By now we were within 2 kms of our destination,
but had slowed down considerably due to the fatigue of
having walked the whole day with heavy backpacks
and the fact that we were not accustomed to breathing in the
increasingly thin air. To complicate matters
further, there wasn't much time left before the Sun got totally hidden
by the
mountains. The situtation was frightening for
a new trekker, but a photographer's delight. Also, by now the whole group
had become rather dispersed and the last members were probably still at
Cheerbasa. Most of the porters had reached the campsite at Bhojbasa, but
we had decided to help them pitch the tents up and so they were waiting
for the expedition
members. The temperature had really started dropping
fast and was close to freezing point. Many of the expedition members were
snappy, short-tempered and irritable due to the trying circumstances andconversations
were short and few.
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