Dodging rocks

We were on the last uphill push to Thorong Phedi, the last place most people sleep before they make the big push over the Thorong La pass. Hari, our guide had warned us to move quickly through the next area because they have frequent rock slides. Recognize that after half a day of hiking at 4500 m (14763 ft) you don't feel much like doing anything quickly. We had heard several crashes and seen several avalanches along the way but I wasn't ready for what was to happen next...

The crash of rocks overhead and stopped dead in my boots. I watched a rock the size of a refrigerator bounding down the mountain and crash on the trail between Hari and I before continuing down. The smell of fresh dirt in the crater left in the trail told me it was real!

"We very lucky today bhaai (younger-brother)," the wide-eyed look on Hari's face reiterated the point.

The day before we had heard about a man that had been killed in a rock slide just outside the town we had just been in.

Sorry no photos of this adventure...