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 posted this video really to give a sense of Kathmandu and the first few days of what Rosanna and David will be seeing.

Here is a video I found showing the opening locations on one of the

Thanks to justindav1s for putting this up on Youtube.

Sorry about the lack of contact! - I’ve had my final flute recital yesterday so it’s been quite stressful week but I’ve now finished everything for my degree!!!!

I went on a trip to the Yorkshire Dales with Dave last weekend. It was such a beautiful day, perfect weather! We wanted to get the train over but being a bank holiday, there were very few trains and they only went at awkward times - so we drove over on Dave’s motorbike. Sounds pretty cool, but sitting on the back of the bike with only yourself to talk to is quite boring and you get an exceptionally numb bum, but the views once we got out into the country were fantastic!

We didn’t go walking for very long, but it was great to go for a proper walk up and down the mountains, after all, that really is the best training you can do. It also gave me an opportunity to try out some of the new hiking clothes I’ve recently bought which are so much more appropriate than what I was wearing in the Lake District!

I have chosen to do something quite crazy – I’m climbing to the base camp of Mount Everest for charity. On June I will start the two week (showerless!) expedition to reach a dizzying height of 5600m metres (18,370ft) to raise money for the children’s charity Childreach International.
At school I was very active and fit, being primarily a gymnast and long distance runner. However after the age of 15, from absolutely no other reason apart from pure laziness, I regretfully stopped pretty much every form of exercise! So I am now really not the fittest of people.

 

Climbing to Everest base camp is such a great opportunity to discover an amazing part of the world, but will have to push myself to the limit, forcing myself to be fit enough to climb the immense height at extreme weather conditions - it’s around -20c at Everest base camp which is colder than a freezer - and I’ll be dealing with altitudes higher than most sky divers will face! Yet more importantly, by climbing the mountain I will also be helping a fantastic charity which improves so many children’s lives.

 

I’ve been given the below itinerary, but I’ve not yet been to the socials due to the stress of the final year dissertation which is now thankfully handed in! So, I now aim to be more sociable and put all my effort into preparing for the challenge!!

 

Very brief overview of the itinerary

Day 1 - Depart London Heathrow

Day 2 - Arrive Deli and visit Childreach International projects

Day 3 - Transfer to Kathmandu

Day 4 - Transfer to Lukla and trek to Phakding

Day 5 - 2nd day’s trekking to Namche Bazaar

Day 6 - Rest day at Namche Bazaar

Day 7 - Namche Bazaar to Debouche

Day 8 - Debouche to Dingbouche

Day 9 - Rest day in Dingbouche

Day 10 - Dingbouche to Lobuche

Day 11 - Lobuche to Gorak Shep

Day 12 - Gorak Shep to the Kala Patthar summit

Day 13 - Gorak Shep to Everest Base Camp

Day 14 - Gorak Shep to Pheriche

Day 15 - Pheriche to Namche Bazaar

Day 16 - Namche Bazaar to Lukla

Day 17 - Transfer back to Kathmandu and rest.

Day 18-21 - Optional elephant-back safari and cultural sightseeing in Kathmandu!

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