Weds 11th April – Day 13
Today we dropped back down to Loubouche staying tonight in the Oxygen Altitude tea house and heading up to high camp on Loubouche tomorrow.
Today we dropped back down to Loubouche staying tonight in the Oxygen Altitude tea house and heading up to high camp on Loubouche tomorrow.
The shower tentour motley crew: me,Baab,Pena,Bethany and Craig climbing through the icefall Im that little orange dot in the middle A mish mash of snow and ice Today we make a little foray into the icefall. It’s a bit of an eye opener. Paradoxically it’s magical and like a winter wonderland with beautiful ice sculptures …
My snowman Wow at about 3.30am there was a noise like a train going past and I woke up with a start. I knew it was an ice collapse/avalanche but it sounded really close by and my next thought was that although this is a great location, we are first in the firing line. I …
Our toilet tentthe icefall spilling down these our craig, bob and my tents . mine is the one on the leftOur dining tentOur tents right at the base of the icefall We set out after breakfast and it’s only couple hours walk into base camp. The terrain is the easiest day, relatively flat with a …
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Doing silly poses while we waited for the sunset Everest in the rear left and Nupse standing tall to the right Sunset came and Everest glowed it was a magnificent sightThe lower Khumbu valley set against the pink streaks Today was a rest day so we planned an acclimatisation hike up Kala Phatar. Most people go …