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
Starting elevation: 4,390 ft / 1,338 m Ending elevation: 9,100 ft / 2,800 m Distance covered: 84 mi / 135 km Time hiked: 0h 0m Many treks to Everest Base Camp begin with a half-hour flight from Kathmandu to the village of Lukla. Mine begins like any other. This flight is considered by
Off To Nepal (And Certain Death)
I have already presented "The Ultimate Everest Base Camp Plan" and my exhaustive "Everest Base Camp Gear List", so now if (when) something goes wrong out there and I come back with a bag carrying me instead of the other way around, you can't blame it on recklessness or lack of
The Ultimate Everest Base Camp Plan
NOTE: Since writing this post I have returned from Everest Base camp and answered all the questions I had here in the post, Everest Base Camp Questions Answered! So given my complete lack of experience in what I expect the conditions of my Everest Base Camp (EBC) trek to be, I have decided to do