Tag: journey
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Day 18 Lobuche to Everest Basecamp
Day 18 of our attempt at the EBC. We had an early start from Lobuche to our first stop at Gorek Shep. The hike started off gentle and got a bit more difficult as we arrived at the edge of the Khumbu glacier. For the rest of the hike we would be weaving our way…
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Day 19 Gorak Shep to Pheriche – Everest Base Camp Trek
Day 19 of our attempt at Everest Base Camp trek. Today was our day to start making our way back down the mountain. We are quite ready as some of the altitude sickness symptoms such as lack of appetite have become quite annoying. The plan was to hike down 11km losing approximately 1000 metres of…
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Day 20 Pheriche to Phortse – Everest Basecamp Trek
Day 20 of our attempt to hike to EBC and sadly my last day of hiking. Our goal was to hit another 11km back down the mountain from Pheriche to Phortse losing about another 1000 metres in elevation to about 3800. Once again we started with amazing weather. The plan was to take the high…