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The expedition is organized by: Joanna Lipowczan & Bartosz Malinowski
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The Great Himalayan Trail 2015 - the first Polish ascent
This year, Joanna Lipowczan and Bartosz Malinowski are planning to hike the 1700 km long Great Himalayan Trail, leading from the east to the west of Nepal. They intend to do this by hiking along the so-called mountain route as an independent team, not using the support of guides, porters or cooks.
Goal: In addition to the ascent itself, which will be the first European and Polish ascent, the expedition is to draw attention to two very important aspects related to trekking in the Himalayas. The first issue is responsible mountain tourism – to cover these 1700 km in the spirit of the Code of Conduct of the Great Himalayan Trail, whose motto is: Take only memories, leave only your footprints. The second issue is the living conditions in remote and inaccessible regions of the Himalayas. We support the idea of the Great Himalayan Trail as an opportunity to improve the living and economic conditions of the local population and we want to show that the Himalayas have much more to offer than the popular regions of Annapurna and Everest.
About the trail: The Great Himalayan Trail is one of the longest and highest hiking trails in the world and covers, m.in others, the entire Himalayan range of Nepal. The Nepalese part of the trail is divided into 10 sections with an average length of 2-3 weeks of walking each. The so-called mountain route of the trail runs at an altitude between 3000 m above sea level and 5000 m above sea level, is about 1700 km long and leads through amazing, high mountain landscapes and some of the most geographically distant human settlements, where life is It is going on like centuries ago. The mountain route leads through high passes (6146 m above sea level at the highest point of the route) and the time needed to overcome it is about 150 days. The beginning of the mountain route is near Kangchenjunga Base Camp and ends in the town of Hilsa, on the Tibetan-Nepalese border, in the Humla district in the west of Nepal. The expedition is scheduled to start in the second half of August 2015 and end at the beginning of January 2016 at the latest.