I would like to ask, have you ever walked in the lower Himalayas? I have done walking on the temporary bridges over the fast flowing mountain rivers. By the way the way you're walking with the help of two sticks is called "Nordic walking" in Australia and I have been doing it on weekends. Nice trip, nice family images at the top in Nepal.
No, I have never done that and that's the reason this was a very unique experience for me. It was a solo trek that I did.