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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 4: Namche Bazar to Tengboche
Tuesday, February 1st, 2011
An early start and another short, sharp climb to kick things off – heading eastwards and then turning north-east to pass the Tenzing Norgye Memorial Stupa. The path from here through to Kyangjuma afforded superlative views of the Himalayan mountains.
There’s a steep descent to Phungi Thanga, where we stopped for a tea break, before another [...]
Everest Base Camp Trek Day 3: Rest day at Namche Bazar
Monday, January 24th, 2011
There was no official trekking today, instead it was a rest day to explore Namche and adjust to the altitude. We did do a bit of walking though, visiting the National Park Museum and getting our first view of Everest from the ridge near the museum. After taking plenty of photos we then took a [...]
Everest Base Camp Trek Day 2: Phakding to Namche Bazar
Monday, January 10th, 2011
Due to delays in arrival at Lukla, the previous day’s walking had been a bit of a forced march in gathering gloom. Day two of the trek felt like the first real day of trekking – we woke up to a beautiful but rather chilly morning and proceeded up join a lot of other trekkers [...]
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