As I said in the last post, we woke up to a light snow at Dingboche and I was wondering if this would be our day of bad weather on the trek. We started as usual around 7.30 am for Lobuje (4930 meters, 16174 feet). I had oats with milk for breakfast, I had arrived…
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Everest Base Camp Trek- Day 5, Tengboche to Dingboche, Day 6, Rest and Acclimatization at Dingboche
I was trying to take heart from Pankaj’s comment that Namche and Tengboche were the worst climbs and it could be a bit easier to go to Dingboche (4360 meters, 14304 feet). When I asked Deepak he also agreed that today’s climb would not be comparable to Namche or Tengboche. Deepak had never give me…
Everest Base Camp Trek- Day 4, Namche Bazaar to Tengboche
For me this was one of the toughest day of trek. Of course the last day of climb was even more strenuous but Namche Bazaar (3440 meters, 11286 feet) to Tengboche (3870 meters, 12696 feet) was also quite killing. I hope I am not giving the impression that this is an incredibly difficult trek. What I write…
Everest Base Camp Trek- Day 2, Phakding to Namche Bazaar; Day 3, Rest and Acclimatization at Namche
I woke up to my birthday at Phakding (2652 meters, 8700 feet) and I was turning a decade too! But anyway that was a very minor happening on the larger scale of things! In the mountains as I hit the bed by 7.00 pm or so, I wake up bright and fresh. I had an…
Everest Base Camp Trek- Day 1, Kathmandu-Lukla Flight and Lukla-Phakding Walk
Everest Base Camp trek has been on my radar for long. However I would always let it go thinking it would take too much time, the season will not suit my teaching schedule etc etc. But all this changed when I met Sir Chris Bonington. During his talk he asked if anyone of us had…
And I am Back from the Everest Base Camp Trek
There are so many pictures to choose from the Everest Base Camp trek and so many things to talk about that my head spins. I will start off with this picture below from Namche Bazaar and 10 things from the top of my mind! The header picture is from Kala Patthar. 10. I was so…