So, the details of the trek will be 8 days 9 nights:

Yuksam to Tshoka, (17km) halt at 2950m

Tshoka to Dzongri halt at 3950m

Dzongri to Thansing halt at 3850m

Thangsing to Lhamune halt at 4200m

Lhamune to Goachala 4950m, via Samiti Lake, Yemathang viewpoint 4500m, Khanchendyonga view point and back towards Kokchrong

Kokchrong to Tshoka 17km

Tshoka to Yuksam

One of the guides has been working with a Swiss guy, Ulrich Schmid, to rid the trek of garbage left behind, it's wonderful to see the engagement of the locals and to start to brainstorm on how to bring this energy and attitude to a greater level in India. Indians love their nature and at the same time keep polluting and wasting so much; the politicians are so corrupt (for example apparently, the road in front of our guest house was sparkling new, pristine black asphalt, 6 months ago and is already full of huge wholes and rocks, because the politicians put 80% of the funds into their pocket and the work was of poor quality); how can we help??

I got an email from someone I know who has been committing his precious time for fund-raising for the most famous dance company of the Swiss Romande - the ones who charge around 100$ per entry to a show and already receive massive financial support from different Swiss government agencies. Last month, 10'000 people died of hunger in 3 states in India. The contrast between different types of charity work is astonishing (and slightly nauseating) to me. Please give feed-back, if interested: are there any more urgent issues than 1) saving our planet and 2) diminishing poverty?