Nepal

We are spending two nights in the village of Gokyo, located at 4800 metres.  The destination of a recognized trek in its own right, it ... Read More

Today we transitted the last of the three passes on our trek.  They have been getting easier, but we still spent four hours climbing and ... Read More

We had a very easy day today, drifting down from Lumden (4350 m) to Thame (3850 m).  It was interesting to observe the change in ... Read More

Today’s walk was like some kind of Himalayan fantasy.  We passed through juniper and rhododendron forests, strode along trails cut out of ravine walls hundreds ... Read More

We had a relaxed two day walk from Namche to Lukla.  As we lost elevation the vegetation became lusher and the human population more dense.Last ... Read More

We completed the Everest Three Pass trek in 19 days, leaving us with two days before our flight to Kathmandu.  We considered various options and finally ... Read More

We suffered a bit of anxiety around the flight out of Lukla, as the day before we were scheduled to depart a number of flights ... Read More