Nepal

Arrived in Kathmandu

I said goodbye to Pokhara and everyone at the Chhetri / 3Sisters Guesthouse this morning and flew to Kathmandu. I am comfortably checked-in to the ‘Yak and Yeti Hotel’. Will go for lunch now and then I’m off for some…

Restdays in Pokhara

As promised a bit more on the last few days. As said I finished the Annapurna Circuit yesterday, May 3rd. Which means I did it in 15 days instead of the planned 18 days (and I wasn’t the only one;…

Day 11: Muktinath to Jomsom

Hello all! Since I found a ‘cybercafe’ in Jomsom may as well post again! Hiked from Muktinath to Jomsom today and visited Kagbeni on the way. All is still going great! Thank you all for the comments and emails, Stephen…

Rest Day at EBC

Another quiet day at EBC.  Just hanging out. We are waiting on our schedule for the second rotation up the mountain which will be dependent on the weather. More to come. Signing out from a slightly overcast EBC.

Rest Day at EBC

Today we had our first real rest day. Every other “rest” day involved several hours of acclimatization hikes or training. But today, we walked to the bakery and generally just had a relaxing day. Signing out for a sunny EBC.

The First Rotation is Complete

Just arrived back at Everest Base Camp after our first rotation up the mountain. On the Wednesday (22nd) headed up to Camp 1 (6,000mts) via the notorious Ice Fall. We got up at 2:30am, breakfast at 3:00am and set-off at…

Day 6: correction

Hey All, Not too sure whether I’ll get this post through, internet is very unreliable here in the mountains! That Ice Lake is at 4460m, not 4160; so we went up 1100m and back down again today.. very hard work.…

Foray into the Ice Fall

Today, for training, we went about a third of the way to Camp 1 through the Ice Fall. It was fun and hard. Tomorrow I and the rest of the “red” team will set off to Camp 1. We will…