lākou e lawe iā mākou a puni ka hale mōneka. Ma waena o nā wahi hoihoi, ʻo nā kiʻi kiʻekiʻe o ke Akua Wahine ʻo Tara, ʻo Avalokiteshwara, a me Padmasambhava e ʻaihue i ko mākou manaʻo.

Ke hiki mākou i ka palena o ka Gompa, hiki iā mākou ke nānā pololei i ka ʻāina neoneo o Tibet, a me ke alo weliweli o ka Ngula Dhojyang/Mailatasachin Pass (5093 m) a me Thapla Bhanjyang (5104 m).

I kēia manawa, e hoʻi mākou i ka Nile no kahi pō ʻoluʻolu.

I kēia manawa, pono mākou e haʻalele i ka nani o ke awāwa ʻo Tsum e hoʻomau i ka ʻāpana ʻelua o kā mākou huakaʻi kupaianaha ʻo Tsum Valley Manaslu. I ka iho ʻana mai Nile mai, e hele hou mākou i ka ʻāina nani o Chule, Pangdun, Phurbe, Burji, Chhekampar, Gho, a me Dumje ma mua o ko mākou hiki hou ʻana iā Chumling.

Ua hiki i ka manawa e hui pū ai kākou ma ke ala o ke kaapuni ʻo Manaslu ma kā kākou huakaʻi hele ʻana ma ke awāwa ʻo Tsum ma Manaslu. Ma ke ala like, e puka kākou i waho o ka puka o ke awāwa ʻo Tsum ma kahi mamao iki aku mai Chumling.

E hala hou mākou ma Lokpa a laila e hoʻomau i ke ala e alakaʻi iā mākou i Philim. E hahai mākou i ka huli ʻākau a hele i ke alanui ʻo Budhi Gandaki e hiki ai iā Ekle Bhatti.

ʻO ke ala mauna i piha iki i ka poʻe e lawe iā mākou i loko o nā ululāʻau ʻohe o Nupri. Ma ke ala, e hele mākou ma waena o nā alahaka liʻiliʻi he nui a hōʻea i Deng no ka pō.

I kēia manawa, e hoʻomaka kākou i ke ala kaapuni a puni ʻo Manaslu, kahi i waiwai ai ke ala i nā hiʻohiʻona nani a me nā kauhale. Ma hope o Deng, e hele kākou ma kekahi mau alahaka kila a laila e hoʻomaka e piʻi i ka pali ma luna o Budhi Gandaki e hiki ai i ke Alahaka ʻo Rana.

Ma hope o ke kahakai hema o Budhi Gandaki, e hōʻea koke mākou iā Bihi Phedi. E piʻi nui mai ana ke ala ākea o ke awāwa ma waena o ka ululāʻau rhododendron mānoanoa a hiki i nā kauhale ʻo Ghap lāua ʻo Prok.

E piʻi mākou i loko o ka nahele e hiki ai i Namrung, kahi e hālāwai ai mākou me kahi wahi e nānā ai. Ma hope o ke kau inoa ʻana i kā mākou mau palapala ʻae, e hoʻomau mākou e hoʻomaha ma ke kauhale ma lalo o nā hiʻohiʻona nui o Manaslu, Pang Phuchin (6335 m), a me Saula Peak (6235 m).

Mai Namrung mai, e hoʻomau mākou i ka piʻi ʻana i ke Kauhale ʻo Lihi (2900 m), kahi e hiki ai iā mākou ke ʻike i ka piʻi ʻana o ka Himal Chuli me ka hanohano. A laila, e iho iki mākou a piʻi hou i luna a hiki i ke Kauhale ʻo Sho (2950 m) ma kahi o 45 mau minuke.

Ke kū nei mākou ma ke kauhale, hiki iā mākou ke ʻike iā Ganesh lāua ʻo Himal Chuli. Ke hoʻomau nei mākou, e hōʻea mākou iā Lho (3180 m), i hōʻike ʻia e kona mau hale pōhaku kuʻuna a me kahi hale mōneka nani ʻo Ribung, me Naike, Manaslu ʻĀkau (7157 m), a me Manaslu ponoʻī (8163 m).

ʻAʻole mākou e iho lōʻihi i Thusan Khola a piʻi hou i luna ma kona ʻawāwa liʻiliʻi a paʻa a hiki i ko mākou hiki ʻana i ke Kauhale ʻo Shyala, i kālai ʻia e ke alo o Manaslu a me ka Peak 29 (7871 m).

He huakaʻi pōkole a maʻalahi hoʻi kā mākou i kēia lā i ko mākou hele ʻana i Samagaun. Hoʻolōʻihi ʻia ke ala i ke kauhale ma kahi pāpū mauna nani i hoʻonani ʻia e ke alo magnetic o Himal Chuli a me ka Peak 29.

Ma hope o ka hōʻea ʻana i Samagaun, e loaʻa iā mākou kahi hoʻomaha kūpono ma hope o nā lā he nui o ka hele wāwae. Hiki iā mākou ke hoʻolilo i ke ahiahi e holoholo ana ma kēia kauhale hoʻohiwahiwa a hālāwai me kona poʻe mehana a ʻakaʻaka.

ʻO ka panorama mauna kupaianaha a kupaianaha i hana ʻia e Himalchuli nani, ʻo Naike Peak (6211 m), ʻo Shringi Himal (7155 m), ʻo Ganesh Himal (7422 m), ʻo Simnang Himal (6158 m), ʻo Manaslu, ʻo Ngadi Chuli (7879 m), a me Saula Himal e hāʻawi i kahi hoʻomaka ikaika i ko mākou kakahiaka ma Samagaun.

Ma hope o ka ʻaina kakahiaka maikaʻi, e noʻonoʻo mākou i nā koho e komo ai i kā mākou huakaʻi hoʻomaʻamaʻa. ʻO kekahi o nā koho hoihoi, ʻo ia ke hele i ke komohana i ka loko nani ʻo Birendra (3460 m) i hana ʻia e nā hāʻule hau mai ka piko o Manaslu.

Mai ʻaneʻi aku, hiki iā mākou ke hoʻomau i ka piʻi ʻana i ke kahua hoʻomoana ʻo Manaslu (4800 m) a kū ma lalo pono o ka Manaslu magnetic. Ma hope o kēia huakaʻi hoʻokiʻekiʻe lauoho, e iho ana mākou i Samagaun.

Mai Samagaun mai, e hahai mākou i ke ala awāwa i ka ʻākau a e hele wāwae ma ke ʻano pālahalaha, kahi e alakaʻi hou ai iā mākou i ka muliwai ʻo Budhi Gandaki.

I kēia manawa, e hele mākou i ke komohana ʻākau a hele i ka pā yak i kapa ʻia ʻo Kermo Kharka. Ke hele nei ma ka Mani Wall lōʻihi, e piʻi mākou i kahi piʻi ʻoi ma kahi o 150 m e lawe pololei iā mākou i ke Kauhale ʻo Samdo.

Inā makemake ʻoe, hiki iā ʻoe ke koho e piʻi i ka Samdo Ri Peak (5170 m) ma hope aku o ka lā.

Ke kokoke mai nei ka lā e hiki ai i kahi kiʻekiʻe loa o kā mākou huakaʻi hele ma Tsum Valley Manaslu, a i kēia lā e hōʻea ana mākou i ke kahua hoʻomoana o kēia wahi kiʻekiʻe loa, i kapa ʻia ʻo Larke Pass.

E pōkole iki ana kā mākou huakaʻi i kēia lā akā me ka piʻi nui ʻana o ke kiʻekiʻe ma kahi o 900 m. No laila, e neʻe mālie mākou i ko mākou mau kapuaʻi a hoʻomau aku mai Samdo ma ke kualono o Larke Bazaar.

I kēia manawa, e hoʻomaka ana ke ala e lilo i ʻāina hau, e hōʻike ana i nā hiʻohiʻona hoʻohiwahiwa o Manaslu ʻĀkau a me Syacha Glacier. I kēia manawa, pono mākou e hele ma ke alahaka ʻokiʻoki ma luna o Salke Khola a laila piʻi i ka pali pali e hiki ai i Dharmasala.

A puni, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā ʻano pōhaku nui me ke alo o nā piko o Syacha Glacier, Larke, Naike, Samdo, a me Manaslu. Ua kapa ʻia kēia wahi ʻo Larke Phedi, Duwang, a i ʻole Tibetan Refugee Camp.

Inā hiki, e hōʻoia kā mākou alakaʻi i kou noho ʻana ma ka hale kī hou i hoʻokumu ʻia ma ia wahi. E hiamoe koke no ka mea, he lā lōʻihi a luhi hoʻi e kali ana iā kākou i ka lā ʻapōpō.

ʻO ka mea hope loa, ua hiki mai ka lā i kali nui ʻia no kā mākou huakaʻi 18 lā ma Tsum Valley Manaslu. E lanakila mākou ma luna o ka Larke Pass i kēia lā, a e hoʻomaka mākou i kā mākou lā i kakahiaka nui loa, malia paha i ka pōʻeleʻele.

E piʻi mākou i ka pā ʻaoʻao ʻākau o ka Larkya Glacier no kekahi manawa. Ke kū mākou ma lalo iki o 100 m o ke alahele, pono mākou e hoʻomākaukau iā mākou iho no ke ala pali.

E alakaʻi mālie ana mākou i kahi ala ma luna o ke ala, i hoʻonani ʻia me nā puʻu hae pule. Ke kū nei mākou ma ka piko o ke ala, e ʻike mākou i ke ʻano i hoʻohālikelike ʻia e Gyaji Kang, Himlung, Cheo, Kanguru, Ngadi Chuli, Annapurna II, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe he nui.

Ma hope o kēia hiʻohiʻona o ke ao ʻē, e hoʻi mākou i ka hale hoʻokipa o Dharmasala no ka ʻaina kakahiaka. A laila, e hoʻomaka mākou i kahi iho lōʻihi i Bimthang.

E wili ana ke ala a puni ka Pongkar Tal nani a me ka moraine Salpundanda Glacier, ma mua o ko mākou hele ʻana ma ke kahawai ʻo Larke Kharka. E iho mākou ma o Tanbuche (3900 m) a hiki i Bimthang.

E hāʻawi hou ana kēia kauhale liʻiliʻi iā kākou i nā hiʻohiʻona o nā piko o Manaslu, Peak 29, Manaslu Komohana, Himlung, a me Lamjung.

I kēia lā, e hoʻopau ʻia kā mākou huakaʻi me ka iho ʻana i Dharapani, ke kauhale kaulana e hoʻopili iā mākou i ke ala o ke Kaapuni ʻo Annapurna.

Mai Bimthang, e hoʻomaka mākou e hele i lalo a hele ma waena o nā wahi noho liʻiliʻi he nui e like me Hampuk, Jangli Kharka, Sangure Kharka, Puktu Kharka, Phute, a me Karche.

A laila e piʻi iki mākou ma ke kualono o ke Alahaka ʻo Karche (2715 m) mai kahi e iho hou ai mākou i ke Kauhale ʻo Gho (2560 m).

Hoʻokipa mai ke awāwa ʻo Dudh Khola iā mākou i ko mākou hōʻea ʻana i Tilije, he kūlanakauhale nui e hoʻopili ana iā Manaslu me ka ʻāina ʻo Annapurna. E hele mākou ma ke kahakai ʻākau o ka muliwai a hiki i ke kauhale ʻo Thongje.

A laila, e hele ana ma ke alahaka liʻiliʻi ʻelua manawa, e hōʻea mākou i ke kahakai ʻākau o ka Marshyangdi Khola mana. Maanei, e hala mākou ma kahi e nānā ai a laila e hoʻomaka i ka hele wāwae me ka ʻoluʻolu ma ke alahele ululāʻau o Annapurna e hiki ai i Dharapani.

ʻO kēia ka lā hope loa o kā mākou huakaʻi hele wāwae ma Tsum Valley Manaslu, kahi e pau ai me ka hoʻoili ʻana o kahi jeep kūloko mai Dharapani a i Besisahar. Ma ke ala ma ke ala lepo, e hala mākou iā Tal, Chamje, a me Jagat ma mua o ka hiki ʻana i Besisahar.

A laila, e hoʻololi mākou i kahi kaʻa mākaʻikaʻi, nāna e hoʻokele iā mākou ma ke Alanui Nui ʻo Dumre Besisahar Chame. Eia kekahi, e lawe ʻo Prithvi Highway iā mākou ma o Bandipur, Aanbu Khaireni, Deurali, Luakini ʻo Manakamana, Naubise, Chandragiri, a i Kathmandu.

E mālama pū ana ke kime ma luna o ka Himalaya i kāu hoʻoili ʻana i kou wahi e noho ai, a laila e hoʻopau ai i kā mākou lawelawe no ka huakaʻi hele wāwae ʻo Tsum Valley Manaslu.