Jumla - Mugu - Humla

Garpung Khola	Waterfall on the Garpung Khola	Crossing Garpung Khola	35 days on the trail
Jagdula Khola at Toijum	Arriving in Hurikot	Hurikot	A night at Hurikot gompa
Passing through Majhgaon	In Majhgaon	Trail-side grave marker	Tributary of the Bheri Nadi
Chaurikot - There's a lot of that plant around here	Waterfall near Nauli Ghot	View south from Nauli Ghot	Maure Lagna (3894m)
View north from Maure Lagna of the Ghar Khola valley	Chotra Khola	Manigaon	Buffalo herders on the Gogane Khola
Guthichaur	Tibetan raven	Dochal Gad	Ploughing
Gothichaur	Garjyankot	Hard at work	Busy time in the fields, Depalgaon
Approaching Jumla	Taking the cows for a walk near Jumla	Leaving Jumla behind	Arriving at Khali Gaon
Khali Gaon	The Neuri Gad valley	Nauri Ghat	Grain fields near Nauri Ghat
Arriving in Chauta	Chauta neighbours	Recent landslide near Chauta	Abandoned house at the toe of the slide
Dhuir	Arriving in Jhyari	Jhyari	Jhyari kids are intrigued by the strange foreigners
Rara Daha	Forests around Rara Daha	Trail-side grave markers near Rara	Gamgadhi
Gamgadhi dragon	Gamgadhi - The wild west	Steep descent to camp by the Mugu Karnali Nadi	Ruga - translates as 'home of many boisterous children' ...apparently
Camping by the Mugu Karnali Nadi	New house on the ridge above Ruga	In fact a whole new village	Under construction
Arriving in Bam	Breakfast time	Trekkers in the mist	Ghachaur
Climbing to Changkheli Lagna	In the forest near Jogimara	Wrinkly tree	Our mules cross a bridge with character
Forest fungi 1	Forest fungi 2	Horseman near Jogimara	Forest fungi 3
Strange forest moths	Forest fungi 4	Crossing Milchham Khola	Soru Danda
Flour mill at Chauthala	Chauthala children	Lunchtime	Rimi
On the way to Darma	Darma	Planting rice 1	Planting rice 2
Planting rice 3	Trail to Piplan	Arriving at camp in Piplan	Plowing and planting in Piplan 1
Plowing and planting in Piplan 2	Passing through Melchham	On the long climb to Apsia Lek	Above the clouds climbing to Apsia Lek
View from Apsia Lek campsite	The trail to Punkha Khola	Kallas	Rodikot
Approaching Punkha Khola	Fungi in the forest	The trail through forest along the Rodikot Khola	Rodikot Khola valley
The path leads up to the pass	View from Margor Lek Bhanjyang (4037m), the Changgla Himal peak through monsoon cloud	Our first glimpse of Simikot and the airstrip that is our way out in 12 days time	A tributary of the Yanchu Khola as we approach River Camp
Durpa	Humla Karnali Nadi	Kharpunath	Lek
Our first ever dung beetle sighting!	Leaving Simikot, back in 10 days	On the trail to Dharapori	Goat and sheep convoy
Threshing in Naula 1	Threshing in Naula 2	Meeting the locals at our camp in Dharapori	Goat and sheep baggage train on the trail to Gadapari
Waterfalls on the trail to Chyaduk	Arid land near Sangrak	Refreshing to be headed back to the forest	A beautiful section of the Humla Karnali Nadi valley
We descend to camp by the Salli Khola	Yari Khola crossing near Tumkot	Oncoming traffic	Reluctant crossing
Yari Khola tributary	Kashmir rock agama	More traffic on the trail to Yari	Leaving Yari on the final push to Hilsa and the Tibetan border
Morning sun on Yari West	The last pass - Nara La (4560m)	Yaks grazing at the northwest edge of Nepal	View into Tibet from Nara La (The green blob in the centre is at the border)
Our first road in weeks	Crazy screeslope road to the border	What could possibly go wrong? (Large sections of this road were destroyed by landslides after heavy monsoon rains in 2013)	Road to Tibet 1
Road to Tibet 2	Descending to Hilsa and the border	8 trekkers at the Tibetan border	Turning back to Hilsa and the return to Simikot
GHT wouldn't be possible without awesome crew (these guys and others)	No more westward, the return journey begins	sheep and goats grazing near Nara La	Saipal Chuli (7030m) wearing a cloud hat
Road crew tent town (Chinese money is paying for a road into Nepal from the Tibetan border)	The results of Nepalese deforestation head to Tibet (the road will enable faster, more efficient deforestation)	Overtaking a flock of tiny, fluffy goats	Tiny, fluffy goats
Yangar	Harvesting	Pulya Khola valley	Syakup Lek and the Humla Karnali Nadi valley
Looking back at the village of Yalbang as we head east	Trees to timber 1	Trees to timber 2	Salli Khola valley
Hot walking on the trail to Dharpori	View back up the trail while approaching Dharapori on our last full day of walking	Looking west towards Kholsi as we head east to Simikot	Almost the end, ominous grey skies (no flights unless the sky is clear)
61 days on the trail come to an end as we reach Simikot	"Our clouds have rocks in them" - 2 nights in Simikot waiting for the sky to clear