Last week I went on a hike with a friend up from river level at 1250m (4,100ft) to a peak at something over 2000m (6,560ft). 6+ hours to the top, 4+ return. By the end of the way back, my friend and I were dragging our feet. We left our camp at 5:30am, and the first hurdle was crossing a footbridge that had been heavily damaged by the surging river just two days before. Definitely the scariest part of the whole hike. I wanted to take a video, but you had to hold on for dear life to the cable in certain sections to get across.
Since we left so early, we got to see an amazing early morning views of the rugged mountains over the paddy fields:
This is the top, a 100-strong monastery.
We saw all sorts of interesting things along the way, like these jelly mushrooms:
We had to climb over numerous recent landslides on the hike:
The gorgeous view from near the top:
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