Photo's trekking Jean van Berkel 2002
Photo's trekking Jean van Berkel 2002
Panorama, valley towards Daulagiri
(to the North) visible in the middle.
Dhaulagiri I (over 8000 m) with Italian Base Camp (3660 m) below.
Trail across glacier and on the side of the canyon to
Dhaulagiri base camp. Trail partially wiped out by land slides,
warning on the map for "Dangerous Passage".
North face Daulagiri I, over 8000 m. Trekkers and porters bottom right.
Hidden valley camp, 5100 m. Nightly temperature -20, -12 in the tent.
See also "Trekking and Climbing in Nepal. S. Razzetti, 2000."
Page 78 en 79
Page 80 en 81
This is a heavy trek largely in rough and inhabited terrane. The villages around the Dhaulagiri are very poor and the health care is insufficient. Sponsortrek participants who did the trek in 1996 recommended to start a medical aid project. To achieve this, we would need support from the locals and organisations like Save the Children. Also, currently we don't have sufficient manpower do do this and the locals would clearly need to express the need for a medical aid project.
We will be travelling to Kusma, past Pokhara and the next day we will walk to the school at Baglung near the air field of Balewa in about 3 hours.
The altitude differences are large during the trek. Beni (2nd day) is at 850 meter, you follow the Mayangdi Khola river and via Darbang (1113 meter) and Takum (1676 meter) you will rise quickly (about 8-9 days) to the Italian Basecamp of the Dhaulagiri at about 3700 meter. Acclimatisation before the passage across the 5360 meter high French Col to Hidden Valley at 5000 meter is necessary. Persons who do not acclimatise get high altitude sickness and you are trapped between two high passes. The most fit participants could try to climb Damphus Peak (6011 meter). On this trek a climbing Sherpa will come along to help the porters take some steep snow- and ice slopes.
The descent to Tukuche is long and the participants are always very happy to reach the hot springs of Tatopani for taking a bath.
Depending on the time, the trek will end in Pokhara or Beni. A planned rest day at the Phewa Lake is possible. You will be taken back by bus or air plane to Kathmandu.
This trek takes 24 days and the degree is 4. High altitude equipment will be required.
North Face Dhaulagiri 1, over 8000 meter, trekkers and porters at the bottom right
This is a heavy trek largely in rough and inhabited terrane. The villages around the Dhaulagiri are very poor and the health care is insufficient. Sponsortrek participants who did the trek in 1996 recommended to start a medical aid project. To achieve this, we would need support from the locals and organisations like Save the Children. Also, currently we don't have sufficient manpower do do this and the locals would clearly need to express the need for a medical aid project.
We will be travelling to Kusma, past Pokhara and the next day we will walk to the school at Baglung near the air field of Balewa in about 3 hours.
The altitude differences are large during the trek. Beni (2nd day) is at 850 meter, you follow the Mayangdi Khola river and via Darbang (1113 meter) and Takum (1676 meter) you will rise quickly (about 8-9 days) to the Italian Basecamp of the Dhaulagiri at about 3700 meter. Acclimatisation before the passage across the 5360 meter high French Col to Hidden Valley at 5000 meter is necessary. Persons who do not acclimatise get high altitude sickness and you are trapped between two high passes. The most fit participants could try to climb Damphus Peak (6011 meter). On this trek a climbing Sherpa will come along to help the porters take some steep snow- and ice slopes.
The descent to Tukuche is long and the participants are always very happy to reach the hot springs of Tatopani for taking a bath.
Depending on the time, the trek will end in Pokhara or Beni. A planned rest day at the Phewa Lake is possible. You will be taken back by bus or air plane to Kathmandu.
This trek takes 24 days and the degree is 4. High altitude equipment will be required.
You like a trekking Peak? Please try the Damphus Peak Photo's Rob Kölber the Netherlands founder of Sponsortrek Nepal. Trekking in autumn 2003 with Iceland Trekking and Expedition Kathmandu:
