Stage 6 was a 20k jaunt with over 1000 metres of climbing.
The complication was we had a 5k uphill trek to the start at a cave monastery. We even had a tea stop on the way to the start. I presume it is a way of giving some income to these remote villages.
The stage started at 10.30 so we were in for a hot one. We started with a lovely 5k downhill through a river valley and saw huge vultures that are attracted by the local practice of sky burials. Rashila a Nepali 17 year old girl took a tumble in front pf me but was up and running with no ill effects. Then the first climb started taking us over a plateau and then a big drop to a river crossing and the half way checkpoint. George, my running partner for the last few days, had a new lease of life and flew ahead not to be seen again.
We then had a big steep and relentless climb to a pass. This seemed to go on forever with multiple false summits. I was going well and managed to keep Nick, Sven and a Rashila behind me to the top. Sven overtook me on the decent but I was able to pass him again on the long 5k run into the village of Tangye
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