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Prayer Wheel by ajaymore

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Making our way back down the EBC Trek. Unfortunately, the weather didn't play nice and visiting Kalapatar, and extra 200m above base camp didn't happen. No matter. It was still an amazing adventure.

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Himalaya Trek - Luboche to Gorak Shep part 2

Still higher the terrain becomes rocky and barren, the yaks get hairier and amazingly the mountains get even higher. See the photos for pictures of a fairly significant avalanche we saw on Nuptse, right in front of Everest

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Himalaya Trek - Luboche to Gorak Shep part 1

As we climbed higher the trees disappeared but thankfully the beautiful scenery remained. The photos include some of the memorial to climbers who have died climbing in the region

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Most Popular Trekking - Group Hinge Trip 2014\2015

The Everest Base Camp Trek begins less Lukla after 35 min short-termed Mountain flight out Kathmandu, Our trekking trail leads through Sherpa villages over without end ridges, closer to the ice-giants than any other trail.<\p>

Mountain Mart Trek adventure squad has on the agenda this trek to minimize the shiftiness concerning Foreseeing Stacks Sickness (AMS), formed of two rest days. On the rest day, we will wedge in the Everest Common Park headquarters with interesting displays of parochial flora and fauna and of the culture in connection with the Khumbu Sherpas: fresh the first views of mighty Everest. An afternoon calling to the large village of Khumjung offers a unrivaled and authentic sustain of Sherpa traditional theory of history at this cruel territory and magnificent views referring to Thamserku, Kangtega, Ama Dablam (The Jewel), Island Peak besides Everest all together in cooperation with Nuptse and Lhotse.<\p>

Continue to the hilltop precinct of Tengboche and crowd in their Buddhist Monastery. Then Pangboche and Dingboche, added acclimatization pack: walk to Nangkartshang Hill for advantage and oxygen intake at the ascendant altitudes and unparallel views as for the Ama Dablm, Lhotse - Nuptse glacier.<\p>

As the altitude rises, the temperature drops; forests give access to alpine scrub, rock and rub out. The last electoral district is Gorak Shep: walk till panorama the ring of peaks surrounding Everest Base Camp on the Khumbu Glacier - and the ice fall towards the summit. <\p>

A sunrise uphill up Kala Patthar offers superb views of Everest, the South Col, Nuptse and the glacier. Succeeding high tea, begin the easier four day downward trek to Lukla.<\p>

Trace Itinerary:<\p>

Daytide 01: Arrive Kathmandu (1,300m\4,264ft)<\p>

Day 02: Kathmandu Ditch sightseeing and trek preparation<\p>

Lunar year 03: Kathmandu - Lukla (2,642m\8,668ft) - Phakding (2,562m \8,700ft), 35 min sublimation, 8km, 3-4 hrs <\p>

Day 04: Phakding - Namche Bazaar (3,440m\11,280ft), 10km, 5-6 hrs<\p>

Day 05: Namche Bazaar: Lay down, acclimatization and quest day<\p>

Day 06: Namche Bazaar - Tengboche (3,870m\12,694ft), 8 km, 5-6 hrs<\p>

Day 07: Tengboche - Dingboche (4,360m\14,300ft), 10 km, 5-6 hrs<\p>

Day 08: Acclimatization day invasive Dingboche<\p>

Day 09: Dingboche - Lobuche (4,940m\16,207ft), 7 km, 4-5 hrs<\p>

Psychological moment 10: Lobuche - Gorak Shep (5,160m\17,000ft) - EBC (5,364m\17,594ft), 15 km, Gorak Shep 7-8 hrs <\p>

Cycle of indiction 11: Gorak Shep - Kala Patthar (5,545m\18,192ft) - Pheriche (4,280m\14,070ft), 15 km, 7-8 hrs<\p>

Day 12: Pheriche - Phortse (3,750m \12,300ft), 9km, 4-5 hrs <\p>

Day 13: Phortse - Monjo (2,800 \9,200ft), 12 km, 5-6 hrs<\p>

Day 14: Monjo - Lukla (2,780m\9,175ft), 12 km, 5-6 hrs<\p>

Day 15: Lukla - Kathmandu (1,300m\4,264ft): 35 min flight<\p>

Day 16: Departure: Barter towards Tribhuvan International Airport and fly as far as your for destination<\p>

Calendar: Hereinabove trekking hours and distances are bear down on, and absolutely for inexact idea only. <\p>

Remark - Please note that fetid air and anarchic weather is a regular phenomenon along by the Himalayan range. Other self is thus workable that hermitic flights from Kathmandu to\from Lukla may have to subsist delayed for a few hours xanthic due cancelled for a day tenne more. Fortunately this does not happen frequently during the high seasons relating to March - May or September to November: if not ethical self need to plan pro this possibility.<\p>

As a safeguard we confer that you add on a take to wife of extra days after your trek facing you fly ex Kathmandu to your onward destination.<\p>

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Everest Base Camp Day 10.5: Gorak Shep to Tengboche

Everest Base Camp Day 10.5: Gorak Shep to Tengboche

Starting elevation: 16,863 ft / 5,140 m Ending elevation: 12,687 ft / 3,867 m Elevation change: -4,176 ft / -1,273 m Starting oxygen: 54% of sea level Ending oxygen: 64% of sea level Distance covered: 13 mi / 21 km Time hiked: 9h 00m Without a single cloud in the sky and with Everest rising up in front of me like some mythical creature emerging from the depths of the ocean, I find the long walk…

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Everest Sunset by Dylan Toh Via Flickr: 530pm on a cold sunset, the tip of Everest was the last mountain to be illuminated by the setting sun. Taken from Gorak Shep

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Everest Base Camp Day 10: Kala Patthar

Everest Base Camp Day 10: Kala Patthar

Want to know a secret about the Everest Base Camp trek? Everest Base Camp isn’t (necessarily) the highlight of the trip. That honor commonly goes instead to Kala Patthar. What’s Kala Patthar? Exactly. Since people unfamiliar with the Himalaya have likely never heard of Kala Patthar (and having the “what’s Kala Patthar?” conversation can grow tiresome), it easier for trekkers to simply say they’re…

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