Leaving Namche tomorrow again. This is a beautiful spot in the middle of the mountains in Nepal! Tomorrow is going to be another relatively easy day of approximately 6hrs of hiking and covering about 500m on altitude. Looking very much forward in getting going again! Tonight, was an easy evening with early supper and time together....followed by a movie evening about a 2008 Swiss expedition to summit Everest. The true heroes of Everest are definitely the Sherpas,...

Early morning start to an eventful day! For the first time we had Everest and the surrounding peaks in our sight....beautiful, amazing, threatening, stunning! After a good hour and 20 minute climb, covering about 400m in altitude, we arrived! Breathtaking! It is difficult to put into words what sometimes rocks you...this WAS one of those occasions! There is just something amazing and special about this mountain range, the stories I already heard, the adventure w...

This was a hard day and our guide did not exaggerate when he spoke about a steep climb! The initial trek was good and relatively easy, considering that we are here to get to base camp!! Some smaller and rather short up and downs got us going and the scenery was absolutely amazing! The steep uphill lasted for over 2 1/2 pushing everyone hard. What made it even more challenging was that the weather had changed for the worse and we trekked most of the way on the r...