We woke up today to a fierce electrical thunderstorm that had given us a light dump of snow. The atmosphere was cold and damp. As luck would have it, the precipitation had stopped by the time we finished breakfast, but … Continue reading Base Camp. Day 12, Namche Bazar to Lukla
Another early start this morning, breakfast at 7 and on the road for 8. The morning started off quite cold but rapidly heated up, which made selecting clothes a tricky proposition. I elected to go with a long sleeve merino … Continue reading Base Camp. Day 11, Pangboche to Namche Bazar
The day started for me at 6, with an early start to climb Kala Patar. From the top, or even halfway up you can see the peak of Everest as the sunrise illuminates it. Unfortunately, the weather wasn’t in my … Continue reading Base Camp. Day 10, Gorak Shep to Pangboche
As always, an early start this morning for a long day. The route to Gorak Shep from Lobuche is around 3 hours, where we deposited our bags and got ready for the final journey to base camp. Gorak Shep is … Continue reading Base Camp. Day 9, Lobuche to Gorak Shep to Base Camp to Gorak Shep
An early start, as always today. After breakfast the walk climbs sharply out of Dingboche and then levels out. Aside from the other walkers, the area is a lunar landscape, bereft of any life beyond that of some patches of … Continue reading Base Camp. Day 8, Dingboche to Lobuche
A late start today for a relatively short walk to a flagpole, which happens to be visible from the tea house. The climb is a mere 318 metres, but today is the first time that many in the party have … Continue reading Base Camp. Day 7, Dingboche acclimatisation day
The day starts, as many have at 7 for breakfast, then we left Tengboche along a fairly easy, but again very dusty, track that wound its way through a wooded area, passing various shrines, prayer flags and carvings along the … Continue reading Base Camp. Day 6, Tengboche to Dingboche
The day started, as always with a fairly early breakfast. The walking was a steep climb out of Namche followed by a fairly flat and very dusty trail that followed the contours of the mountains before dropping down to the … Continue reading Base Camp. Day 5, Namche Bazar to Tengboche
When trekking at high altitude it is important to increase your height gradually in order to avoid altitude sickness, sometimes called Acute Mountain Sickness. This can be potentially very serious and even lethal. The best way to do this is … Continue reading Base Camp. Day 4, Namche Acclimatisation Day
Our day starts with a fairly leisurely breakfast at 7am. I went for the Nepalese Bread with Honey. Two things about this: 1, Nepalese bread tastes like a donut! 2, The honey here is like the nectar of the gods! … Continue reading Base Camp. Day 3, Phakding to Namche Bazar