Before I left Nepal, I wanted to be able to say that I had trekked in the Himalayas. However, a fuel crisis had left transportation difficult to organize and expensive. Thankfully, I had six friends who were willing to work through the logistics to make it happen.
Because we were limited on time, we decided on a three day trek in the Annapurna range. The trek was 25 miles roundtrip with an elevation gain of 7,200 feet. At one point, there is a stretch of 3,500 steps. That was a bucket list item that I had never asked for.
The trek was two days up, one day down. One the third morning, we woke up at 4:30 am to hike another mile by headlamp. The three days were difficult and exhausting but entirely worth it. I watched the sunrise over the Himalayas at 10,500 feet. There's something really special when the first light of the sun hits the peak.
Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain. —Jack Kerouac
