Alone without feeling lonely
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] Alone without feeling lonely Cécile Carnimolla Mailhos In 2022, I crossed France on foot through the mountains with Hexatrek, alone. This very first experience of long-distance solo hiking literally changed my life to the point where I wrote a book about it. “Seule vers la liberté“ (Alone Towards Freedom) is the autobiographical story of this journey. It was as if a door had opened: “You have no time to waste!” Aware of the transformative power of this adventure, obsessed with a sense of urgency of living, appreciating how fortunate I am...
April to August on the GHT
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] April to August on the GHT Author: Kristy Dixon Where do you start to write after a 125-day adventure? How do you summarize or even attempt to convey the thousands of moments and challenges? Maybe by starting with why we went, what we found, and what it left us with… Motivations for the GHT We’d become hunched over, madly typing, timezone-jumping, stress-induced workaholics. As we hurtled toward mid-life, our bodies gently reminded us we were no longer bouncy, bendy 25-year-olds. We decided it was now or never for a longer, once-in-a-lifetime adventure. Mike...
Honeymoon on the GHT
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Honeymoon on the GHT Matthew & Anna Ross The idea of trekking the Great Himalaya Trail was brought up between us in 2017, and we decided that not only could we realise our dream of getting married, but we can also realise our dream of trekking the GHT. The planning stage felt daunting - hundreds of kilometres of trail and sketchy information. But we soon realised that the only way we can achieve this goal is to take the first step of the trek and the kilometres will gradually add up. So just...
Heather’s profound and life changing GHT!
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Heather's profound and life changing GHT - a journey like no other! As is so often the case, so many big, life changing adventures come from a tiny, spur of the moment decision… Sometime back in 2012, Bek and Cal (my daughter and son) and I decided on a whim to trek to Everest Base Camp in January 2013 - it was the middle of the Nepalese Winter… To say it was very, very cold was an understatement! But as challenging as it was, it was to be the beginning of our...
Across the Himalaya with Justin Lichter
[vc_row content_aligment="center" css=".vc_custom_1764565761271{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;background-image: url(https://www.greathimalayatrail.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_0762-BANNER.jpg?id=12045) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}" min_height="400px" el_class="ght-custom-banner-section"][vc_column][vc_column_text css="" el_class="ght-banner-heading"] Across the Himalaya with Justin Lichter [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=""] I wish I'd seen the Yeti too! [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Setting the stage Tons of people as the question “Why did you do it?”, or “Why did you go there?” The answer is pretty simple. I want to see new places, explore new areas, and challenge myself in different conditions. These are the same reasons that I head out on all of my expeditions. Part of the fun...
Manuel’s Awesome GHT Adventure!
[vc_row content_aligment="center" css=".vc_custom_1764565533132{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;background-image: url(https://www.greathimalayatrail.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Manuel-Banner.jpg?id=11625) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}" min_height="400px" el_class="ght-custom-banner-section"][vc_column][vc_column_text css="" el_class="ght-banner-heading"] Manuel’s Awesome GHT Adventure! [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=""] An Awesome GHT! [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] AN AWESOME ADVENTURE IN THE AREAS WITH GREATER ALTITUDE OF THE PLANET. The Great Himalaya Trail consists of two routes, high (route that covers the areas where the highest mountains on the planet (Everest, Annapurna, Cho La Pass, Gokio Ri, Thorong La, etc.) and middle cultural route, (valleys, small towns, medium mountain areas, etc.), where contact with the population allows you to enter...
GHT Untamed, Unpredictable and Unrepeatable
[vc_row content_aligment="center" css=".vc_custom_1764565296102{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;background-image: url(https://www.greathimalayatrail.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Eef-de-Boeck-BANNER.jpg?id=9346) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}" min_height="400px" el_class="ght-custom-banner-section"][vc_column][vc_column_text css="" el_class="ght-banner-heading"] GHT Untamed, Unpredictable and Unrepeatable [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=""] A once in a lifetime experience! [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I first heard about the Great Himalaya Trail while out on another one of those great walks of the world, Te Araroa. On the very first day I ran into Stuart Bilby who had just gotten back home from Nepal to New Zealand and was strolling around the start of the Long Pathway. It cannot have been more...
The GHT, the highest, most rugged trail in the world!
[vc_row content_aligment="center" css=".vc_custom_1764564789724{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;background-image: url(https://www.greathimalayatrail.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Trevor-banner-1.jpg?id=8827) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}" min_height="400px" el_class="ght-custom-banner-section"][vc_column][vc_column_text css="" el_class="ght-banner-heading"] The GHT, the highest, most rugged trail in the world! [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=""] In Search of a Grand Challenge [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] In search of a grand challenge I first set my sights on the GHT after hearing how few people have done the traverse unguided, I was in search of a grand challenge. I believed beforehand that this was the most challenging trail in the world, and after completing it, I still do. My prior...
The GHT is worth every minute of suffering!
[vc_row content_aligment="center" css=".vc_custom_1764564521323{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;background-image: url(https://www.greathimalayatrail.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Luc-Banner-Image.jpg?id=8774) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}" min_height="400px" el_class="ght-custom-banner-section"][vc_column][vc_column_text css="" el_class="ght-banner-heading"] The GHT is worth every minute of suffering! [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=""] My Perfect Challange [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Hi, my name is Luc Hapers, 48 years young from Belgium. I have travelled extensively since I was 18. Since 2011, I´m also into ultrarunning and I´ve done several 100 milers and even longer races. But when that was not satisfying enough anymore I started looking for something more challenging. So, searching the net I came across the GHT about 3...
An utterly awesome experience!
[vc_row content_aligment="center" css=".vc_custom_1764564307912{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;background-image: url(https://www.greathimalayatrail.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Izzy-and-Andrew-BANNER.jpg?id=7644) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}" min_height="400px" el_class="ght-custom-banner-section"][vc_column][vc_column_text css="" el_class="ght-banner-heading"] An utterly awesome experience! [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=""] Izzy and Andrew take on the GHT! [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Our names are Isabella (Izzy) and Andrew (Ronnie). We hiked The Great Himalaya Trail in the spring of 2019 over 107 days. We first visited Nepal in 2011 to complete the three passes hike in Solukumbu region including the walk out to Jiri. Ever since we'd been busting to come back to Nepal. In early 2018 when we decided...
The GHT, what a blast!
[vc_row content_aligment="center" css=".vc_custom_1764564111890{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;background-image: url(https://www.greathimalayatrail.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/cedric-banner.jpg?id=7632) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}" min_height="400px" el_class="ght-custom-banner-section"][vc_column][vc_column_text css="" el_class="ght-banner-heading"] The GHT, what a blast! [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=""] A marvelous journey! [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]After hiking the Continental Divide Trail and having experimented high altitude trekking with few 6000+ summits in South America few years back, I needed a new long distance challenge. I had heard of the GHT two years before and thought since, that it could be a great project. It would be long distance and high altitude combined together and the best...
Pure magic with Mactreks
[vc_row content_aligment="center" css=".vc_custom_1764563892562{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;background-image: url(https://www.greathimalayatrail.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Stuart-Banner-2.jpg?id=7602) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}" min_height="400px" el_class="ght-custom-banner-section"][vc_column][vc_column_text css="" el_class="ght-banner-heading"] Pure magic with Mactreks [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=""] Self-guided using a mobile phone! [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Great Himalaya Trail (Nepal) - Trip Summary –Stuart Bilby I developed a deep longing to walk the Great Himalaya Trail. So starting 4 March 2014 I walked for 127 days from Darchula to Kanchenjunga Base Camp; crossing Nepal from east to west past many of the world’s tallest peaks. For the first 60 days I travelled with Lisa Lee-Johnson and for the...
The first to dance along the GHT!
[vc_row content_aligment="center" css=".vc_custom_1764563688151{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;background-image: url(https://www.greathimalayatrail.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Seth-Wolpin.jpg?id=7556) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}" min_height="400px" el_class="ght-custom-banner-section"][vc_column][vc_column_text css="" el_class="ght-banner-heading"] The first to dance along the GHT! [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=""] The first GHTers to dance the GHT! [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In 2011, I was fortunate to join a successful Everest expedition. During my climb I realized that I like hiking and running a lot more than climbing. The following year, I ran unsupported across the USA and sometime around then I stumbled across Lizzy Hawker's trip report from her first attempt on the GHT, her...
Doc’s solo GHT retold!
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