The nature of fastpacking and key considerations when planning for a fastpacking trip in Nepal. Here is a list of all the planned fastpacking trips and running tours in Nepal coming up. What is fastpacking? What on earth is fastpacking? Check out the definition by Peter Bakwin, a fastpacking pro: “The term fastpacking was first […]
A guest post from Tyler Wasson describing the Mardi Himal trek experience. Want to go here? Fill the form at the bottom and Pokhara-based Freedom Adventures will help you out. I have been living in Nepal for seven months and as a trail runner, I like to get off the beaten path whenever possible. During […]
If you want to do some big training days, or be a tourist in a different way, ask Upendra to guide you on some runs around the Kathmandu Valley. Upendra is currently getting his official guide licence. It is a tedious process requiring six-weeks attendance to classroom-based classes on guiding. Of course he is learning […]
Note: since 2019 there is a race along part of this route!! See Gosaikunda to Helambu Trail Race for map and GPS tracks. Our decision to walk from Dhunche to Kathmandu over the Tihar weekend was based partly on aesthetics and partly on pragmatism. Aside from the undeniable beauty of the Gosaikunda lakes and the spectacular […]
Just back from a few days in glorious Dhorpatan in Baglung district. The name comes from the flat meadows above the ~4000m high tree-line, which are locally known as patans, and the marshy flat open valley next to which the village itself sits called dhor. If you are a slightly adventurous trekker, trail runner or mountain biker, I can […]
Thanks to Kristian Soltesz from Sweden for helping you all out with a report from his trip to the Everest Region of Nepal in the hope that it will make it easier for preparing your own trip. Thanks Kris! After an attempt of running/fastpacking the GHT in 2014, which ended in a dislocated shoulder and […]
Michael Collins came to Nepal in 2013 and ran the Manaslu Trail Race. It’s been great to follow the antics of the people who came to that race since then – 24 hour races, 200+km challenges, Annapurna FKTs, and so on. Many expressed a wish to return to Nepal, obviously, because trail running here is […]
Congratulations to Seth Wolpin on his hard slog around Annapurna. 218km and some +/-10,000m completed in around 72 hours. Plenty of people have gone around the Annapurna Circuit from Besi Sahar to Naya Pul but few with the aim of reducing the hike to as few days as possible. A quick google will find a seven-day trip here, […]
If you are coming to run the Annapurna 100, consider staying a while longer and make a fast packing journey into the high Himalayas…