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Everest Base Camp Trek Days 9-12: Pherice to Lukla
Friday, March 23rd, 2012
The final four days of the trek involved re-tracing our steps back to Lukla, stopping at Tengboche, Namche Bazar and Phakding.
These days also provided an opportunity to recuperate from altitude sickness and associated loss of appetite and lack of sleep. My mild case of altitude sickness disappeared as soon as we reached Tengboche – the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Everest Base Camp Trek Day 6: Dingboche to Lobuche
Monday, May 30th, 2011
Today was a fairly short day. Departing west from Dingboche before turning north-west, we passed through Dusa and soon thereafter arrived at Dughla, a village that sits in a valley at the southern end of the Khumbu Glacier. We stopped at Dughla for a tea-break before crossing a bridge to the west side of the [...]
Everest Base Camp Trek Day 5: Tengboche to Dingboche
Monday, April 11th, 2011
An early start after a quick breakfast and a coffee at the Tengboche bakery. Until the sun rises above the mountains, it is very chilly, and gloves and a beanie were required for the first part of the walk, a reasonably steep descent through a forest of conifers, birch and rhododendrons to Deboche. This trail [...]
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