Makiko Iwafuchi, 49, left her hotel on May 25 to trek to a nearby lake in Gosaikunda, a religious site for Hindus located at an altitude of 4,380m.
But she lost her way in a forest and was only saved when a group of pilgrims finally found her by accident.
'The trail seemed pretty clear and I thought I would not get lost. I was confused and took the wrong trail,' Iwafuchi, an experienced trekker, told reporters in Kathmandu.
'For two days, I didn't move. (I) stayed in a small cave. I thought about the food I would like to eat when I got back,' she recalled. 'I ate leaves, bamboo shoots and drank a lot of water.'
Ms Iwafuchi, a former jewellery trader who is now a full-time traveller, appeared exhausted and had minor injuries to her feet, but otherwise suffered no serious effects from her ordeal.
source : asiaone
