Down to Phuki Tanga at 3300m and up to Tengboche 3900m, 5 hours Awake again before the alarm at 5am. Ready to head down for breakfast at 6:30am. We left at 7:45am and steadily made our way up out of Namche and followed the trail alongside the mountain. We had […]
3445 – 3900m 3 hours up to Panorama Lodge It is 5am and the sun is just peeking over the Himalayan giants that surround Namche. Crows are cawing and I hear a rooster or two announcing the arrival of morning. Today is an acclimatization day so we are heading up […]
3445m 2.5 hours What a great night’s sleep – almost 9 hours! It must have been the soothing sounds of the Dudh Kosi River rushing past the teahouse. Breakfast was another cozy ‘family affair’ in the kitchen. We took our time and left around 8am for Namche. Following the Dudh […]
2800m 2.5 hours Hooray we all slept for at least 7 hours, however we were all up around 4 or 5am. The morning is warm and clear and very still at this time of day. Not for long though as porters are trekking one way or another with full loads, […]
Day 2 dawns again with the cacophony of chirping birds, barking dogs and a cuckoo bird thrown in for good measure! I slept well and arose at 5am, long before the breakfast buffet opened, slipped downstairs to the computer room and caught up on emails and my blog posts. Charles […]
2600m 2.75 hours Ahhhh the sounds of German soccer fans watching their team win a semi-final championship match. Yes that was my ‘alarm’ at 2am this morning rather than the planned 4am! Spencer said he laid down after dinner, woke up feeling rested and bounded out of bed thinking the […]
Awakened at 6am by a cacophony of birds, dogs and Nepali heading off to work, a beautiful day is dawning. Amazingly I managed to sleep for another 5 hours and was ready to greet the day. The breeze outside on my patio (yes a gorgeous large patio) is fresh and […]
This photo of Base Camp was taken when we there in 2010. We have heard that all teams are now in Base Camp and positioning themselves to summit. This year there are 47 teams, almost 500 climbers and 700+ Sherpa and staff at Base Camp!!! It will be a […]
How to avoid holiday weight gain It seems to happen every holiday season. You attend parties and office gatherings to share a few festive moments with family, friends, colleagues and lots and lots of food. But when the holiday season is finally over, the bathroom scale reveals that you’ve gained […]
