They can walk or ride back. Food and accommodations are the same as the previous night. Simultaneous with the Mt. Everest Challenge Marathon. At Molle, the jeep track stops, aid stations are not as frequent, and no portable toilets can be found. The trail gets steeper and becomes a grid of ruts, some several feet deep.
Runners pick their own line and speed for the next few miles.
As the trail drops 4,000 feet, the treeless ridge line is replaced by dense tropical vegetation and beautiful flowers. There will be 12 water stops today. As you enter the upper parts of the hill village of Siri Khola, the trail becomes a maze of paths zig zaging down to the bridge crossing the big river. Smiling villagers waive greetings as you pass. With no roads, they see few foreigners passing this way.