Today we got up early at 5 am to trek up 300 metres to Poon Hill, to see the view. As you just go up and down we could leave the backpacks in the guesthouse and come down for breakfast after.
So we walked up a million steps in the dark, finally reached the top after about 45 min-1 hour. Unfortunately it was very cloudy so we weren't expecting much of a sunrise - and we didn't get one. Instead we got snow. GREAT. It was still beautiful but normally you can see all the high peaks of the Annapurna region, and now we could barely see one. It cleared up a little by 6.30 but at 6.45 we gave up and went down for breakfast. Had a delicious oat porridge with apple, and boiled eggs. All the food at that guesthouse was soooo good.
We set off at around 8.30, today's trek was mostly downhill which is surprisingly hard. Shaky legs and tired knees. Going down is not great either as you know you'll have to climb back up at some point again. Reached Tadapani slightly quicker than we thought, and as we had lunch along the trail just before we decided to continue one hour to Chiule and stay there instead.
Now we're sitting by the fire again, as it is absolutely pouring down with rain outside. Hope it clears up tomorrow.
Got more bad news as well, some of the guides who are walking with some other people here are saying it has been snowing heavily at the base camp again and we might not be able to go all the way. The risk for avalanches is too high. We're going to Chomrong tomorrow anyway, and fingers crossed we will get better news there. We are still 3 days away from the base camp so if we are lucky the weather forecast will improve!
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