Hunku Camp
4850 m
- Panch Pokari
5385 m
day 16 : 2 november 2003
up the valley
making up for lost time, this day's trek was a long climb through the upper reaches of the Hunku Valley to the Panch Pokari sanctuary
snow trails
like a never ending highway, we faithfully followed the snow trail
dudh pokari ahead
after more than one hour of trekking then we neared our intended campsite for the previous day... Dudh Pokari
rehydration
Dalbhadur drinking out of his metal canteen at Dudh Pokari
wide flats
beyond Dudh Pokari is the wide grassland marshy flats that leads up to the Hunku Glacier
snow trekking
trekking across the flats to get to the western lateral moraine of the Hunku Glacier
awaiting
Assim waits for the rest of the team to catch up
contrast
Pasang treks on with our lunch point just ahead
stevie wonder
Kapure our master expedition cook looking very much like Mr Wonder
lone trekker
mountains framed by the low clouds, a lone trekker makes his way across the snow trail
pushing on
pushing on after lunch, it was still a long way to our destination for the day
hunku peak
standing tall at 6319 m, Hunku peak dominates the landscape as we ascended the upper reaches of the Hunku Valley
panch pokari
after a long exhaustive climb along the western lateral moraine of the Hongku glacier, the reward is the secluded hidden lake of Panch Pokari
moonstone
the warm evening light on a near monolith with the moon shining bright above