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Everest Base Camp, Part 4: Gorak Shep – Kathmandu
October 16, 2012. Day 11. Gorak Shep (5,164m/16,942ft) – Everest Base Camp (5,380m/17,651ft) Today is the day! The hike to tourist base camp took us about 2 hours over relatively flat terrain covered by large, loose granite rocks along the edge of the valley (which has been the trend for a few days now). Base Camp is a […]
Everest Base Camp, Part 3: Pheriche – Gorak Shep
March 19, 2013
October 13, 2012. Day 8. Pheriche (4240m/13,911ft) – Dughla (4620m/15,157ft) I was awakened around 6 AM by an evacuation helicopter flying overhead. I rolled out of bed wearing every stitch of clothing that has been accumulating layer by layer since Namche. I tip-toed downstairs in the freezing air to the lodge with milk tea on my brain. The […]
Everest Base Camp, Part 2: Namche Bazaar – Pheriche
March 15, 2013
October 9, 2012. Day 4. Namche Bazaar (3445m/11,302ft) – Pangboche (3995m/13,107ft) We were up at 6:30 AM today to get packed up and down to the dining room for breakfast of eggs over easy, toast and fried potatoes before heading out into the chilly, overcast morning. Spirits were low, thunder rumbling in the distance as we climbed the steep […]
Everest Base Camp, Part 1: Lukla – Namche Bazaar
March 13, 2013
October 6, 2012. Day 1. Lukla (2840m/9,318ft) – Monjo (2835m/9,301ft) Lukla easily ranks one of the most stunningly beautiful places I have ever seen. It feels almost unworldly, so far from anywhere else – 4 days walking distance from Kathmandu, hovering in the sky shelved between cliffs above miles of sweeping valley. The air is crisp and thin at altitude, and […]
Kathmandu and the Pre-EBC trek Jitters
March 11, 2013
October 3-5, 2012 “Nepal has rocks in the sky”, “Nepal has the worst aviation record of any country in the world”, “Tenzing Hillary Airport is the world’s most dangerous airport”, “Six Brittons dead in Nepal plane crash”. These are some of the phrases occupying my brain the week prior my flight from Taipei to Kathmandu. Not only […]
Poi Pet and Crossing the Cambodian Border
March 7, 2013
November 28, 2012. I awoke early, hungover in my hostel bed after an accidental, if it can be called such, night out on Khaosan Road in Bangkok. I was planning to stay in, bathing in the air-conditioning of the dorm and preparing to cross the Cambodian border the following day: familiarizing myself with the area, booking accommodation, learning […]
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Life as a Turtle 
March 25, 2013
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