I'm uploading some pictures of the previous trek in the Rolwaling but I didn't write yet the post about the whole trek, so you will need to wait more... (bad guy!). But you can check out the first pictures of the trek at this address: http://photos.shakeyourlife.com/

Tomorrow we are going to leave, Gilles and me, to the Langtang National Park, to climb the Langshisa Ri, 6427m. We finally get the permit today after not being able to get one for the Larkya Ri in the Manaslu region. We couldn't go on our own in this region and therefore we wouldn't get the trekking permit for the Manaslu.Read more »

I'm in Pokhara now for some days before the next trek/expedition, depending on where we will go. At least it's a much better place to celebrate my birthday than Kathmandu since the night-life isn't "shutdown" at 23H (11pm)... And there is so much less noise and pollution! And there is a french restaurant here. The menu for tonight sounds good already.

Maybe tomorrow, I'll be able to do some kayaking, with a playboat! That's going to be so fun!!! It's been a long time since my last kayak run.Read more »

During my last trek I discovered one thing at least, the ultimate trekking shoes anybody must have during a trek. Let me explain why, but before going any further in this post, please have a look at this video (in french) to warm you up:
Tetes a claques - Le Willi Waller or Tetes a claques - Le LCD Shovel

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Finally I recovered from my 3 days in bed after having a drink with ice cubes made with bad water. Yesterday we went to The Himalayan Blues Festival held in the Garden of Dreams (the nicest place you can find in Kathmandu) 5 minutes from our Hotel. We went there with some friends we met in Kathmandu, quite early to be sure to enter.Read more »

For sure, you can’t drink the water from the tap. And on some of the water bottle you can find this nice remark about the quality of water:
Thirst Pi is 100% Natural Spring Mineral Water. Untouched by human hands, water from the only In-House Natural Spring Source in Nepal, is automatically filled into Food grade, crystal clear Pet Bottles that are manufactured in our own In-House, latest, state of the art Pet bottle making plant. The water is automatically ozonated and there are no additives or chemicals used in the process.
FREE FROM PATHOGENSRead more »

We wanted to go in the Kangshung valley, next to the Everest, to make an expedition to traverse 2 passes: the Karpo La, and the Lhapka La. The route would start from Kharta, passing a pass somewhere at 5000m to join the Kangshung valley. From there we would walk up to some lakes on the right side of the valley at 5000m. Above the lakes, you can find the Karpo La pass (~6200m), and after walking on Kharta glacier, we would reach the Lhapka La pass (~6700m). On the other side of the pass, there is the Tibetan Everest advanced base camp.Read more »

Monday morning, I woke up still sick in London to get early to the airport. You don't want to miss your first flight on a world round trip! As I was afraid of, with my 44kg of luggage, not mentioning my ski backpack as my hand-luggage (my cousin was standing away with a plastic bag and my camera in one hand and in the other the big down jacket), the women at the counter told me that I was allowed to have up to 30kg only, and 7kg for the hand-baggage... Guest my face ;-) I started complaining since the travel agency which sold me the ticket told me that I could have 2 pieces of 20kg each.Read more »

Normally, you’re doing your luggage at least the night before you’re leaving. Well I had everything on the floor in my living room, but nothing packed on Saturday morning. I was waiting to get the dry food which came with Kimberly who was driving me to the airport. The box was huge, and I had to get all of those food bags somehow in my backpack. I filled up to the top my backpack but there were still about 10 left. My backpack was already weighing more than I was allowed on my Easyjet flight.Read more »

I know it can be pretty hard on a monday morning, to get back to work. Therefore I thought about a small thing to make it ...Read more »