Everest Base Camp trek


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October 18th 2013
Published: October 30th 2013
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Hi again everyone 😊 Well...this blog is all about the Everest Base Camp trek...yep! We did it!!! HOORAAAAY!!!!! The blog will have a slightly different format to the others...we wrote a bit of a diary as we went just noting down altitudes, where we walked, where we stayed etc etc. So the plan for this blog is to document our walk day by day....really just so we have a record of what we did!... Read Full Entry



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Dingboche

View while walking up Pokalde for our acclimatisation
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Dingboche

View while walking up Pokalde for our acclimatisation
Sherpaland - DingbocheSherpaland - Dingboche
Sherpaland - Dingboche

Our lovely ensuite toilet
Dingboche to LobucheDingboche to Lobuche
Dingboche to Lobuche

Ben and Arjun having a well deserved rest
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Dingboche to Lobuche

The views as we walked were amazing
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Dingboche to Lobuche

The memorials at the top of Thukla Pass
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Dingboche to Lobuche

Ben at the top of Thukla Pass
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Mother Earth House - Lobuche

Our slightly psychedelic room!
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Lobuche to Gorek Shep

The Khumbu Glacier behind us...and our first sight of the Khumbu Icefall in the distance!
On our way!On our way!
On our way!

Packs dumped at Gorek Shep and we are on our way to EBC!
Kissing the summit of Everest...Kissing the summit of Everest...
Kissing the summit of Everest...

...how many people can say they have done that!
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Everest Base Camp

We made it!!!
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Everest

Getting bigger and bigger as we walk up Kala Patthar
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Walking up Kala Patthar

Ben with his hand up and Pumori (7165m) soaring behind him
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Summit of Kala Patthar

With Nuptse, Everest and Lhotse just behind us
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Kala Patthar

Taking a break on the way back down in awe of the view...again Everest behind me in the centre rising above Nuptse



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