Tagged: everest

February 13, 2013

Pictures of Nepal

I may have spent the last few posts bitching and whining about Kathmandu, but… We did, honestly, love Nepal. So here’s my favourite pictures of...

January 12, 2013

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...

January 11, 2013

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...

January 10, 2013

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...

January 8, 2013

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...

January 4, 2013

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...

December 29, 2012

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...

December 27, 2012

Everest Base Camp the Lazy Way Day 9: Machermo “Look,” I say to Zac, who would rather spend his acclimatisation day resting. “It’s only 300...

December 19, 2012

How Many Sherpas Have Summited Everest? Everest Base Camp the Lazy Way, Day 7: Dole “So, how many Sherpas HAVE summited Everest?” I ask, casually....

December 7, 2012

Everest Base Camp The Lazy Way – Day 3 First Sight of Everest It is not, exactly, that our legs hurt, but even the sight...