It’s rainy and hot, and at all opportunities when passing waterfalls, they jump in! In the middle of monsoon, as it is everywhere in Nepal, it is green, lush and misty in the mornings. A fellow climber to Manaslu described it as a scene from ‘Jurassic Park’, wild, mysterious and from another time. After 7 hr of walking, they are now resting for the night in Khursani bari (‘chili garden’, although no chili plants can be seen).