It's Annabel and Simon again!

It's Annabel and Simon again!
Originally uploaded by bastchild.

Walking through Jomsom, I ran into Simon and Annabel! They had left Kathmandu to start the Annapurna Circuit the day before I did (so four days ahead of me in total, starting on the other end of the trail).
They had hiked very fast, skipping acclimatization days before tackling the Thorung-La Pass (5416 m). They reckoned it was the high altitude of Tibet that kept them from getting sick. The pass was icy and dangerous from a early storm the month before (the same one that put snow on the hills in Tibet on our last day of driving there).
It was great meeting up with them, especially since it was purely coincidental -- we were late in arriving in Jomsom, and they were early. We agreed to meet up in Kathmandu in a few days as they were continuing to Marpha for the night.