Starting elevation: 14,469 ft / 4,410 m Ending elevation: 15,518 ft / 4,730 m Elevation change: +1,049 ft / +320 m Starting oxygen: 59% of sea level Ending oxygen: 57% of sea level Distance covered: 6.9 mi / 11.1 km Time hiked: 7h 00m Every step is a literal struggle. I can't go more
Everest Base Camp Day 5: Tengboche to Dingboche
Starting elevation: 12,697 ft / 3,870 m Ending elevation: 14,469 ft / 4,410 m Elevation change: +1,772 ft / +540 m Starting oxygen: 64% of sea level Ending oxygen: 59% of sea level Distance covered: 6.71 mi / 10.8 km Time hiked: 3h 30m Balls. It was cold last night. I'm not even that
Everest Base Camp Day 4: Namche Bazaar to Tengboche
Starting elevation: 11,290 ft / 3,440 m Ending elevation: 12,687 ft / 3,867 m Elevation change: +1,397 ft / +427 m Starting oxygen: 67% of sea level Ending oxygen: 64% of sea level Distance covered: 5.72 mi / 9.2 km Time hiked: 4h 00m After spending what feels like an eternity (something
Everest Base Camp Day 3: Acclimatization, Khumjung, and Khunde
Starting elevation: 11,290 ft / 3,440 m Ending elevation: 11,290 ft / 3,440 m Elevation change: +0 ft / +0 m Starting oxygen: 67% of sea level Ending oxygen: 67% of sea level Distance covered: 4.72 mi / 7.6 km Time hiked: 4h 00m Forty-eight hours ago I was in Kathmandu at an elevation of
Everest Base Camp Night 2: The Dogs Of Namche Bazaar
Susan of the Everest Bakery (and Pizza Hut) has graciously allowed me the use of his porch for the night (saving me yet another dollar's worth of accommodation costs). Why the Everest Bakery porch? Well, for one, because they said yes to my (apparently) ridiculous request to sleep outdoors (free
Everest Base Camp Day 2: Phakding to Namche Bazaar
Starting elevation: 8,563 ft / 2,610 m Ending elevation: 11,290 ft / 3,440 m Elevation change: +2,727 ft / +830 m Starting oxygen: 74% of sea level Ending oxygen: 67% of sea level Distance covered: 4.6 mi / 7.4 km Time hiked: 4h 15m Any doubts I had as to whether or not my sleeping
Everest Base Camp Day 1.5: Lukla to Phakding
Starting elevation: 9,100 ft / 2,800 m Ending elevation: 8,563 ft / 2,610 m Starting oxygen: 72% of sea level Ending oxygen: 74% of sea level Distance covered: 4.66 mi / 7.5 km Time hiked: 3h 00m For some reason I had the expectation that it would be cold mid-winter almost two miles (3.2
Everest Base Camp Day 1: Kathmandu to Lukla
Many treks to Everest Base Camp begin with a half-hour flight from Kathmandu to the village of Lukla. Mine begins like any other. Many consider this flight the most dangerous part of their journey (but then again, many people also think climate change is a hoax). Departing Kathmandu, you are