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28°40’0N 84°1’0E TRAIL RUNNING IN MANANG, NEPAL

Mountains, trails and food – lots of food. Check, check and check. All the classic ingredients for any trail-chasing escapade, stirred vigorously with loose plans, a hearty dose of naïve optimism and a touch of love for pushing the ticker into the red. With these elements in peak supply in the Himalaya, it was with trail-junkie enthusiasm that I reasoned with my girlfriend, 'Nepal is the best place to get high into the mountains.’ We could train big days into our legs and 'knock the bugger off’.

The cost, never much of a consideration for an illustriously unemployed

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