by Gordon Webster | Nov 12, 2019 | 2019 Nepal |
Today we walked from Lobuche to Gorak Shep. Located at 5200 metres, this is the last outpost of trekking lodges on the Everest Base Camp trek. From here it is possible to walk to the Everest Base Camp, which we will do tomorrow. The other day hike is...
by Gordon Webster | Nov 12, 2019 | 2019 Nepal |
The Kongma La is the highest, longest and least used of the three high passes we hope to traverse on this trek. That’s a good thing, as our transit of it yesterday was the toughest day’s walk I can ever recall.The walk did not start on an auspicious note....
by Gordon Webster | Nov 12, 2019 | 2019 Nepal |
Three blogs to be published today now that there is Wi-Fi again. November 10th We have spent the last couple of days climbing towards the first of the three high passes on our trek. This morning we parted company with the principal trail to Everest...
by Gordon Webster | Nov 8, 2019 | 2019 Nepal |
We are slowly climbing and acclimatizing as we head toward the first of the high passes that we will traverse. We have been pacing ourselves so that we are now at almost 4000 metres without any symptoms of altitude sickness.Last night we stayed at Tengboche, the...
by Gordon Webster | Nov 6, 2019 | 2019 Nepal |
Namche Bazaar is the largest town we will see on our trek. Nestled in a horseshoe shaped hillside at 3400 metres, it has most of the amenities a trekker could desire. There is a hospital, innumerable shops offering trekking gear, several banks and money...
