Makalu Base Camp Trek

I kēlā me kēia lā, hoʻokahi wale nō lele e alakaʻi ai i Tumlingtar; ʻaʻole ia he huakaʻi kaulana, no laila ʻaʻole kūpono nā mokulele he nui i kēlā me kēia lā no nā mokulele. Haʻalele maʻamau kēia lele ma kahi o 9:30 AM a pae ma ke kahua mokulele ʻo Tumlingtar ma kahi o 10:05 AM, e lilo ia i 35 mau minuke lele. Ma ke ala, e ʻike ʻoe i nā hiʻohiʻona o Mt. Kanchenjunga, Makalu, a me ka Everest ikaika. Akā i kekahi manawa, hoʻopaʻa nā ao i kēia ʻike kupaianaha.

Ma hope o ko mākou hōʻeaʻana i Tumlingtar, e hoʻomākaukau nā mea lawe i kāu mauʻeke kaumaha i ka wā e pono aiʻoe e hele i waho o ke kahua mokulele a holo i ke kaona o Seduwa. He kūlanakauhale nani ʻo Tumlingtar i loko o ka moku ʻo Sankhuwasabha, i palena ʻia e nā muliwai Sabha a me Arun ma kēlā ʻaoʻao. Me ka awelika kiʻekiʻe o 428 mika, ua hoʻomalu ʻia kēia kūlanakauhale e ke kaiāulu Kumal, ka poʻe i kaulana no ko lākou akamai i ka ipu lepo. E ʻike pū ʻoe i nā ʻohana Brahmin, Rai, Magar, a me Tamang ma ke kauhale.

I loko o nā makahiki, ua ʻike kēia kauhale i kekahi mau hana hoʻomohala ʻoiai ʻo ia ke kūlanakauhale nui hope loa ma ka huakaʻi huakaʻi o Makalu Base Camp. Mai laila, e holo mua mākou i ke kauhale ʻo Num, kahi hoʻomaka o nā huakaʻi he nui ma ka ʻāina ʻo Makalu. E hele mākou ma Khandbari a hiki i laila.

Mai ke kauhale ʻo Num, e iho mākou ma luna o 350 mau mika ma waena o kahi ululāʻau ulu lāʻau a hiki i kahi alahaka hoʻomaha. Hele kēia alahaka ma luna o ka muliwai ʻo Arun a hāʻawi iā mākou i kahi piʻi o 900 mika. ʻO kēia ka piʻi hope loa i ke kauhale ʻo Seduwa. ʻO kēia kauhale ke komo ʻana i ka Pāka Lahui ʻo Makalau Barun.

ʻO ka lā 2 o ka Makalu Base Camp Trek ko mākou lā huakaʻi mua o ka huakaʻi. ʻOiai ʻo ia ka lā mua, e hele mālie ana mākou, e hele wāwae ana ma kahi o 8 km wale nō, e mālama iā mākou ma ke ala no kahi o 5 mau hola. ʻO 525 mau mika ke kiʻekiʻe o ka lā, e lawe ana iā mākou i 2100 mau mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai ma ka hopena o ka lā.

Hoʻomaka ka huakaʻi mai 1575 mau mika o ke kiʻekiʻe ma ke kauhale ʻo Seeduwa, e hele ana ma nā ʻāina mahiʻai ma luna o nā pali o kahi puʻu lush. Ke neʻe nei mākou ma ke alahele, e hele mākou ma mua o nā wahi noho ʻo Rai a me Sherpa, e hāʻawi ana i ka nānā ʻana i kā lākou mau hana i kēlā me kēia lā a me ke ola hoʻomau. E like me ka hapa nui o nā kauhale ʻē aʻe o Nepal, ua hilinaʻi nui nā kauhale i loko o kēia huakaʻi huakaʻi i ka mahiʻai ʻo ia ke kumu nui o ka loaʻa kālā a me ka meaʻai. Huli mālie ke ala i kahi piʻi mālie me kekahi mau ʻāpana ʻanuʻu pōhaku.

Ma ka waena waena o kā mākou huakaʻi, e hōʻea mākou i Chyaska Danda, kahi wahi maikaʻi e hoʻomaha ai a loaʻa i kahi ʻaina awakea hoʻoikaika hou ma mua o ka hele ʻana aku. Ma hope o ka ʻaina awakea, hiki mākou i kahi piʻi kiʻekiʻe, ʻo ka piʻi hope loa e alakaʻi iā mākou i ko mākou huakaʻi o ka lā. ʻO ke kauhale ʻo Tashigaon ka noho paʻa hope loa ma kēia ala holoʻokoʻa holoʻokoʻa o Makalu Base Camp Trek. He kauhale Sherpa ia a he noho nui i ka pō e kōkua ai i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i nā uka.

ʻO 7.2 km ka lōʻihi o ka huakaʻi o kēia lā, ʻoi aku ka pōkole ma mua o ka huakaʻi i nehinei, akā makemake ʻia ma kahi o 5 a 6 mau hola e hoʻopau ai no ka mea he ʻoi aku ka ʻoi aʻe o ka hili. Hoʻomaka ka huakaʻi mai 2100 mika o ke kiʻekiʻe a lawe iā mākou i 3500 mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai ma Khongma Danda, he 1400 mau mika o ka loaʻa kiʻekiʻe.

ʻO ka māhele mua o ka huakaʻi he piʻi kiʻekiʻe a me kekahi mau alapiʻi pōhaku. Ua uhi ʻia kēia ʻāpana o ke ala e nā lāʻau ʻOhe a me Rhododendron. He mea luhi paha ka hele ʻana i kēia ʻāpana mua, akā hoʻonohonoho i ka leo no nā mea e hiki mai ana. Ma hope o 3 mau hola o ka huakaʻi hele mai Tashigaon, e hōʻea mākou i ke kauhale o Dhara, kahi kauhale liʻiliʻi me nā hale kī ʻelua wale nō e hoʻokipa ai i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi. No ka mea, ʻaʻole kēia kauhale he wahi maʻamau no ka pō, ʻaʻohe ona hale noho.

E lawelawe ʻia kā mākou ʻaina awakea ma Dhara no ka mea ʻo kēia ka noho nui hope loa ma ke ala i kēia lā. Ke hoʻomau nei i ka huakaʻi ma hope o ka ʻai ʻana, e hele mua mākou i Unshisha, kahi papa pōhaku e piʻi ana ma luna o 50 mika. Hōʻike kēia i ka huli ʻana o ke alahele i ʻāina ʻuʻuku, piha i nā ʻiliʻili a me nā pōhaku ʻoluʻolu. ʻO ka hele ʻana i kēlā ʻāpana e alakaʻi iā mākou i ka piʻi hope loa i Khongma Danda, kahi piʻi kiʻekiʻe ma luna o kahi ala haiki a pōhaku ma waena o ka ululāʻau lahilahi.

ʻO ka lā ʻehā o kā mākou huakaʻi huakaʻi hele ʻo Makalu Base Camp Trek ka lā hoʻomaʻamaʻa mua o ka huakaʻi. ʻO ka acclimatization kūpono ke kī i kahi huakaʻi huakaʻi hele Himalayan holomua, a ʻo mākou ma Ambition Himalaya e hana koʻikoʻi loa. Ua hoʻomaʻamaʻa maikaʻi ʻia kā mākou mau alakaʻi a mākaukau loa i nā hana pale o ka maʻi kiʻekiʻe.

Ke piʻi nei mākou i ka Khongma La Pass, a hiki i 3870 mau mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai. E loaʻa iā mākou he 370 mika o ke kiʻekiʻe a lawe ʻia ma kahi o 3 a 4 mau hola e hoʻopau i ka huakaʻi. Hoʻomaka kēia huakaʻi 5-km-lōʻihi me ka piʻi mālie ma waena o kahi alpine, ma luna o kahi ala hele maikaʻi me ka nānā ākea o ke awāwa a me nā piko ma kahi mamao.

Ma ka hele ʻana i nā chortens a me ka plethora o ka wai, e piʻi mākou i ka piko me ke alakaʻi ʻo Makalu Base Camp Trek e alakaʻi ana i ke ala. ʻO ka Khongma La Pass kahi ala mauna nui e hāʻawi i ka ʻike nui o ke awāwa ʻo Barun holoʻokoʻa, me ka ʻike panoramic o ka Himalayas nui. E noho mākou ma laila, e leʻaleʻa i nā hiʻohiʻona panoramic, ma mua o ka hoʻi ʻana i Khongma Danda no kahi awakea hoʻomaha. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻimi i ke kauhale inā makemake ʻoe ʻaʻole e hoʻomaha.

He lā hele wāwae lōʻihi kēia lā no ka mea pono mākou e hele i ʻekolu ala mauna like ʻole, e uhi ana i ka lōʻihi o 10 km i ke kaʻina hana. ʻO ka hoʻololi kiʻekiʻe ma ka hopena o ka lā he -356 mika, akā e piʻi mākou i Shipton La Pass, e loaʻa ana ma luna o 700 mika o ke kiʻekiʻe. E hoʻomaka mākou i ka huakaʻi me kahi piʻi kiʻekiʻe ma nā mea kanu alpine a me nā hoʻololi ʻana ma luna o nā alapiʻi pōhaku.

Ke piʻi nei mākou i kahi kiʻekiʻe, e ʻike mākou i kahi hiʻohiʻona nani o nā piko o Chamlang a me Makalu. Ma hope o ke ala like i nehinei, hiki mākou i ka piko o Khongma La Pass, a hoʻomaha iki ma laila. Mai laila aku mākou e iho ai i Kalo Pokhari, he loko hoʻomana i ʻike ʻia he ʻeleʻele. He wahi nani e hoʻomaha ai ma mua o ka neʻe ʻana aku.

Ma hope o ka hoʻomaha pōkole, e piʻi mākou i Shipton La Pass, ke kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe o ka lā 5 o ka huakaʻi hele ʻana o Makalu Base Camp Trek. ʻO ka hōʻea ʻana i kona piko e hāʻawi i ka ʻike nui o ke awāwa a me nā piko o Chamlang, Everest, Lhotse, Kanchenjunga, a me Makalu. ʻO ka hāʻule ʻana mai kēia alahele e lawe iā mākou i kahi piʻi hou. E alakaʻi kēia piʻi iā mākou i ka piko o Keke La Pass, a hiki i 4150 mika. ʻO ka iho ʻana mai kēia ala hele e lawe iā mākou i ko mākou wahi i ka lā.

ʻO ka lā 6 o ka Makalu Base Camp Trek e lawe iā mākou i Yangri Kharka, e nalowale ana ma kahi o 300 mika o ke kiʻekiʻe ma ka hopena o ka lā. Eia naʻe, ma ke ala, e loaʻa iā mākou ma luna o 200 mika o ke kiʻekiʻe no ka mea pono mākou e piʻi iki. E hoʻomaka mākou i ka lā ma 3860 mika ma Dobate a iho i lalo i 3557 mika, a hiki i Yangri. ʻOi aku ka lōʻihi o ka lōʻihi ma luna o 12 km, a ma kahi o 6 a 7 mau hola e hoʻopau ai.

E hoʻomaka mākou i ka huakaʻi me ke ala iho ma ka ʻaoʻao o ke ala nahele. Lilo koke kēia iho i ʻāina pāpū ke hoʻokokoke aku mākou i ka muliwai ʻo Barun. E hahai mākou i nā ʻeke o ka muliwai a piʻi ma waena o nā mea kanu alpine, e hele ana i nā alahaka he nui ma luna o nā muliwai liʻiliʻi. Ma hope o kahi lā huakaʻi lōʻihi, hiki mākou i Yangri Kharka, kahi māla nani i hoʻohanohano ʻia e nā wailele nani a me nā pali kiʻekiʻe.

E ala aʻe ma Yangri Kharka, e lawelawe koke ʻia mākou me ka ʻaina kakahiaka maikaʻi ʻoiai mākou e hauʻoli i ka ʻike o nā puʻu a me nā muliwai. Ma hope o kā mākou ʻaina kakahiaka, e noho ana ma 3557 mau mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai, e hele mākou ma ke ala i Langmale Kharka, e noho ana ma 4410 mika. ʻO kēia huakaʻi e loaʻa iā mākou ma luna o 850 mika o ke kiʻekiʻe, e lawe ana ma kahi o 5 a 6 mau hola o ka huakaʻi me ka lōʻihi o 10.5 km.

Haʻalele mākou iā Yangri Kharka, e piʻi mākou i kahi piʻi mālie ma waena o kahi alpine a me nā ʻāpana o nā mauʻu kahi e ʻike ai iā Yaks a me nā pipi ʻē aʻe e hānai ana iā lākou iho. Ke hoʻomau nei i ka huakaʻi, huli ke ala i ka ʻoi loa, e lawe iā mākou i ke kauhale o Merek. Ua piha kēia ʻāpana o ka huakaʻi i nā pōhaku ʻoluʻolu, no laila e makaʻala i ka hele ʻana. E ʻai mākou i kā mākou ʻaina awakea ma Merek, hoʻomaha iki, a hele hou i ke alanui.

ʻAʻole koke, hiki mākou i ka piʻi hope loa i Langmale Kharka. ʻAʻole ia he piʻi ʻoi, akā he piʻi mālie ma ke ala haiki me nā pali ma kou ʻaoʻao ʻākau a hema. ʻAʻole maʻalahi kēia piʻi ʻana ma muli o ka mālie. He lōʻihi ka piʻi ʻana, a e piʻi ana ke kiʻekiʻe i ko kākou hele ʻana aku; ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki o ka luhi ma mua o ka maʻamau.

ʻO kēia lā kekahi lā hoʻomaʻamaʻa hou ma ka huakaʻi hele ʻana ma Makalu Base Camp Trek. ʻAʻole e like me nā lā acclimatization ma mua, ʻaʻole koi ʻia kahi hike acclimatization i kēia lā, no ka mea, maopopo iā mākou ke koʻikoʻi o ka hoʻomaha. Eia naʻe, hāʻawi mākou i ke koho o kahi hike no ka poʻe hoihoi. ʻO kēia hike acclimatization e lawe iā ʻoe i kahi hiʻohiʻona puʻu kokoke, loaʻa kahi kokoke i 400 mika o ke kiʻekiʻe, e lawe iā mākou i 4800 mau mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai.

He 3 a 4 mau hola wale nō ka holo ʻana o kēia ʻaoʻao, holo kaʻapuni, me ka lōʻihi o ka huakaʻi he 5 km kaʻapuni. He piʻi mālie ia a hiki i ke ala me nā mea ulu alpine e hoʻomalu ana i ke kahua; i kekahi manawa me he mea la ua aneane paa ole. Hoʻomaopopo maikaʻi ʻia ke alahele a maʻalahi hoʻi e hahai, akā e piʻi ana mākou i kahi kiʻekiʻe, ʻo ia ka mea e luhi wikiwiki ai mākou no ka mea pono mākou e hanu hou i mea e hoʻopaʻa ai i ka haʻahaʻa o ka oxygen i ka lewa.

I ko mākou hele ʻana i luna, e hele mākou i nā chortens he nui a ʻike mākou i kahi hiʻohiʻona panoramic o nā piko ma ka ʻākau. E hōʻea koke mākou i ka piko a ʻike i nā ʻike o Makalu, Lhotse, Peak 6, Kanchenjunga, a me ke awāwa ʻo Barun holoʻokoʻa.

ʻO ka lōʻihi o ka huakaʻi i kēia lā ma mua o 8 km me ka lōʻihi o ka huakaʻi hele mai 4 a 5 mau hola, e pili ana i ka wikiwiki o ka hui. ʻO kēia lā ke kiʻekiʻe o ka Makalu Base Camp Trek ʻoiai mākou e hele wāwae ana i kahi hopena hope loa, a hiki i 4870 mau mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai. ʻO ka piʻi kiʻekiʻe o ka lā he 460 mika e hoʻomaka ana mai Langmale Kharka, e noho ana ma 4410 mika.

Hoʻomaka kā mākou huakaʻi me ka piʻi mālie ma ka ʻaoʻao o nā kula alpine, e hāʻawi ana i kahi ākea me nā mea kanu liʻiliʻi loa. ʻO Shershong ka waena waena o ka huakaʻi hele i kēia lā, he ʻāina hānai alpine nani e paʻa nei i ka pūnāwai a me ke kauwela wale nō. Lawe pū kekahi poʻe kahu hipa i kā lākou pipi i ka wā o ka pūnāwai. E hoʻomaha iki mākou ma laila ma mua o ka neʻe ʻana. Mai kēia manawa, huli ke ala i ka pali, a pono mākou e hele ma luna o nā moraine glacial.

He mea paʻakikī kēia hele ʻana ma luna o ke kuamoʻo, no ka mea, pono mākou e hele ma luna o nā pōhaku ākea a me nā ʻāpana hau. Paipai ʻia nā pou hele wāwae no kēia ʻāpana. ʻAʻole koke, hiki mākou i ke kahua hoʻomoana kahi e kali mai ai ka ʻike maka maka o ka piko o Makalau iā mākou. ʻO kēia ka 5 o ka piko kiʻekiʻe loa ma ka honua, a hiki i 4870 mika ke kiʻekiʻe

I kēia lā, e piʻi ana mākou ma luna o 5300 mau mika ma mua aʻe o ka ʻilikai ke piʻi mākou i kahi ʻike. He 6 km wale no keia holo ana, aka, he 3 a 4 mau hora e pau ai, no ka mea, aia makou ma kahi kiekie. ʻOi aku ka ikaika o ka hele ʻana ma nā wahi kiʻekiʻe no ka mea ʻoi aku ka haʻahaʻa o ka neʻe ʻana o ka oxygen, ʻoʻoleʻa ke ea, a ʻo ke alahele a me ka hau. ʻO ka piʻi kiʻekiʻe o ka lā he 430 mika.

Hoʻomaka ko mākou piʻi ʻana i ka ʻike me ka piʻi ʻoi a paʻakikī. Pōhaku ka ʻāina a piha i nā ʻāpana hau i pahee. ʻAʻole i wehewehe maikaʻi ʻia ke ala, no laila ke paipai nei mākou iā ʻoe e hahai i ke alakaʻi ʻo Ambition Himalaya i ke ala āpau. He 2 mau hola paha mākou e hiki ai i luna, kahi e kali mai ai ka nani nani o Lhotse, Makalu, a me Everest iā mākou.

E noho mākou ma laila ma mua o ka iho ʻana a hiki i ke kahua hoʻomoana. Ma hope o ka hōʻea ʻana i ke kahua hoʻomoana, e ʻai mākou i kā mākou ʻaina awakea a hele e makaʻala i ka Barun Glacier a me ka Barun Pokhari ( loko). Aia kēia loko iʻa ma ka wāwae o Kangchung Ri, a he maʻalahi loa ke ala e hahai ai.

ʻO ka lā 11 o ka huakaʻi hele ʻana o Makalu Base Camp Trek ko mākou lā mua o ka iho ʻana. I kēia lā, e iho mākou i Yangri Kharka, a hiki i 3557 mika mai 4870 mau mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai ma ke kahua hoʻomoana. E nalowale ana kēia iho iā mākou ma luna o 1300 mau mika o ke kiʻekiʻe, e lawe ana ma kahi o 6 a 7 mau hola o ka hele ʻana i lalo. ʻO 16 km ka lōʻihi o ka hele wāwae o ka lā.

E hoʻomaka mākou i ka huakaʻi ma luna o kahi ʻāina pōhaku, e haʻalele ana i ka Makalu Base Camp. E hala koke ana mākou i ka ʻāina hānai ʻo Shershong, kahi e huli paʻa ai ke ala no kekahi manawa. E like ana kēia me kahi hōʻoluʻolu nui mai ka piʻi mau ʻana i lalo. Mai laila mai, e hoʻololi mākou i waho o nā mea kanu alpine a i loko o nā mea ulu ulu i ko mākou komo hou ʻana i ke awāwa ʻo Barun.

E hele mākou ma waena o nā ululāʻau rhododendron a me nā paina, e hahai ana i ke ala o ka muliwai ʻo Barun i lalo. Ke hoʻomau nei mākou i ka iho ʻana, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka muliwai a piha ka lewa i ke kani ʻana o ka wai, me ke kani ʻana o nā manu a me ke kani ʻana o ka makani. E hōʻea koke mākou i Yangri Kharka a nānā i ko mākou hale noho no ka pō.

ʻO ka loaʻa kiʻekiʻe o ka lā 12 he 243 mau mika, e koi ana i 5 a 6 mau hola o ka hele ʻana i lalo a piʻi, e uhi ana i kahi mamao o 12 km. I ka hopena o ka lā, hiki mākou i 3800 mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai ma Dobate. E hoʻomaka ana mai Yangri Kharka, e hele mākou i ka hema ma luna o kahi piʻi mālie, me nā mea ulu ulu. E hahai mākou i ka muliwai Barun no ka hapa nui a ʻike i nā hiʻohiʻona kupaianaha o nā piko, nā ululāʻau, a me ke awāwa ʻo Barun.

Ke hele nei mākou ma luna o ka piʻi mālie, huli ke ala i ka ʻoi loa a lawe iā mākou i Pemathang, kahi kauhale Sherpa liʻiliʻi, maikaʻi no ka hoʻomaha a me ka ʻai ʻana. Ke haʻalele nei iā Pemathang, e hele koke ana mākou i kahi ʻāpana e hoʻoneʻe ʻia ai ka ʻāina kahi e waiho mau ai nā koena o ka ʻāina mua. ʻO ka hili ʻāina maʻamau i ka wā monsoon, no laila ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e hopohopo no ka ʻike ʻana i kekahi.

Ma hope o ka hala ʻana i kēia ʻāpana, e hele mākou i kahi piʻi kiʻekiʻe e alakaʻi iā mākou i Dobate, ko mākou huakaʻi o ka lā. He ululāʻau nui kēia ʻāpana akā ua liʻiliʻi i ka wā e piʻi mau ai mākou.

Haʻalele mākou iā Dobate, e hele mākou ma kahi o 10 km a hiki i Khongma Danga, a hiki i 3500 mika. Hoʻomaka ka huakaʻi ma 3800 mau mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai ma Dobate, pono ʻo 5 a 6 mau hola o ka hele wāwae, a nalowale iā mākou he 300 mika o ke kiʻekiʻe ma ka hopena o ka lā. Eia naʻe, e piʻi ana mākou i ʻelua mau ala, e loaʻa ana ka kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe a puni ka lā.

Hoʻomaka ka huakaʻi me ka piʻi mālie ʻana ma ke ala paʻa ʻole. E alakaʻi kēia ala iā mākou i Keke La Pass, e koi ana ma kahi o 2 mau hola o ka hele wāwae. ʻO ka piʻi ʻana i ka piko he pali a paʻakikī, akā hiki ʻoe i laila me ke kōkua o kā mākou alakaʻi a me ka mea lawe. I ka iho ʻana mai Keke La Pass, pono mākou e piʻi i ka Shipton La Pass. ʻO kēia piʻi ʻana iā mākou i 4216 mau mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai.

I ka iho ʻana mai Shipton La pass, e hele mākou ma waena o ka nahele a hāʻule i lalo i Khongma Danda. ʻO kēia ʻāpana o ka huakaʻi e lawe iā mākou ma kahi o 2 mau hola e hoʻopau ai.

ʻO ka huakaʻi hele ʻo Makalu Base Camp Trek i kēia lā e lawe iā mākou i Seduwa, a hiki i 1530 mau mika, nalowale kokoke i 2000 mika o ke kiʻekiʻe i ka lā hoʻokahi. He 15 km ka lōʻihi o kēia holo ʻana a ma kahi o 6 a 7 mau hola e hoʻopau ai. E haʻalele mākou iā Khongma Danda, e hele ana ma kahi ululāʻau paina me kahi iho pali.

Ke neʻe nei mākou, e hele mākou ma nā wahi noho ʻo Unshisa a me Danda Kharka e hiki ai i Tashigaon. E hoʻomaha mākou ma laila no kekahi manawa, e ʻai i ka ʻaina awakea, a hoʻomau i ka huakaʻi a hiki i Seduwa. ʻO kēia ka lā hope o kā mākou huakaʻi hele ma ka Makalu Base Camp Trek.

Ua hoʻopau pono mākou i ka huakaʻi; ʻAʻohe lā huakaʻi i kēia manawa, ke kaʻa wale a lele hoʻi i Kathmandu. I kēia lā e holo mākou i Tumlingtar, kahi e lawe ai ma kahi o 5 a 6 mau hola, e uhi ana ma luna o 65 km. E haʻalele mākou i ka Makalu-Barun National Park, e nānā hope loa i ka muliwai ʻo Arun, a hele i ka muliwai ma luna o kahi alahaka e hoʻomaka ai i ka holo. E hele mākou i nā kauhale o Num, Chinchilla, Kandaru, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe e hiki ai i Tumlingtar.

ʻO ka lā 16 ka lā hope loa o ka Makalu Base Camp Trek. Ma hope o ka kakahiaka kakahiaka, e holo mākou i ka mokulele i Kathmandu. He lele pōkole 35 mau minuke, hoʻopakele iā mākou i 185 km o ke kaʻa. Ma hope o ko mākou hōʻea ʻana i Kathmandu, loaʻa iā mākou kahi hālāwai pōkole e kūkākūkā ana i kou manawa ma uka, kou ʻike, a me kāu manaʻo. I ke ahiahi, e lawe mākou iā ʻoe i waho no ka ʻaina ahiahi ma kahi hale ʻaina maikaʻi. E hāʻawi pū mākou iā ʻoe i kahi t-shirt Ambition Himalaya ma mua o ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana.