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There are 14 of us on the trek plus a ‘tour leader’ the final number that reached Base Camp was 13 amazing given the amount of sickness we had along the way and the altitude problems people had. The final push was so exhausting at one point if someone had said we had arrived when we... [More]

What it’s all about Base Camp Day You would think they would give us a break from long days of trekking on our final day to reach Base Camp but oh no, nine hours at an altitude of over 5000m.  This was most definitely my most challenging day mostly because of a lack of energy, every ... [More]

Today was only an 8kms walk but it took 5 hours and I had my first real headache fortunately a couple of pills took care of it that I was good to go again.  Some of my fellow trekkers are really suffering with headaches and general lack of energy.  It’s not helped by the fact tha... [More]

Yes at last another day off and we find ourselves in Dingboche we are now at an altitude of 4,358m so really aware of the difference in the lack of oxygen, getting puffed out quite quickly.  So having today to ‘rest’ a little is great.  However there is an opportunity to do a... [More]