This is Gorakshep, the last stop before Everest Base Camp Trek in Nepal. And what a trek it was! It was at an altitude of 5149 m or 16860 feet. For me that is crazy high. My sleep and food both were messed up! But it was worth it all.
Tag: Gorek Shep
Everest Base Camp Trek, Nepal
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…
Everest Base Camp Trek- Day 9, Gorek Shep to Kala Pathar, Descending to Pheriche
As I said in the previous post, I was at 3.14 am waiting for Deepak to start our trek from Gorek Shep (5164 meters, 16942 feet) to Kala Pathar (5545 meters, 18,192 feet). Deepak came out in less than a minute and we started our climb in torch light. I could see only a few…
Everest Base Camp Trek- Day 8. Lobuje to Gorek Shep, Gorek Shep to EBC and Back
At breakfast at Lobuje we were comparing notes and it looked like I was the only person who could sleep decently, my head ache was gone by now and I was really thankful for that. Today after all was the day when we were headed to Gorek Shep (5164 meters, 16942 feet) and the Everest…