PART1 - Everest Base Camp - Journey to the bottom of the top of the World.

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April 28th 2006

Published: April 28th 2006

Nepal has the largest altitude range of any country - 200m in the Terai up to 8850m on Everest. Over the next two weeks I'll be ascending quite a part of this as I attempt to hike to Everest Base Camp…alone, which itself is 1000m higher than the highest point in Europe. Eeek. Please forgive me for this blog being long, in 2 parts even - I felt a day-by-day account was the only way to do this tre... Read Full Entry

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Simon Wadsworth

Mayrad

I've just finished University, at Leeds studying Geography, and have a year free. Since I didn't take a 'gap' year, but have had a taste of travelling for a while, it would seem only inevitable that 9-months away, continuing the geography experience, is in order. Thought I'd keep a blog instead of pestering peeps every few days with mass emails about giant scorpions and losing my luggage in a semi-humorous way. Feel free to email me tho, and I will reply :) Oh and the photo is my audition for DKNY's next sunglasses campaign...... full info

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Debris of Russian Helicopter

Welcome to Base Camp!

Glastonbury on ice

Everest Base Camp

Base Camp - just some proof I made it

Welcome to futuristic tents

The beginnings of Kala Patthar

Climbing KalaPatthar

looking SW towards Gorak Shep

EVEREST!

It won't get much closer than that..unless i decide to climb it.

Protection more from sun than cold

Reaching the summit! Oh joyeous day!

Kala Patthar (5545m)

Kala Patthar summit!

there it is. Come on, nearly there.

From KalaPatthar summit showing Everest route

Kala Patthar (5545m) + Simon

Pheriche on the return trip.

Rest stop on the journey home.

Another mani stone

Pangboche, after snow-melt

Compare with earlier photo!

Porter carrying Le Port...for 3 days so far!

Finally a forest where I don't have to watch out for falling snow!

Awww

Getting closer to the end

Phunki Drengka (foreground) and down the valley and up again to Tengboche on the right in the distance

30th April 2006

Amanda
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insane in the main brain!
Hey! holy shit! I never knew that you were going to go over there! It looks so cold that i don't really care about wishing to be traveling with you any longer. keep the craziness up!

2nd May 2006

Heiko
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brrrr
Man, my hands started getting all cold reading your story and checking out your photos. Very impressive. Were you tempted to press further than EBC? maybe next time? Do you think you could do it? I bet you are looking forward to the heat of Africa now...... Keep the stories and pics coming!

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