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Snow on the trail in Nepal

In Dingboche, it started snowing. It was just a light fall, where small fluffy flakes drifted slowly down to melt as soon as they touched the ground. I watched in wonder from the warmth of the tea house I was staying in, sipping a cup of tea by the yak dung fueled heater. For someone [...]

By |2018-06-05T13:50:23+10:00March 26th, 2018|Adventure, Asia, Destinations, Featured, Inspiration, Nepal|22 Comments

The Trek Home: From Gorak Shep to Lukla

This is day 19 to 24 of my 24 day trek through the Khumbu region of Nepal -> View all posts for this trek I had been on the trail for nearly three weeks, trekking well over 200 kilometres over tough terrain and most of it at high altitude, often over 5000 metres, and now I was [...]

By |2018-06-05T14:49:22+10:00December 5th, 2016|Adventure, Asia, Destinations, Featured, Nepal|10 Comments

A Sunrise Meeting with Mount Everest

This is day 19 of my 24 day trek through the Khumbu region of Nepal -> View all posts for this trek My alarm went off at 4:30am but I hadn't really been sleeping anyway. Sleep is hard to come by at over 5000 metres (16500ft) in altitude and I had been in and out of [...]

By |2018-06-13T10:56:51+10:00November 10th, 2016|Adventure, Asia, Destinations, Featured, Inspiration, Nepal|9 Comments

Everest Base Camp: The End of the Road

This is day 18 of my 24 day trek through the Khumbu region of Nepal -> View all posts for this trek It had been a long, challenging but incredibly rewarding trek through the Khumbu region of Nepal over the past couple of weeks. It had its highs and lows but the scenery was simply spectacular, the [...]

By |2018-06-05T17:20:57+10:00September 28th, 2016|Adventure, Asia, Destinations, Featured, Nepal|10 Comments

Dzongla to Lobuche in Nepal

This is day 17 of my 24 day trek through the Khumbu region of Nepal -> View all posts for this trek The trek over the Cho La Pass had left me tired and exhausted, and so the short and relatively easy walk to Lobuche today would be much appreciated by my weary legs. I left [...]

By |2018-06-05T16:50:06+10:00September 16th, 2016|Adventure, Asia, Destinations, Featured, Nepal|10 Comments

Trekking the Cho La Pass in Nepal

This is day 16 of my 24 day trek through the Khumbu region of Nepal -> View all posts for this trek It was dark and freezing when my alarm went off. I was up at 5am to attempt the toughest part of my trek in the Khumbu region of Nepal. The first light of day [...]

By |2018-06-13T10:57:32+10:00August 24th, 2016|Adventure, Asia, Featured, Inspiration, Nepal|3 Comments

Across the Ngozumpa Glacier to Tagnag, Nepal

This is day 15 of my 24 day trek through the Khumbu region of Nepal -> View all posts for this trek It's possible to cross the Cho La Pass, between Gokyo and Lobuche - located on the main trail to Everest - in one day. However it is a very long day, and it is [...]

By |2018-06-11T15:00:11+10:00July 24th, 2016|Adventure, Asia, Destinations, Featured, Nepal|8 Comments

A Breathtaking Climb to the Summit of Gokyo Ri in Nepal

This is day 14 of my 24 day trek through the Khumbu region of Nepal -> View all posts for this trek It was a bitterly cold morning in Gokyo. I awoke at 6am to a softly lighted dawn view of the lake outside my window, the snow dusted mountains reflecting on the calm water. After [...]

Gokyo: The Land of Sacred Lakes in Nepal

This is day 13 of my 24 day trek through the Khumbu region of Nepal -> View all posts for this trek It's not easy to sleep at high altitude and I awoke in Machhermo feeling quite weary after a broken night's sleep. It was a freezing cold morning and the water in the bucket which [...]

By |2018-06-11T16:29:44+10:00June 26th, 2016|Adventure, Asia, Destinations, Featured, Nepal, Photo Essays|7 Comments

Contemplation at 4500m: Machhermo, Nepal

This is day 12 of my 24 day trek through the Khumbu region of Nepal -> View all posts for this trek Today would be a short day of trekking as I was now above 4000 metres and needed to make sure that I ascended slowly for acclimatisation purposes. Although Gokyo was in easy reach, it [...]

By |2018-06-11T17:09:02+10:00June 12th, 2016|Adventure, Asia, Destinations, Featured, Nepal, Photo Essays|0 Comments
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