Tatopani, Poon Hill, and onto Pokhara

Our rest day in Tatopani was fantastic! We ventured in and out of the hot springs throughout the day and we also ate steak and eggs every meal. The meat tasted fantastic and our Nebraska Brethren would have been proud at our consumption. We did all of our laundry and began to feel clean and rested. The next day we were off to Poon Hill, what was a 6,000 foot climb from the Kali Gandaki River up to one of the most famous views of the Annapurna Range. We began our climb early in the morning and found little enjoyment sweating in the heat of the lowlands. Bogue had a festering toe that had become seriously infected and we stopped for lunch discussing possibilities. He decided he would go back to Tatopani in order to take care of his infection in case it deteriorated rapidly. We hiked for another hour and I looked back and saw Bogue hiking back up the hill behind Logan. He decided to carry on for one more day to see if it would heal. We spend the next night in a nice tea house with a view of the sixth highest mountain in the world, Dhauligiri. Bogue's foot was deteriorating and it was decided that he should head down to Pokhara where he could rest his foot and be close to a hospital for medical attention. We were now down to six members and we left for Ghorepani, base camp for Poon Hill. We climbed early in the morning under the stars again and we reached the top before sunrise. I checked my backpack for the camera and realized that I had left it at the tea house. I ran down as fast as I could and grabbed the camera and the Nebraska Cornhusker Flag and ran back up the summit. We enjoyed muffins, potatoes, coffee, and good company as took pictures and enjoyed the view. After we descended we went for breakfast and Logan and I decided that we would decend down to Hile and then to Pokhara via Naya Pul. This would provide us with more time in Pokhara between treks, which had been widdled away by the traffic jam and the Sherpa rescue. Father would push onto the Sanctuary and meet us in Pokhara in about 5 days. We had a good hug and said farewell. Nima and Father would head to Chomrong and Pasang, Min, Logan and I would head to Hile. The Sojourners had split once again and would reunite in Pokhara in a few days.