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Mt Everest at a freezing sunrise  
   

Mt Everest at a freezing sunrise

Finally making it up to Everest Base Camp

October 19th 2015
Moving on from Buddhism and monasteries, arrival at Everest Base Camp was the other attraction heavily anticipated, and it didn't disappoint. Having watched the movie "Everest" only a couple of weeks before commencing this trip, I decided I didn't have a death wish so had well and truly crossed climbing to the summit off my bucket list, but checking out the mountain at close quarters was still on ... read more
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