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[pct-l] PLEASE suggest a trail
- Subject: [pct-l] PLEASE suggest a trail
- From: BLISTERFREE@delphi.com
- Date: Wed, 04 Feb 1998 22:20:25 -0500 (EST)
The Annapurna Circuit
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150 miles
22 days total trip (with 2 to 5 layover days for acclimitization)
Best season: post-Monsoon, Oct-early Dec.
Recommended direction of travel: counterclockwise, more gradual, easier
to acclimatize
Elevation extremes: 2850ft above sea level (at Pokhara), 17,000ft. at pass
beyond Manang Village
Temperature range (mid-Nov): 100F/80 mid-day sun/shade, 60F night at 3000ft
48F/40, 12F at highest elevations
Logistics: Fly into Kathmandu, bus service from Kathmandu to Gurkha, Nepal
Return to Kathmandu via air from Pokhara, or through Gurkha via
bus.
Dare to pipedream!
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