It was up and up and up. A good taste of the climbs to come. We followed the Humla Karnali River, flowing fast. At night we found either terraces or tiny meadows by the river to camp. This part of Nepal is one of the most remote and requires a special trekking permit.
People live here in small settlements.
The houses were beautifully built with earth and wood. Terraced villages clung to the mountain slopes. Hard-working mountain men, women and children were bringing down brushwood and grass for the winter. Wild herbs, apricots, walnuts and gooseberries lined the slopes in between maize, millet and cannabis. People wore beautifully knitted and woven clothes and heavy necklaces of silver with huge turquoise and coral beads.