Day 21: Just One Foot In Front Of The Other
April 28th Najingdingma-Puiya Distance: 12mi/19km Trip Total: ~215mi/346km Guesthouse Elevation: 8,974ft/2735m This entry will be pretty short. Today was not very eventful, and moved quite slowly for...
View ArticleDay 23: The Namche Rest Day
April 30th Phakding-Namche Distance: 7mi/11km* (mileages likely +10% underestimated) Trip Total: ~233mi/375km Guesthouse Elevation: 11,200ft/3414m We are taking basically double neros in Namche instead...
View ArticleDay 24: Entering Everest Region & Crowds
May 1st Namche-Debuche Distance: 6mi/10km* (mileages likely +10% underestimated) Trip Total: ~239mi/385km Teahouse Elevation: 12,360ft/3767m Today was our second nero in Namche. Our plan was to hike...
View ArticleDay 25: Feeling The Altitude
May 2nd Debuche-Dzongla Distance: 11mi/18km* (mileages likely +10% underestimated) Trip Total: ~250mi/402km Teahouse Elevation: 15,928ft/4855m We got going by 6:15am, and had clear skies! It was a...
View ArticleDay 26: Not Our Day At All!
May 3rd Dzongla-Gokyo Distance: 7.5mi/12km* (mileages likely +10% underestimated) Trip Total: ~257.5mi/414km Teahouse Elevation: 15,600ft/4755m This was so definitely NOT our day! We decided to sleep...
View ArticleDay 27: First View Of Everest & Rest
May 4th I did start my period overnight, and had a very tough time getting out of bed this morning in my very cold room. It was below freezing outside when I set off at 5:45am to hike Gokyo Ri to...
View ArticleComing HOME! What’s Next??
This is a long post. Lots to say! Lots to explain…CLICK HERE to skip to “So What Happens Next??” After the stress of last night, I don’t think Buck-30 or I slept much. We both were up easily by 5am and...
View ArticleAn Epilogue & New Chapter
Hi Everyone! I know it’s been awhile since I’ve posted on the blog. As many of you have noticed, I’ve taken an indefinite step away from blogging and long distance hiking. I’ve been giving it some time...
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