Before starting the long and rather tiring descent from Annapurna Base Camp, we traditionally take a group photo with Annapurna in the background. We smile, the mountains shine and we don’t see yesterday’s headache (one of the tourists didn’t sleep all night because of the mountain, there were even thoughts about an early descent), nor tomorrow’s pain in the knees, nor concerns about the avalanche area. Everything is fine, the hike continues.
