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PhD submission celebration trip??
Pic of the bridges is lovely, much nicer than anything I managed to get. I was forced across there with 4 walking poles in one hand and my gfs hand in my other - pretty unnerving, especially having to keep my cool for the sake of my already skittish gf.
Be aware of the altitude, it really can be a trip-ender, my Mum didn't make it up to base camp, but was lucky enough to be able to travel down enough that she didn't need to be evacuated to Kathmandu. We heard of a group of 6 that was reduced down to 3 by the altitude too. If you can find it, get some diamox, I found it really helped with fatigue and the awful altitude headaches, just avoid ibuprofen/asprin while on it.
What's your planned itinerary? Have fun! I'm so jealous, it's been a long time since I've been in a place and so strongly just wanted to stay and explore.
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Hiking to Everest Base Camp. Even without plumbing, an electricity grid, roads etc. they still have WiFi...
Apologies for terrible phone camera quality, terrible photography skills. I have vastly more photos on my digital camera (though the autofocus is broken and I suck at manual focus) but can't do anything with them til I get home to my computer.
That's Everest in the last shot with the cloud billowing off on the left hand side.
Temperature at night is near 0° indoors and only going to get colder as we go up. But you only pay $3 for a room so pretty fair. I'm sleeping in a -10° Rab bag that saw me through a night in Scotland in the midst of the Beast from the East last winter, so far it's been fine.
The altitude is insane, I can't even run up 10 steps without losing my puff. We're just below 4000m at the moment. Also insane are the Sherpas who are carrying 30kgs or more by baskets with a strap around the head (ie. not shoulder straps like a rucksack), who run most of the way up. I saw a guy carrying what looked like an iron stove and chimney, he was as fast as me
Paging @Chak who requested updates!