For Kathmandu and Africa, I have packed in additional items on top of these list (http://mynudi.blogspot.com/2012/03/travel-tips-what-i-have-learnt.html)
- a pullover (for cold weather at altitude)
- a thick gloves (for cold weather at altitude)
- a stack of blister plaster (for blister from too much hiking)
- a binoculars (for birds and animals)
- additional pair of trekking and winter socks (for cold weather at altitude)
- additional set of long sleeve shirt and trekking pants (for cold weather at altitude)
- a cooking mess tin (for Africa)
- a water bottle
I will need to buy these in Kathmandu
- a set of walking sticks
- some energy bars
- a single man lightweight tent (for Africa)
- a camping stove (for Africa)
- a matt (for Africa)
As I plan to hike to Annapurna Base Camp(ABC), it will be a 14-16 days trek with minimum 5 hours trekking everyday. I need to prepare myself for this tough and challenging hike. I was back in Kuantan after Perhentian for my training. I only have one month.
First week I started with walking and running, everyday 1 hour walk and 30 mins run, I suffered from muscle ache for a week, then I started badminton once a week. After a week I started to walk with 4L of water in my backpack and 40 mins run without the backpack. On the 3rd week, I started to hike the 250meters hill in Kuantan (can't find any higher) on alternate day with running. Then I started to carry 5L of water to hike and add on to 7kg later on. Sometimes I go thru the jungle trek instead of the pave road. I felt my knees complaining so I have take some days off too. Hopefully with these training, it will be sufficient to reach ABC :-(. And for the altitude, there is nothing much I could do here. I will need to hike slowly to acclimatise and drink lots of water.
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| Annapurna Base Camp |
I am looking forward to conquer ABC! Wish me luck! :-)
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