Trek day 5: Northward and up! (halfway)

Today we head out from Sinwa and travel north through the mountains towards ABC.  This trail would continue a standard upward theme (about 3000ft gain over all). The path lead us through the valleys leading north and pretty much a straight shot towards the center of the mountain range!  Dad was wearing his Oregon Ducks t-shirt and to our surprise we ran into a group of three women from Oregon!  They were chanting "Oregon" with surprised looked on their faces!  I'm guessing neither of is were expecting to encounter other Oregonians up here in the Himalayas!!  Turns out they were from grants pass :). Another thing this valley presented was even more waterfalls!  I for sure have seen more waterfalls on these last few days as I have in the rest of my life together!  It is quite amazing to see them, and usually just around each bend or several right in a line!  The going was mostly up as I previously stated, but it was not quite as steep as other days and at the end our guide told us that today was probably the hardest day (though I still think the endless stair/rain day on the second was the hardest!). We made it just in time to the lodge as well!  While the clouds had rolled in over an hour before and kept threatening at rain it would only let out a few drops then stop...however not more then 10 minutes to finally arriving the rain came down in full force!!  Just in the nick of time :p. It was very cold at this altitude, especially with he rain so we bundled up in coats and sleeping bags for a bit before a nice warm dinner!  Tomorrow we will make it to base camp!  Hopefully the clouds will hold till we get there for the view :p