Day: 9 Rowaling

Day: 9    Leaving Simigaon behind we enter the Rowaling valley.   Closed to westerners until 1989, the Rowaling was considered a beyul or "place of refuge in troubled times".  Following the Rowaling Khola (river) along the south side we gain approximately 3100' in elevation as we climb beneath the lower ridges of Gaurishankar (7135m).  The air is cooler now and we see few signs of habitation before Beding.