Everest Base Camp Trek Day 18: Karikhola to Taksindu Pass We met a guide earlier on the trek who told us this was going to be a difficult day and he was right. We continued downhill to Jubhing and then started the steep ascent to the Taksindu Pass (Taksindu La). It...
Everest Base Camp Trek Day 15: Namche Bazaar to Lukla We slept in a bit this morning and were slow to get going. We sent some postcards to family back home from what we were told was the highest post office in the world at Namche Bazaar, grabbed our bags and got...
Everest Base Camp Trek Day 12: Dragnag to Gokyo Dragnag to Gokyo was an easy one hour, forty-five minute hike. The trail began very gently uphill over grassy mounds before coming to an abrupt stop. From here we could see the huge, rocky Ngozumba Glacier stretching out...
Day 11: Dzongla to Dragnag (via the Cho La Pass) We woke up this morning to see Dzongla covered in snow, not the best conditions for crossing the Cho La Pass, the most difficult pass on the Everest Base Camp trek. It had gotten so cold during the night that the water...
Day 10: Gorak Shep to Kala Pattar to Dzongla The four of us had breakfast together this morning and then sadly the two couples went our separate ways. We had been travelling together for the last month, since leaving Korea and wished each other all the best, knowing...
Everest Base Camp Trek Day 7: Periche to Dughla Today was a short, easy day. A lot of people continue past here as it’s only a one hour, forty-five-minute hike from Periche but after hearing the horror stories of people dying from going up too fast, we decided it...
Everest Base Camp Trek Day 4: Namche to Tengboche A short, steep climb out of Namche began our morning today. Once at the top the path skirted along the edge of the mountain, staying fairly level most of the way. We had great views of Mt. Everest all the way until we...
Everest Base Camp Trek Day 1: Lukla to Phakding After touching down in Lukla airport we went into town for some breakfast and it was time to begin day 1 of the quest to complete the Everest Base Camp Trek independently. The weather was cooler than Kathmandu but it was...
