Te Ara Mustang o Raro

Ko te kōanga te kōwhiringa pai rawa atu mō tēnei hikoi. Ko te nuinga o te iwi e pai ake ana ki tēnei wā nā te mea he momona, he oraora hoki tōna āhua.

Ki te whakaritea ki te hikoi i Annapurna, he māmā ake te huarahi hikoi i Lower Mustang i Nepal. Ka taea e te hikoi noa i Annapurna te roa ki te 22 rā, he mea hoha, he uaua hoki te tinana.

Kāo, kāore he mea e kiia ana he whakaaetanga motuhake; me whiwhi noa koe i ngā whakaaetanga hikoi auau hei mahi i tēnei hikoi.

Kāo, kāore he here tau mō te whakauru mai ki tēnei hikoi; heoi, kāore mātou e kawe i ngā tamariki kei raro iho i te 12 tau te pakeke i te nuinga o te wā.

He iti noa ngā kāinga tūmatanui kei roto i tēnei haerenga, ā, ko ngā ratonga taketake anake kei reira, ko ētahi atu kāinga ia e tuku ana i ngā ratonga paerewa me ngā ratonga tāpiri.

Āe, ko te tikanga, ka taea e koe te whakauru atu ki tēnei hikoi me ētahi atu hikoi i te rohe o Annapurna. Heoi, me whakaaetia e ā mātou tohunga hikoi nā te mea kāore e taea te whakarerekē i ngā whakarerekētanga katoa i tētahi wā.

Ka pāngia ō turi me ō kapu waewae e te hekenga, ko te korikori pai ko te hikoi poto ki ētahi puke, te whakamahi rānei i te mīhini arawhata i te whare takaro.

Me hikoi koe mō te 4 ki te 5 hāora ia rā i te toharite. Ko te wā poto ko te 3 ki te 4 hāora te hikoi, ko te wā roa ko te 6 ki te 7 hāora.

Kāo, ko tēnei hikoi tētahi o ngā wāhi hikoi māmā rawa atu i Nepōra. He tino pai mō te hunga tīmata, ā, kāore e hiahiatia he wheako hikoi o mua.

Me mau mai e koe he pare ārai rā, he mōhiti rā, he tokotoko hikoi, he pūtu hikoi pakari, he pounamu wai ka taea te whakamahi anō, me ngā papa horoi wai.

Ko ngā mahi whakakori manawa māmā noa iho e aro ana ki te haurua o raro o te tinana kua nui hei whakarite mō te pikinga roa mai i Kagbeni ki Muktinath.

Ae, me whai visa hei haere i te Lower Mustang Trek i Nepal. Kāore e taea e koe te wehe atu i te taunga rererangi me te kore e whiwhi i tētahi visa tūruhi i te taenga mai.

He pai noa iho te momo inihua haere noa e kapi ana i ngā whakapaunga hauora me ngā whakapaunga ohorere mō tēnei haerenga.

Ae, me kapi e tō kete inihua ngā whakapaunga tae atu ki te 3800 mita, 4000 mita rānei. Kāore mātou e hiahia kia utua e koe he moni nui mō te whakaoranga; mā te kamupene inihua e kapi te whakapaunga.

Mō te Lower Mustang Trek i Nepal, ka whakaratohia e te mōkihi he whakaaetanga ACAP me tētahi kāri TIMS ki a koe.

Mena ka rerekē te rārangi mahi, ka taea e koe te toro atu ki te Tari Poari Tūruhi, te whakakī rānei i tētahi puka ipurangi mō te whakaroa i te visa.

Āe, he mea whakahau te inihua whakawātea ohorere mō tēnei haerenga mēnā me whakawātea koe.

Ka taea e koe te tiki whakaaetanga mai i te Tari Poari Tūruhi i Pokhara me Kathmandu. Mā tā mātou kaiārahi hikoi tēnei mahi e whakahaere; kāore koe e hiahia ki te whakapau kaha ki te mahi.

Ahakoa he mea whakahau ngā kaiārahi whai raihana mō ēnei hikoi, kāore ngā kaikawe e whakahau. Heoi anō, mā ngā kaikawe ka pai ake te wheako hikoi.

E ai ki ngā tikanga tuku iho, kua whakatakotoria e mātou he taumaha 12 kg mō ia tangata. Ka taea e ā mātou kaikawe te kawe i ngā tueke a te tokorua mō te haerenga katoa.

Kāore koe e hiahia ki te whakarato i tetahi mea mā rātou; mā mātou e tiaki. Mā ngā kaiamo e kawe ngā pouaka āwhina tuatahi puta noa i te whare.

Ahakoa ehara te ahurea tuku moni tāpui i te mea noa i roto i te hapori i Nepōra, kua maha ngā wā kua mōhiotia ngā kaiārahi me ngā kaikawe taonga ki tēnei tikanga. Nō reira, kua taunga rātou ki te tuku moni tāpui i ngā wā katoa.

Ae, kāore e taea e koe te whiriwhiri kia kaua e kawe i tētahi kaikawe. Engari, kia tino mohio koe ka taea e koe te kawe i te kaikawe mai i te huarahi katoa, tae atu ki te hokinga mai.

Ae, ka karanga ngā kaiārahi mō te āwhina, ko te mea pai ko te ratonga whakawātea i runga i te hērakapeta, i ngā wā ohorere. Kua whakangungua hoki rātou ki te āwhina tuatahi.

He whānuitanga o ngā ratonga e tukuna ana e ngā kāinga o te rohe o raro, ko ngā ratonga taketake anake ia e tukuna ana e ngā kāinga tūmatanui.

Ae, e wātea ana ngā kaukau wera puta noa i te hikoi, engari ka takaia anake ina tonoa mai; kāore e wātea tonu ana.

Ae, he kōwhiringa ngā rūma tūmataiti, engari me tono koe i tēnei huringa i te wā e tuhi ana. Mā tēnei ka nui te wā ki te whakarite i ngā rūma tūmataiti, kāore e wātea ana i ngā whenua pukepuke.

Ka kitea e koe ētahi rihi tuku iho o Nepōra, me ētahi whiringa kai o te uru, me ētahi rihi o te wā.

Ae, he reka ngā kai huawhenua, ā, koinei hoki te whiringa pai rawa atu i ngā rā hikoi i te Lower Mustang Trek i Nepal.

Ae, he maha ngā puna wai me ngā puna wai tūturu e kitea ana e koe i te taha o te Lower Mustang Trek i Nepal.

I te taha o te kai Thakali, ka taea e koe te whakamatau i te Tsampa, Rildok, Thukpa, Yak chees, Yak meat, Butter tea, Khoo, Thenthuk, Gundruk, Yak momo, me etahi atu.

I aua wā e rua, ka noho mārama te rangi, ka iti ake te ua, ka paki ake ngā rā, ā, ka ataahua te tirohanga ki ngā whenua.

Ka horahia e ngā hau o te ahiahi te puehu, ā, ka kawea mai hoki he kapua ua. Heoi, he iti noa iho te tūponotanga i ngā wā tino pīkari o te hikoi.

Kāo, kāore e taea te hikoi i te Lower Mustang Trail i te wā ua nui nā te mea he nui te pānga o te ua ki ngā ara. Ka paru, ka pahekeheke ngā ara, ā, ka piki ake te tūponotanga o te horo whenua. Heoi anō, kāore he tirohanga pai nā te ua tonu.

I Muktinath, ko te pāmahana pō toharite ka pā mai i te 10°C ki te 15°C i te ngahuru me te kōanga.

I te rohe o raro, ka taea e koe te kakahu noa i te tīhāte me te koti māmā; heoi anō, me toru ngā paparanga kākahu e hiahiatia ana i a koe e haere ana ki ngā wāhi pēnei i a Lupra Pass, Muktinath, me Thini.

Ae, he ngawari te hukarere me te ua i ngā wā tōmua o te kōanga me te mutunga o te ngahuru nā te mea koinei te wā ka huri ngā wā.

Ka taea e koe te tirotiro noa i te taupānga huarere o tō waea. Heoi, he maha ngā wā ka hē ngā matapae huarere i te rohe pukepuke.

Ka taea e koe te karo i te mate teitei mā te whai i ngā mahi ārai māmā, pērā i te inu wai i roto i a koe, te pupuri i te tere piki haumaru, me te kore e kai, e inu rānei i tētahi mea e maroke ai koe.

Ae, kei reira ētahi wāhi hauora me ngā wāhi hauora puta noa i te hikoi; heoi, i ngā wā ohorere, ko te kōwhiringa whakaora anake mā te hērakapeta.

He nui te pare-rā hei ārai i tō kiri kei wera, engari he tiaki ngā mōhiti kanohi i ō kanohi mai i te puehu me ngā whakaata kanapa.

Kāo, ehara i te mea kāore he huakita i roto i ngā puna wera; he tokomaha te hunga e kaukau ana i te wai, ā, ka ngāwari te poke o ngā momo katoa.

Kāore koe e hiahia ki te kawe i ngā taputapu āwhina tuatahi; mā mātou ēnei e whakarato ki a koe mēnā ka hiahiatia e koe.

Kua whakakahangia kia tu atu i te whakamahinga mō te wā roa; he tino haumaru ngā piriti puta noa i te huarahi.

Ko te tikanga, ka puritia e mātou tētahi ōrau o te moni tāpui tuatahi mēnā ka whakakorehia e koe te hikoi i muri i te angitu o te pukapuka.

Ka utua katoatia ō utu whakaaetanga e te mōkihi; heoi, kāore e utua ō utu whakauru i a koe e tirotiro haere ana i Kathmandu.

Āe, kei a koe te tikanga ki te whakarerekē i te kaupapa haerenga, mena kei te wātea tonu ngā kōwhiringa.

Mena ka whakakorehia te hikoi nā tetahi take ohorere, ka tukuna atu e mātou he momo wheako hikoi rite ki a koe, ka tatari rānei kia hoki anō te āhuatanga ki te āhua noa. Ka taea hoki e koe te whakahoki moni, engari ka puritia e mātou tetahi ōrau o te moni tāpui i utua e koe.

Ae ra, ki te kore he moni tāpui, e kore e taea e mātou te tīmata i ngā mahi whakarite mō tō haerenga, pērā i te tuhi i ngā wāhi noho i mua i te wā, te tuhi i ngā waka, me te whakamahi i ngā rauemi tangata hei whakatutuki i ngā mea katoa.

I ngā marama hikoi, he tino pono ngā rerenga. Mēnā ka whakakorehia, me tatari tātou mō te rā e whai ake nei.

E whakamahia ana ngā waka me te mahi 4WD hei taraiwa mai i Hile ki Pokhara.

Kāo, kāore he kōwhiringa tāpiri. He mea onge te kino haere o ngā āhuatanga o te rori i muri i a Hile.

Me tae atu koe ki te taunga rererangi i te iti rawa 1.5 hāora i mua i te wā rererangi kua whakaritea.

Kāo, kāore e wātea ana te waka a te iwi i ngā kāinga e uaua ana te uru atu pērā i a Shikha.

Kāo, kāore he tohu mutu; heoi anō, ka taea e mātou te whakamutu i te jeep mēnā kei te hiahia koe ki te kai, ki te kai tere rānei.