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Everest Base Camp Trek Day 8: Gorak Shep to Pherice

Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
The plan for this day is to start very early with a side trip up to the summit of Kala Patthar before the beginning of the return trip which goes via Pherice. The weather had changed the previous day and snow had been falling all night. When I got up at 5am it was still snowing [...]

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Everest Base Camp Trek Day 7: Lobuche to Gorak Shep and Everest Base Camp

Monday, June 6th, 2011
Day 7 and the day we finally would arrive at Everest Base Camp. I started a little weary having hardly slept the night before and could barely eat anything at breakfast. Nonetheless, this was the day I’d travelled a long way to experience, so onwards and upwards, in this case alongside the Khumbu Glacier, before dropping [...]

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