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May 11: Namche to Lukla with high hopes for clear weather

Our last day trekking in the mountains began with goodbyes to our friends at the Zamling Lodge in Namche. We […]

May 12

Kathmandu. This morning dawned with the most beautiful, clear skies and spirits were raised that we would get out of […]

May 10: The journey continues

Pangboche to Namche. Today’s trek was described as ” Nepali-flat”. In other words we dropped, gained, dropped and gained again […]

May 9: Homeward bound

Our intention was to get up early and walk up the nearby hill, Chukkung Ri, but after standing on far […]

Island Peak: part 2

We continued up the steep headwall until we reached the summit ridge. This spectacular knife edge ridge led to a […]

May 8 Island Peak (Imja Tse)

Hugo, Doug, Lottie and Ade were all up, dressed and ready by 01:30. We had coffee or tea and a […]

May 7 Short hike to Island Peak basecamp

Today was supposed to be an easy restful day as we prepared to climb the highest mountain of the expedition: […]

May 6 – Pokalde Ri

Rising early at 04:00 Hugo, Doug, Ade, Dendi, Gyalzey and Nima set off to climb Pokalde. Lottie decided to rest […]

May 5 – Kongma La

Today’s plan was to leave Gorak Shep after breakfast and head back down the Everest BC trail towards Lobuche. Before […]

May 4 base camp to Gorak Shep (16,900 ft)

Lottie’s Report: Today was hard – not the hardest I’ve done so far, but I was tired in body and […]