Frozen Waterfalls and Fallen Glaciers
Frozen Waterfalls and Fallen Glaciers Everest Base Camp the Lazy Way Day 8 – Dole to Machermo Heading out of Dole up to Macchermo, the...
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Botanists and Glaciers
Botanists and Glaciers Everest Base Camp The Lazy Way Day 6: Khumjung to Phortse Tenga You don’t need to be a scientist to see climate...
Yeti Skulls, Hospitals and the Highest Hotel in the World
Yeti Skulls, Hospitals and the Highest Hotel in the World* Everest Base Camp The Lazy Way: Day 5 We have observed the main trail to...
Everest Base Camp Day 3-4: Namche and Thame
Everest Base Camp The Lazy Way Day 3-4 – Namche to Thame We have, both of us, familiarised ourselves with the symptoms of altitude sickness,...
Everest Base Camp Day 3 – First Sight of Everest
Everest Base Camp The Lazy Way – Day 3 First Sight of Everest It is not, exactly, that our legs hurt, but even the sight...
“Little Bit Up” – Everest Base Camp Day 2
Everest Base Camp the Lazy Way – Day 2 Phakding to Namche Bazar “I don’t know why they build these bloody paths like this,” says...
Alpine Paradise – Everest Base Camp Day 1
Everest Base Camp The Lazy Way – Day 1 After the terrifying flight into Lukla, the town itself is surprisingly charming: brightly painted, wood-frame houses...
Ready, Set? Errr, No….
We head off to Everest Base Camp tomorrow morning, flying into Lukla where, insha’allah, a porter awaits us on arrival. And, for all that the...
Best Face Forward?
I have a really conflicted relationship with makeup. It’s not that I don’t wear it. You wouldn’t see me dead in a posh bar without...
In Pokhara – with the Plague
Had things gone according to plan, Zac and I should have been heading up a glacier today, en route to Everest Base Camp. But… this...