februari 23, 2020

Charity expedition to Rolwaling, Nepal 2020

Anneliepompe Äventyr, Berg, Uncategorized annelie pompe expediiton, annelie pompe nepal, annelie pompe vandring

Join us on this beautiful trek through the Rolwaling valley in Nepal! It’s called ’the hidden sacred valley’ as it’s more remote and less visited than the major areas. We can expect the famous hospitality of the Nepali as well as the beautiful nature and stunning mountain range of Himalaya. As both your guides are interested in Buddhism and philosophy it will both be a spiritual and physical journey including some breathing training, meditation and stretching each day as well as cultural stops along the way. And climbing a mountain!

The trek will go through the valley as a charity trek, and we’ll help a few villages as we pass them. We’ll arrive at the end of the valley at the beautiful mountain Ramdung. It’s a fairly easy climb without needing more gear than crampons, rope and harness. We’ll team up with a few more Sherpas during the hike that will help and teach you what you need to be able to summit. This is a suitable climb for beginners. We want you to have some previous experience of hiking, and that you are prepared to do more training before this trip.

Your main guides is Annelie Pompe and Chhiring Dorje Sherpa, more than 10 years of climbing in Nepal together.

About Charity and Volunteering Opportunity

Our proposed monetary charity contribution will be given to the Rolwaling Sangag Choling School in Beding village, which is a community run free school in the valley. This school is a very unique and an important community project completely envisioned and managed by the local Sherpa community, with the sole aim of creating access to education and preserve local culture.

This school has been quite successful in achieving its objectives and continues to do so. At present the school provides free lodging, food and education to 25 young children and plans to expand its capacity to accommodate more children.

One of the major challenge of the school is the funding, especially for the food and transportation costs, which is so obvious because it is located in a remote mountain area accessible only by two days of walk. So, our contribution money will go to the school to cover these costs.

Apart from funding the school children are always short on warm clothing. They might even stay home because they don’t have warm enough clothes to go out in winter. If you have any old childrens winter clothes or toys, drawing tools it will be much appreciated if you bring these as charity.

Volunteering Opportunity:

If someone wants to engage in volunteer teaching, then there’s an opportunity to teach at the school. The major role of the volunteer teacher shall be to teach English language course book to students from grade one to grade six. And the minimum time the volunteer should contribute is for two months. During the volunteering period lodging and food shall be arranged by the school in its premises.

Trip highlights

Trek through the pristine Rolwaling ‘ the sacred hidden valley’
Climb the Ramdung 5900m.
Panaromic view of the Gaurishankar mountain Range
View of Mount Everest 8848,Cho Oyu 8201 and Shisapangma 8013m. from the summit of Ramdung

Schedule

Day	Date	Activity	Accomodation
1	Oct. 20	Arrival in Kathmandu and transfer to hotel	Hotel
2	Oct. 21	Sightseeing and preparation in Kathmandu	Hotel
3	Oct. 22	Drive to Chetchet by bus, 9 hours, then trek to Simigaon 3 hrs.	lodge
4	Oct. 23	Trek to Kyalje 2600m. 5 hours	Lodge/camp
5	Oct. 24	Trek to Beding 3700m. 6 hours	Lodge/camp
6	Oct. 25	Rest day in Beding Visit Monastery	Lodge/camp
7	Oct. 26	Trek to Na 4200m. 3 hours	Camp
8	Oct. 27	Rest & Acclimatization in Na.	Camp
9	Oct. 28	Trek to Yalung BC 4800m. 4 hours	Camp
10	Oct. 29	Rest & Acclimatization	Camp
11-12	Oct. 30-31	Set up Camp 1, 5200m.	camp
13	Nov. 1	Camp 1, 5200m.	camp
14	Nov. 2	Summit, 5900m. and back to Camp 1	camp
15	Nov. 3	Base Camp	Camp
16	Nov. 4	Trek to Na. 3 hrs.	Lodge/camp
17	Nov. 5	Trek to Dong-gang. 5hrs	Lodge/camp
18	Nov. 6	Trek to Simigaon. 5 hours	Lodge/camp
19	Nov. 7	Trek to Chetchet and drive to Kathmandu. 10 hours	Hotel
20	Nov. 8	Sightseeing or free day	Hotel
21	Nov. 9	Departure