This photo was taken while we were on our way up Poon Hill near Ghorepani in the Nepal Himalayas. We had to wake early that morning, long before light to take the hour trek up the hill. The night before the climb the weather had cleared for the first time since we arrived in Kathmandu about five or so days before. We were out on this particular trek as we had not been able to fly out to Lukla to do the Mt Everest Base Camp trek as we had planned. I imagine I would have had many moments like this one on the other trek but I am not to know. As I looked over my left shoulder and took my eyes off the trail I saw Machapuchare (Fishtail Mountain), the first of any Himalayan mountain we had seen and it was against the backdrop of first light. I think may face says it all, I was in awe. This is a moment in my life that genuinely took my breath away. While I could not control the weather that prevented me from going to Nepal to do what I had originally plan, as the Nepali Buddhists would say "everything happens for a reason". For me, this was it.
First sight of Machapuchare (6993m)
On the top of Poon Hill with the Annapurna Ranges in the distance
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