advice

[Ashok Rimal]

I saw your massage and going to advice about the trekking in Annapurna Base Camp
I have just finished this treking with my guest from Hong Kong.Regarding your question about the temperature in the rout it is warm in the day time but it is going to be freezing point in the night so you can think that what you should you bring.I am also going to send the list of the eqipement for the trekking:-
1-sleeping bags
2 water bottle
3-warm clothes as well as inner user
4-touch light and betteries
5-enough films
6-two types of bags
one is small and other is big one
7-camera
8-walking sticks
9-good trekking shoes
Please feel free to ask any question about Nepal.
With best regards
Ashok Rimal
Kathmandu, Nepal.

[Andrées]

Hi Denis, I guess you will return the 15th of oct. arent you?
To go from Phedi to Tolka in the first day is a pretty hard day, there are hunderts feets of altitude you have to climb. But it would be ok if you are a very trained person. To go from Chomrong to Gorepani in one day is not realistic, normaly you go in one long day to Tadapani and then a other day to gorepani. But you could go in a long day from Gorepani to Birethanti instead of two. If you skip Gorepani you could go over Gandrung, is has a very beautiful old village center. But anyway, you can decide every day how much you want to go, there are plenty lodges all on the way and there is not only a singel shedule
In ABC its pretty cold in the night, but most lodges have some blankets, so that you just need a warm sleeping bag. During daytime it is very hot, so have clothes with short sleeves.
You can a look to some pictures of this trek in my site www.nepal-dia.de
Have a nice trek. Andrées

[denis]

Thanks for all your help, I have decided that it would be better to skip Poon Hill after all and will visit Ghandrung/Ghandruk instead. Would it be better to visit Ghandrung/Ghandruk on the way up to Chomrong or on the way back down.

Finally, at present I only have a pair of gore-tex hiking shoes, would these be ok for the Annapurna sancturary trek or do I need to get a pair of hiking Boots when I get to KTM/Pokhara.

looking forward to getting to Nepal
Denis