NEPAL | Saturday, 31 May 2014 | Views [999]
We dressed grimly this morning. On Everest 13 Sherpas confirmed dead with several unaccounted for and some injured following the avalanche. All Nepalis, dead and injured in the service of Western dreamers and playboys. See my earlier comments on Western ... Read more >
Tags: everest base camp trek, lukla, namche bazaar
NEPAL | Saturday, 31 May 2014 | Views [816]
Gerard and Nick were to arrive at about 9.00, which gave us the luxury of a lie in and a late start. We we're wakened early by the roar of the first wave of early flights landing, taxiing and leaving via the 500 metre runway. They appear from the south ... Read more >
Tags: everest base camp, lukla, phakding
NEPAL | Saturday, 31 May 2014 | Views [2609]
It rained hard in the night and we woke to a sparkling day with Numbur peak and a few others showing tantalisingly over the ridge tops of the immense Dudh Khosi river valley. The village boasts a monastery and stupa on the point of the ridge, on the ... Read more >
Tags: bupsa, everest base camp trek, lukla
NEPAL | Friday, 30 May 2014 | Views [576]
Summary:
In April 2014, three 66+ year-old men made the long trek from Shivalaya to Everest Base Camp, using the first 7 days to acclimatize at lower altitude and get into better physical condition before tackling the arduous high altitude stages.... Read more >
Tags: everest base camp, lukla, shivalaya, trek
