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/ Day 9: Like a speedy bullet, we descended from Gorak Shep Village (5180m) to Doboche (3880m) by about 1300m in altitude in 8 hours, covering about 21km horizontally. Here’s a quick video of Gorak […]

/ 12.40pm Nepal Time (2.55pm SG time) after a 1 hr 22 min push from Gorak Shep (5160m), we arrived at Everest Base Camp (5364m). We are blessed with a clear sky thus we could […]

/ At 10.20am local time (12.35pm SG time) we trekked passed the Khumbu Glacier and arrived at the last camp site – Gorakshep (5165m). Stopping for lunch – Tomato Noodle Soup – before a 2-hour […]

/ Day 7: We were supposed to camp a night at Lobuche (5030m) but blessed with good health and fitness, we arrived earlier so we trekked on further to reach an interesting Pyramid here – […]

/ Day 6: 2hr 40m later, we reached Nagsargha peak (5100m) from Dingboche (4360m) 1st half of the trek was a 45 degree gradient while the 2nd half went as steep as 60 degree. The […]

/ 11km, 8 hours later, we arrived at Dingboche (4360m) where we will acclimatise once again. At this attitude, not much trees and plants can survive. If you look at the river on my left, […]

/ We trekked for 7 hours today, covering 9.7km of up and down walking. Still very far away from Mt Everest from the green map. Today’s trek brought me to a new altitude of 4000m […]

/ Saw and learnt some interesting facts about the animals here. There is a special type of hybrid animal known locally as Hjopke. It’s half Yak (male) and half Cow (female). Hjopke does not reproduce […]

/ Day 3: Acclimatization was successful! My resting Blood Oxygen went up from 87% yesterday to 96% today and my resting pulse rate dropped from 80bpm to 76bpm. This didn’t come too easy though. To […]