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December 19th 2007
Published: January 9th 2008
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A Tip For Seasonal Travel: I Wish Someone Had Told Me This Before You wouldn’t do an Alaskan cruise during winter and you wouldn’t visit the Sahara in summer. These are two well established pieces of assumed knowledge which every one of us has installed somewhere between our earlobes. From this, it should not take a long stretch of hard thought to come to the simple conclusion that you should... Read Full Entry



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Matthew Lee
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Finished uni? Too lazy to get a job? Got a passion to see the world? Why not run away and try to cross the world from Bangkok to London without flying! Starting on January 11, 2007 I set out to do just that with my mate Jeff. Bangkok, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, a six month sojourn in China, Mongolia, Nepal and India have happened already. Who knows where this new year will find me. See the World.... full info
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Bad Weather For HikingBad Weather For Hiking
Bad Weather For Hiking
The day when everything seemed to be against us. Nuptse and Everest are hidden somewhere in that cloud.
Strangely Frozen StreamStrangely Frozen Stream
Strangely Frozen Stream
Ice was everywhere, it looked weird.
LobucheLobuche
Lobuche
The coldest place on the trek. This was taken from the rim of the glacier.
The Khumbu Glacier, Viewed Through a CloudThe Khumbu Glacier, Viewed Through a Cloud
The Khumbu Glacier, Viewed Through a Cloud
Khumbu and IKhumbu and I
Khumbu and I
Buddhist Shrine on the GlacierBuddhist Shrine on the Glacier
Buddhist Shrine on the Glacier
The Only Thing Which Can Live Up ThereThe Only Thing Which Can Live Up There
The Only Thing Which Can Live Up There
Other than Yaks and silly Australians that is. No, scratch that bit about Australians.
NuptseNuptse
Nuptse
The following day heralded clear but cold weather. This is the view from Lobuche out the front of the guesthouse. It was completely different without clouds, I mean, there was a massively giant mountain right there!
Ben Is ColdBen Is Cold
Ben Is Cold
Walking to Gorak Shep on the hardest day of my life.
Raj In His ElementRaj In His Element
Raj In His Element
Ben and PumoriBen and Pumori
Ben and Pumori
The black rocky lump in front of Pumori is Kalla Pathar - the mountain that I climbed.
The Khumbu Glacier Falling off EverestThe Khumbu Glacier Falling off Everest
The Khumbu Glacier Falling off Everest
More of the GlacierMore of the Glacier
More of the Glacier
I'm serious when I say that we had to walk over this terrain. It was little more than rough rocks strewn about the place.
Looking Down the GlacierLooking Down the Glacier
Looking Down the Glacier
Nuptse Front OnNuptse Front On
Nuptse Front On
Even Raj Was ColdEven Raj Was Cold
Even Raj Was Cold
Out on the GlacierOut on the Glacier
Out on the Glacier
Walking among the ice.
Raj Shows off the IceRaj Shows off the Ice
Raj Shows off the Ice
Ben Contemplates an Oddly Placed RockBen Contemplates an Oddly Placed Rock
Ben Contemplates an Oddly Placed Rock
Being on the glacier was strange, the rocks and ice formed such unbelievable shapes.
More Strange IceMore Strange Ice
More Strange Ice
Looking Straight Up at NuptseLooking Straight Up at Nuptse
Looking Straight Up at Nuptse



9th January 2008

Ali
Ali Watters

Great blog and photos!
Hindsight always 20/20 - another true cliché... congratulations on surviving the Himalayas in December!
11th January 2008

tannismc
Tannis McCartney

Amazing
Stunning photos. Almost makes me want to go in December...
12th January 2008

Doma Kali in Nepali
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Brilliant blog
I was there in November and even then, the temperature plummetted to -17 degrees at night time. It was just insane! Great pictures you have here, reminded me so much of my previous trip.
2nd May 2008

deleted_5517
deleted_5517

looking forward to it
Hey, entertaining blog, man! I'm headed up to EBC in monsoon season and you've really made me excited about it.
20th September 2008

barrygahan
Barry

Amazing pics...
..and a great blog. I've painful memories of going above 5000m but I'd love to try this hike to Base Camp someday. Though perhaps not in December!
29th June 2009

tuba
non-member comment

when?
thanks for your detailed blog.So you it'sbetter to go in september?No musson rain?i want to go in september. and also i read your trip in istanbul.if you're still here i can give you some other advice
9th March 2010

Betty Langtry
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guide
Was your guide Rajesh Shrestha?
30th March 2010

mattylee
Matthew Lee

guide
No, he was Rajkumar Basnet. Sorry.

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