3 APRIL 2023 MONDAY - GHANDRUK TO TADAPANI
Altitude Gain: 6,561 ft to 8,705 ft Trek Distance: 6.4 km | Trek Duration: 4.5 / 5 hours Last night, I had a good sleep, except for a bio break. If we were staying overnight in a tent in an open space, I would have woken up my buddy, but since we were in proper in-house accommodation, I didn't bother him. The routine we have set for ourselves now will, in a manner of speaking, stay with us for the next week (+/- half an hour). We will wake up by 6:00/6:15 AM, with or without an alarm. We will have tea by 6:30 AM, breakfast by 7:30 AM, pack up, and start trekking by 8:30 AM. The snow-capped mountains wished us a beautiful good morning. We had limited breakfast options, which were bread butter jam, porridge muesli, or omelet. When group members started filling their water bags, Shure, the local guide, warned us that drinking water would be charged from the next halt onwards. The open area outside the tea house provided ample opportunities for photography with the snow-capped mountain...