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Everest Base Camp, Nepal

Everest Base Camp Trek, Nepal

Posted on June 11, 2012April 24, 2025

I decided to put all the links to my day by day account of the Everest Base Camp Trek in one post. It is easy to access them from here and easy to point it out to anyone who is interested in reading it all!

Many thanks to all of you who read my accounts and a little more to those who shared their thoughts in the comment section or in person. This has been a journey of a life time! I had so many doubts in the beginning but in the end I was able to haul myself all the way up their and get down too! They say in the mountains, it is the mountain that decides whether you can complete a trek or not. I am glad they decided in my favor this time. So here are the links to the detailed day by day account of the Everest Base Camp Trek in Nepal. I trekked with Above the Himalayas.

Day 1 of the Everest Base Camp Trek: Kathmandu Lukla Flight, Lukla Phakding Walk

Day 2 and 3 of the Everest Base Camp Trek: Phakding to Namche Bazaar and Rest and Acclimatization at Namche

Day 4 of the Everest Base Camp Trek: Namche Bazzar to Tengboche

Day 5 and 6 of the Everest Base CampTrek: Tengboche to Dingboche, Rest and Acclimatization at Dingboche

Day 7 of the Everest Base Camp Trek: Dingboche to Lobuje

Day 8 of the Everest Base Camp Trek: Lobuje to Gorek Shep, Gorek Shep to Everest Base Camp and Back

Day 9 of the Everest Base Camp Trek: Gorek Shep to Kala Pathar, Descent to Pheriche

Day 10 of the Everest Base Camp Trek: Pheriche to Namche Bazaar

Day 11 of the Everest Base Camp Trek: Namche Bazaar to Lukla

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28 thoughts on “Everest Base Camp Trek, Nepal”

  1. Madhukar says:
    June 11, 2012 at 10:13 am

    Quite rightly said – it is the mountain that decides whether or not it will let you set your foot on its territory.

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  2. Mridula says:
    June 12, 2012 at 1:02 pm

    And there have been treks Madhukar, easier than this when they said no to me as well!

    Reply
  3. Nitin Joshi says:
    June 18, 2012 at 10:55 am

    lovely detailed writeup, enjoyed reading it and could co-relate a lot of thigs since i just came from the trek my self. Yet to complete my blog. Somehow, i had a good time with food, enjoyed the thupkas, pies and Burgers they served, never had dal ..bhat there were always tastier things

    http://njoshe.blogspot.in/2012/06/day-8-gorak-shep-everest-base-camp.html

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    1. Mridula says:
      June 18, 2012 at 11:51 am

      Nitin good to hear that you enjoyed food! The higher I went, the lesser was the appetite.

      Reply
  4. Rajiv Kumar says:
    July 16, 2012 at 7:31 pm

    fantastic pics and courageous effort. Cheers

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    1. Mridula says:
      July 29, 2012 at 9:04 pm

      Thanks Rajiv.

      Reply
  5. Melanie says:
    September 29, 2012 at 8:49 pm

    Wow what an inspirational blog. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it all and dream to do the trek some day although Probably wouldn’t be brave enough to do it solo. I loved your raw honesty and all the small details you included.

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    1. Mridula says:
      September 29, 2012 at 10:32 pm

      Thanks Melanie. Solo here meant I had a guide! Hope you do the trek and leave your blog link for me as well 😀

      Reply
  6. Paul Deakin says:
    January 31, 2013 at 5:52 pm

    Looks like you had a fantastic adventure on your Everest trek
    Paul Deakin
    Private Expeditions

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    1. Mridula says:
      February 6, 2015 at 4:12 pm

      Thank you so much Paul.

      Reply
  7. Ekta says:
    April 4, 2013 at 7:44 am

    Thanks loved the blog on the way to ebc trek from 6 th April

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    1. Mridula says:
      April 17, 2013 at 6:47 pm

      Ekta hope you had a great trek!

      Reply
  8. deva says:
    April 17, 2013 at 4:23 pm

    Great blog and great insights.
    couldn’t even take a break between reading. it was that interesting.

    Hope my journey wil also be as memorable as yours.
    i am doing the EBC trek on 26th may till 8 june.
    Deva

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    1. Mridula says:
      April 17, 2013 at 6:48 pm

      Deva wishing you a great trek!

      Reply
  9. sindhoooo says:
    February 26, 2015 at 5:32 pm

    Want to read all the posts you have linked here! Where to start from is the biggest question for me who has missed almost two weeks posts you wrote recently! Too much good things to read at a time are so confusing!

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    1. sindhoooo says:
      February 26, 2015 at 5:33 pm

      Hope I will finish reading the latest posts and come back soon!

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      1. Mridula Dwivedi says:
        March 26, 2016 at 11:51 am

        Sindhu maybe I should read it again too! 😀

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  10. hari says:
    July 13, 2015 at 12:35 pm

    Everest base camp trek can be joined this autumn 2015 season as there were only minor damages around few teahouses. Lukla airstrip is functional and safe. Everest base camp trekking trail is in good shape and most of the tea houses will be in operation to welcome the guests from all over the world.

    Everest base camp trek is the most popular trekking adventure in Nepal that takes you via scenic mountain flight to Lukla, then trek through suspension bridges, river banks, forests, villages with spectacular views of highest mountain in the world Everest along other surrounding peaks like Lhotse, Nuptse, Amadablam etc. Everest base camp trekking journey lets you rewarding trekking experience to step at base of top of the world.

    Everest base camp trek is an experience at Everest region following the steps of Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenjing Norgay Sherpa who were the first to summit top of the world at 1953 AD. Sir Edmund Hillary is the god father of Everest region as he played a major role in upbringing lives of Sherpas living there. There are school, hospital, museums, the only airstrip and many other monuments named after him. You must have Everest Base Camp Trek in your checklist if you are a true adventure lover.

    Everest base camp trekking trail was not so much affected by earthquake, the entire trail is passable. There were few landslides but brave Sherpas (locals) left no effort in clearing the route. You will find donkeys, yaks, dzokyos and mules transporting the loads and supplies. The stores and shops at Namche are open. As Everest base camp trek is the most popular trekking in Nepal adventure, during peak seasons at months of Sep to Nov; large number of trekkers would experience their trip of the lifetime. This year though, after earthquake it is anticipated that number of visitors will be less than previous years. But this is also an opportunity to go for Everest base camp trek in relaxed way avoiding the crowd and immerse in an immense natural beauty and cultural insights around Everest region during your Everest Base camp trek.

    Going for Everest base camp trek in coming season is the way to support the local community as tourism is the major source of income for locals and it is their great matter of concern whether trekkers will arrive in upcoming season or not. Join Everest base camp trek with an added reason now. Not only for trekking adventure and view the best sights of highest Himalayas but also to support the Sherpas, and help rebuild the country

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    1. Mridula Dwivedi says:
      March 26, 2016 at 11:51 am

      I wish Nepal will have a better season this year!

      Reply
  11. Yogi Saraswat says:
    March 26, 2016 at 11:19 am

    starting to read a much awaited story of EBC. Thnx Mridula ji for sharing it here with us .

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    1. Mridula Dwivedi says:
      March 26, 2016 at 11:52 am

      I should read it again as well 😀

      Reply
  12. Kunal Priyadarshi says:
    November 23, 2016 at 1:37 am

    Thanks for Sharing your everest (EBC) itinerary. I am planning to go their next year during May. Hope that would be a good time to visit EBC. If you have any suggestions, please email me.
    Thanks,
    Kunal

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    1. Mridula Dwivedi says:
      November 23, 2016 at 11:24 am

      I did it in May 2012 and got good weather. Wish you a wonderful trek!

      Reply
  13. Neha says:
    February 27, 2017 at 12:35 pm

    Great post! Hope more people get into writing the gripping travel stories and promote tourism in Himalyas. And I agree with Paul’s comment, there should be good compensation for digital content creation.

    Reply
  14. prasanna upadhye says:
    March 26, 2019 at 4:15 pm

    I have myself done this EBC trek in 2016.
    I had read your day to day EBC experience back in 2015 and still read the same many times to refresh my memory about EBC trek.
    Any posts from you about ABC trek ?

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    1. Mridula Dwivedi says:
      March 27, 2019 at 9:05 am

      Thank you so much, I tried doing Annapurna Circuit but we could not complete it due to bad weather. I have written about it on the blog. https://traveltalesfromindia.in/2013/07/annapurna-circuit-trek-blog/

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      1. prasanna upadhye says:
        March 27, 2019 at 5:09 pm

        I will surely read your Annapurna Circuit write up on your blog. https://traveltalesfromindia.in/2013/07/annapurna-circuit-trek-blog/

        Reply
  15. Dil Gurung says:
    August 8, 2020 at 8:54 pm

    Nice blog, you are absolutely right Everest base camp trek is a “journey of a life time”

    Reply

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I did my Ph.D. from IIT Kanpur. I worked full time in academics till 2015! I quit my job as a professor, thinking I will take a break for one year, which turned into five.

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