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Trek to the Annapurna Base Camp

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I wanted to have a firsthand experience of standing in front of the most difficult eight-thousander to climb. I wanted to feel what Maurice Herzog and his team would have felt, when they first saw the beautiful Annapurna, before becoming the first to climb an Eight thousander (Annapurna I is the 10th tallest mountain in the world, and considered by many as the most difficult to climb amongst the 14 peaks above 8000 meters) This post will talk about my experiences on the Annapurna base-camp trek and in Nepal in general, a few tips for the ones planning to do this in future without guide/porter and also a few tips specifically for the Indians. BTW, there are so many steep stone stairs on this trek that i heard many trekkers saying that it should be called the "Trek of Stairs" :) Things needed before you start the trek: 1) TIMS permit: Got it from Kathmandu (search for Nepal Tourism Board on google maps, its pretty close to Thamel). Costs 600 Nepali Rupees