The Dhaulagiri Circuit trek is considered one of the most difficult and demanding treks in Nepal Himalaya. Its bad fame started with this article by Jamie McGuinness. Since then the trail has been improved considerably, but other objective dangers still exist. Nevertheless, the trek has recently become relatively popular and a number of groups, as well as individual trekkers, do it every year. I did the trek in October 2010 with a group led by Roland Hunter from The Mountain Company.