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From the Abercrombie & Kent Facebook fan page… Milestone birthdays are not only celebrations of life, but of life experiences. Climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro remains # 1 among our clients turning 50. How will you celebrate your 30th, 40th, 50th or 60th birthday? Maybe an Extreme Adventure like climbing to Everest Base Camp, swimming with [...] The more I read the more I learn what I’ll need on this little adventure. So far, the only thing I own is an iPhone, a solar charger and two external chargers. (Guess you can see what my priority is!) Everything I will need for 21 days on the trek must fit in a [...] Not so sure what you’ll be eating, but really curious as to what I’ll be eating. (Can you tell my delicious and healthy dinner just wasn’t enough to fill me up?) I’ve done a bit of research on this subject and have decided to take an Anthony Bourdain approach to being a foodie in [...] Yesterday was my 50th birthday. I’m now a card-carrying member of AARP. That hardly seems possible. I really don’t feel 50…whatever that feels like. Sure, my knees hurt most of the time and the thought of going to an all-night party makes me laugh…but, 50. Nope. Maybe 40. But, definitely not 50. I’m not [...] Day 16 – Namche/Lukla Head back towards the trailhead at Lukla, bidding farewell to this incredible setting, the villages and the people of the Khumbu hills and valleys. Make your final climb into Lukla. Approx. trekking time: 6 to 7 hours Day 17 – Lukla/Kathmandu The flight out offers a final opportunity for an [...] Day 14 – Loboje/Pangboche (12,956 ft.) Heading down now, the going is easier and the pace faster. Descending via Pheriche to Pangboche. Approx. trekking time: 5 to 6 hours. Day 15 – Pangboche/Namche This morning we climb to upper Pangboche, where the oldest monastery of Khumbu is located. We’ll keep on high trail following [...] Day 13 – Gorak Shep/Everest Base Camp (17,500 ft.)/Loboje Today is the culmination of your journey — the day you reach Everest base camp. Soon after departing Gorak Shep, leave the moraines behind and follow the streams of the glacier. Directly before you is the great Khumbu Icefall, a slow tumble of ice boulders [...] Day 12 – Loboje/Kala Patthar (18,192 ft.)/Gorak Shep (16,404 ft.) An early start takes the team along a rough path beside the Khumbu Glacier to the tea shacks at Gorak Shep. From there, climb for approximately two hours, surrounded by a crown of peaks including Everest, Lhotse, Nuptse, Changtse and Ama Dablam. Stop at [...] Day 11 – Pheriche/Loboje (16,177 ft.) Now we are right up among the high peaks and closing in on our goal: Everest base camp, the setting-off point for all the ascents of the world’s tallest mountain. We take the flat trail through Phulangkarpo Pasteur and up to Dughla, breathing in the views of Tawoche [...] Theoretically, I’m more than halfway through my trek with no base camp in sight. Assuming a yak hasn’t pushed me off a ledge or I haven’t fallen from a suspension bridge or completely passed out from the days and days of trekking, I will have a day of rest. Notice that one of the [...] |
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