Those on an Everest Base Camp trek in Nepal have recently gained a new luxury: along with some of the world’s most elevated hot showers and inside toilets, Everest Base Camp trekkers now have access to high speed 3G internet. This is courtesy of Ncell, a Nepali telecoms company that is a joint venture between [...]
If you go on an Everest Base Camp trek, you’ll come across numerous prayer flags along the way: bright rectangles of cloth strung along mountain ridges and peaks or tied to sacred places. In the often stark high altitude landscape, these bands of colour are stunning. But what do they mean?
Gala Bingo Employees are raising money for the Sue Ryder charity with their trek to Everest Base Camp. They should be setting off today from Lukla, and when they get to the other end they aim to play Bingo on Mount Everest. Shameless publicity stunt? Perhaps, but they’re still putting the effort in for a [...]
Hi all,
There was an interesting question recently asked by Jez in the comments to Rosanna’s “kit list for the everest base camp trek” post. I thought I would reply to it thoroughly and post the answer for all to see. Jez asked about how many iodine tablets he would need for the Everest Base Camp Trek, [...]
Whilst we are waiting for Rosanna’s story to resume, it’s a good time to tap into the resource of the Everest Experts.
I’m gonna post the second installment of the advice Rosanna received from Kirsty at Mountain Kingdoms. Kirsty is an expert on the Everest Base Camp Trek, so it meant alot to Rosanna to speak to [...]
Rosanna will be back soon, having completed the Everest Base Camp Trek. She sent me her kit list a few days before her departure. It reads like equipment for an adventure - I hope it did the trick.
Kit so far:
3 pairs of walking socks
Thermals
An ice-breaker top
Walking trousers
Waterproof trousers
Walking boots
Wind proof/water proof jacket
2 beanies
2 medium layer [...]
The sky was amazing this morning! The clouds that had covered the village the day before had completely lifted and we could see snow-capped mountains all around us. We had no idea we were surrounded by such beauty. First up was a gentle walk up to Gorak Shep. On the way we passed glaciers and [...]
Hi.
This is a video I found showing what we can expect Rosanna and David to be seeing and doing between Day 8 and Day 10 of the Everest Base Camp trek.
This video was posted on Youtube by wwwcelticvideocom. I quite like the narrator’s accent.
After a week, Rosanna and David and all the others on the Childreach trek will be well on their way now. Everest Base Camp Trek routes. The latter stages show the Kala Pattar variation of the Everest trek where you climb to the summit of the neighbouring mountain to overlook Everest base camp. I just [...]
Today’s walk was a gentle amble to get used to the terrain and walking. One of the first things we went past was a Starbucks on the side of a mountain - I was disgusted!!
However, after that the sights became incredible. We passed Buddhist good luck symbols everywhere! Across the suspension bridges were colourful prayer [...]
Going to the visa centres in person if possible is so much easier than doing it online. Before my Everest Base Camp Trek I needed to get Indian and Nepali Visas.
I’ve had advice about altitude sickness from an expert in trekking holidays in the Everest region. For those thinking of an Everest Trek it’s good advice.
Kirsty at Mountain Kingdoms gave me advice related to the Everest Base Camp Trek:
we talked about the weather in Nepal, altitude sickness, kit, and food.
It was good to finally meet some more of the group that would be going
out to Everest on the Base Camp Trek with me.
I’m getting quite excited about the prospect of tackling the massive mountain, but I’m also rather worried about my lack of climbing experience! This year, so far I’ve only climbed one mountain in the Lake District with Dave…it was an interesting experience.
I found these photographs on Flickr taken during the Everest Base Camp trek by a photographer and trekker called faileaca¡n. Thanks faileacain!
I’ve reached my target! - Well, actually I’ve exceeded it having raised £2,450! Everyone’s been so generous and supportive. I really thought it would be very difficult to get the money and convince people to donate but it was actually much easier than I thought.
I raised the money through a combination of writing letters and [...]
I’ve started to research about Nepal and Everest. Dave gave me two books to read to start me off - Coronation Everest by Jan Morris, and Everest: A Trekker’s Guide, by Kev Reynolds.
Coronation Everest is a novel by a journalist for The Times who went on the first ever successful expedition to the summit [...]
I’ve booked appointments for my jabs.
I’m getting the Hep A/ Typhoid, Diphtheria/ Tetanus/ Polio, and Meningitis at the beginning of June. I’ve decided against the rabies jabs as apparently we’ll have very good medical insurance so in the unlikely event that I get bitten by a rabid animal, I can get quick medical attention. [...]
I’ve just realised that I haven’t mentioned anything about how I got involved with Childreach. My boyfriend, David Milton, is the student fundraising manager for the charity. He organises the events and volunteers for every challenge event the charity offers i.e. climbing Kilimanjaro, cycling across Death Valley, hitch-hiking to Dublin etc.
Dave is going to [...]
