Monthly Archive: January 2013

PInk flying pig with Love Me written underneath it.

Mountain Madness

Readers of a sensitive disposition might want to skip this post. How about reading the first post I ever wrote instead, or this lovely one...

The runway at Lukla airport, dropping off the edge of the valley.

Stuck in Lukla

As we amble from Phakding to Lukla – a walk that took us three hours coming down but half that going up, a measure of...

On Namche and Ageing

On Namche and Ageing Everest Base Camp the Lazy Way Day 17: Tengboche to Namche We moved our flights out of Lukla forward to accommodate...

Coming Down from Everest Base Camp

Everest Base Camp the Lazy Way Day 16 – Pheriche to Tengboche The next day’s walking is, like Pheriche, almost new to us. It’s perfectly...

Mountain Goggles

Everest Base Camp the Lazy Way Day 15-16 – Gorak Shep to Pheriche When I awake, it feels that winter has really hit. Fat, soft...

Kala Patthar

Everest Base Camp the Lazy Way – Day 14-15 By mid-afternoon, the sun is breaking through the clouds, warming the air both inside and outside...

View from Gorak Shep towards Everest Base Camp.

We Made It! Everest Base Camp!

Everest Base Camp the Lazy Way Day 14 Sleeping in thermals, jeans, two fleeces, two pairs of socks and a snood, but neither hat nor...

Everest Base Camp trek - Ama Dablam seen from Dzonghla, surrounded by mist.

Ambling Towards Everest

Ambling Towards Everest Everest Base Camp the Lazy Way: Days 12-13 As places in which to brush one’s teeth al fresco go, Dzonghla takes some...

Crossing the Cho-La Pass

Everest Base Camp The Lazy(?) Way Day 13 Crossing the Cho-La Pass The Cho-La Pass should bring us from the Gokyo Valley over the mountains...