A Spiritually Uplifting and Physically Challenging Adventure

Discover the challenges of trekking to Everest Base Camp, rising 2680m to 5360m with 50% less oxygen. Learn about altitude sickness risks above 3000m and prepare for an unforgettable adventure

The Team : Roger, Lucas Bateman, Lesley Pender, Annie (Annabelle) Hancock ,Clive Hagley & his youngest son Max, Julie Jones, Jan Meek : Our journey to Everest Base Camp Nepal, 17,598 feet (5,364m) above sea level.

We flew from from Kathmandu, at an altitude of 1400m up to a height of 2860m above sea level.. Landing safely at Lukla Airport, that has the reputation of being the most dangerous airport in the world. From here our classic Everest Base Camp trek started – walking through the Kumba valley through many of the most incredible traditional villages, where time has stood still for centuries. Colourful sights of shrines,temples and rhododendron forests. The panoramas of the magnificent rising snow topped giants is utterly breath-taking!

On route we night stay at Nepalese Teahouses’; small bed-and-breakfast-like hotel. They often have A large sign outside that reads; “tea, coffee, hot showers here and we have electricity”.

We negotiated a long suspended footbridge; you looked down at an impressive drop of about two hundred meters, although it seemed an awful lot higher when you stepped out on it. What was more impressive was when a Tibetan caravan of Yaks and Dzos (Yakow), started to cross. The deep valley was home to gushing glacial waters, born of glacier melt flowing down from high-altitude areas ; the water looks white!

We arrived at Everest Base Camp Nepal in the midst of icy blizzard delivering blasts that swept through us. Unfortunately every now and then our view of Mt Everest’s southern face was patchy.

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