Dhaulagiri I was first climbed by a Swiss-Austrian-Nepalese expedition on May 13, 1960. With a height of 8167 meters, it is the seventh highest mountain in the world. The name Dhaulagiri originally comes from Sanskrit and translates as "white mountain". Annapurna I (8091 m) is located 34 km east of Dhaulagiri. Between the two mountains flows the river Kali Gandaki in the Kali Gandaki Gorge, which is considered the deepest in the world.
After a flight from Kathmandu to Pokhara, we took a bus to Darbang. There we started our trekking, which should lead us over the French Col (5360 m) to Jomsom in the Kali Gandaki valley. Unfortunately, we had to change our plans due to heavy snowfall in the upper part of the trek. Instead, we crossed the region of the Dhaulagiri south side on scenic mountain trails. We experienced an original Nepalese cultural landscape and had many encounters with the local people.
