Author: Theodora

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...

Camel and sand in front of the bent pyramid at Dahshur.

2012: A Year in Random Numbers

Wonders of the World: 5 Mount Everest Petra The Pyramids The Dead Sea The Blue Mosque Our favourite pyramid? The Bent Pyramid at Dahshur, not...

This Frozen Hell

This Frozen Hell Everest Base Camp The Lazy Way, Day 12: Gokyo to Dragnag Dragnag is our jumping off point for the Cho-La, the Himalayan...

The Best Sunrise Ever?

Everest Base Camp The Lazy Way: Day 10-12 – Gokyo Ri It’s difficult to describe quite how insanely beautiful the landscape around Gokyo is. Reflecting...