Tag: trekking
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Day 13 Namche to Tangboche Everest Basecamp Trek
Day 13 of our attempt to trek to Everest Base Camp. Today was our longest hike yet from Namche to Tangboche. It started off pretty gentle with a nice stroll along the side of the hillside and then we started to go down. We had to go quite far down before starting to make our…
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Day 12 Everest Basecamp Trek Acclimatization Day
Day 12 of our attempt to hike the EBC. We stayed in the famous Namche Bazaar last night and today it was an acclimatization day. Which means that we go to hike at a higher altitude and then come back down to encourage our bodies to adapt to the height. Today we hiked out to…
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Day 11 Everest Basecamp Trek Monjo to Namche
Day 11 of our Everest Base Camp trek. Today was a big one, hiking up to the famous Namche from Monjo. Only 5.3km in distance but over 600 metres of elevation made up of what feels like hundreds of meandering stairs that appear to never end. We set of at about 7:30 and arrived first…