314-The Snowman Track – Bhutan
Show notes
In 2012 we hiked in Bhutan and at that time we were trying to decide between two hikes. One of the choices we were looking at was the 350 km Snowman Trek which in the end we didn’t end up doing. This trek is one of Bhutan’s and for that matter, one of the world’s, best known treks taking around 24 days to complete the whole hike.
In today’s episode we catch up with hiker Jonty Crane to find out more about his experience on the Snowman Trek. For me this is a bucket list hike and one that I was keen to find out more about!
Podcast Overview
Podcast Overview
- Podcast introduction
- Episode introduction (time index 0:01:27)
- Before we talk about your adventure on the snowman Track what have you been up to since we last talked, please tell us a bit about yourselves (time index 0:02:12)
- How did you decide to do the Snowman Trek? (time index 0:04:38)
- Tourist Tax
- Paint a picture for us about the Snowman Trek (time index 0:08:425)
- What time of the year did you do this walk and why? (time index 0:12:55)
- September-October-ish due to snow and monsoons
- Was this a carry everything type of trip or di they use pack animals? (time index 0:15:30)
- Special Equipment?
- Temperatures? (time index 0:21:26)
- What was the food situation like? (time index 0:22:49)
- Water (time index 0:25:29)
- Describe a typical day on the trail (time index 0:25:44)
- Start to finish
- Altitude sickness testing
- What were the trail highlights for you? (time index 0:31:05)
- Remoteness
- Culture
- Were there any lowlights? (time index 0:38:34)
- Costs
- Weather at the start of the trip
- What’s your next great hiking adventure (time index 00:41:27)
- Ladakh Sky Trail – Indian Himalayas
- Episode introduction (time index 0:01:27)
- Final thoughts (time index 00:43:58)
- Close (time index 1:00:21)
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