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Trek Day 1: Lukla to Phakding
(Jun 14 '06)
Time taken: 2 1/2 hours (incl. breaks)
Distance: Today: ~6-7 kms Total to date: ~6-7 kms
Altitude: Lukla - 2860m, Phakding - 2650m, Max ascent: 150m
The am started very early, ...
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Time taken: 3 1/2 hours (incl. breaks)
Distance: Today: ~6 kms Total to date: ~19 kms
Altitude: Namche Bazar - 3450m, Tengboche - 3860m, Max ascent: ...
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Trek Day 7: Gorak Shep to Deboche
(Jun 20 '06)
"Learning what life is really like for an average person in Nepal"
Time taken: 5 hours (incl. breaks)
Distance: Today: ~18 kms Total to date: ~60 kms
Altitude: Gorak Shep - 5160m, ...
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Paradise Lodge !!
(Feb 25 '07)
We awoke to another cold yet beautifully sunny day and set off for Deboche, our next resting place. Most of the mornings walking was downhill, but the afternoon involved a punishing steep climb to ...
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Mani Rimdu Festival Dances
(Oct 28 '07)
October 28, 2007: Tengboche
Mani Rimdu Festival Dances
At 7:30am we went to pick out our seats for the masked dances. We noticed there was frost on the ground. I was not surprised to see that as ...
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Trek to Tengboche/Mani Rimdu Festival
(Oct 27 '07)
October 27, 2007: Tengboche (12,650’)
We woke up at 6am with the sunrise. The skies were perfectly clear. At 7:30, while we were eating breakfast a cloud moved in and surrounded everything, but ...
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Trek to Tengboche
(Oct 25 '07)
October 25, 2007: Tengboche (12,650’)
Breakfast was pancakes, omelet and oatmeal. We were on the trail at 7:23am. As we were leaving we saw two of Nepal's national bird, the danphe, a brightly ...
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A long days trek down !!
(Mar 03 '07)
Today we started the real trek down, yesterday had been only a short distance. When you know you are trekking down you are lulled into a false sense of security that you will not be climbing anymore ...
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Time taken: 5 hours (incl. breaks)
Distance: Today: ~7 kms Total to date: ~13 kms
Altitude: Phakding - 2650m, Namche Bazar - 3450m, Max ...
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Time taken: 5 hours (incl. breaks)
Distance: Today: ~7 kms Total to date: ~67 kms
Altitude: Deboche - 3770m, Namche Bazar - 3450m, Descent: 320m, with a ~300m ...
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Trek to Jorsale
(Oct 30 '07)
October 29, 2007 Jorsale (9,250')
This morning we begin our journey back to Luka. A long day is ahead of us, but not a real hard one as we’re going mostly down!. We got up at 5:40 and were on the ...
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Trek to Pangboche
(Oct 26 '07)
October 26, 2007: Pangboche (12,660')
We had breakfast at 8am; tomato omelet, oatmeal, and pumpkin pie from the night before. Our cook, Phuri comes to our table at every meal to make sure ...
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Trek to Khumjung
(Oct 24 '07)
October 24, 2007: Khumjung( 12,450')
Breakfast today was oatmeal and French toast. I am still forcing myself to eat.
We were on the trail at 8:30am. Today's hike is to be a short one. ...
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