Lottie’s Report: Today was hard – not the hardest I’ve done so far, but I was tired in body and mind. It was a three and a half hour walk to Gorak Shep, which is a bit of a detour off our route mainly for us to visit Everest base camp to get that tick […]
Himalayan Expedition 2013
Lottie’s report: 3am start and I’m already flapping! I couldn’t quite decide on jacket-socks-clothing combination, but we were ready to leave by 4am. We set off on a sharp climb out of camp and I immediately overheated. [keep reading…] It was really hard and I just thought “I can’t do this” I took my big […]
A report from Lottie: A relatively easy short walk today, but the traumas of the Chola Pass had got to me and I was right out of “man-up juice” (thanks Jane for that phrase!) I really felt that if anything was going to be harder than yesterday then I just couldn’t even attempt any of […]
Report from Lottie: The first time in 5 days we’ve had any form of communication. We had to get from one valley to another over the Cho La Pass which at it’s highest point is 18,500ft – did I say climbing Gokyo Ri was the hardest thing I’ve ever done? Well it pales into insignificance […]
Our first peak climb started early with tea at 4:45AM. The day was breaking fast with a full moon hovering over the mountains and lake- very beautiful and quiet. The climb up Gokyo Ri was relentless, and the group was put to their first real test. We slowly climbed up and up on a rough […]
Lottie’s description of our trek: Day 5 – Dole (13,800ft) to Machherma (14,600ft) Our 5th day of the trekking was only a couple of hours before we reached the next stop in Machherma at 14,600ft. Here was the dilemma – because we had made good time, we could just have tea and press on to […]
A few observations from Lottie: Food Having quite enjoyed the food in Kathmandu, the food is getting gradually more awful! The menus in the lodges appear to have quite a variety, but everything is so garlicky that chips and eggs seem to be the best choice at the moment- although the porridge at breakfast is […]
The group left Namche this morning following the path towards Everest Basecamp and then took a left hiking over Mong La. The terrain in this region is steep, carved by many years of melting glaciers. Climbers and trekkers navigate up and down mountains by crossing a pass called a La in Nepal. We will get […]
Blog post from Lottie <click Read More to see the whole message> We finally got out of Kathmandu yesterday morning we were up at 5am and the weather was pretty awful and it was looking a bit doubtful we would go. Spent some time at Kathmandu domestic airport which was interesting! Having spent many years […]