Ching had a photo taken with the owner of this Yak Lodge, Mr Chhiring Lakpa Sherpa had summited Mount Everest 5 times. |
Ong had a photo taken with the owner of this Yak Lodge, Mr Chhiring Lakpa Sherpa had summited Mount Everest 5 times. |
Our three strong porters. |
07.00 - Our breakfast. |
That's Dingboche as we make our way to Lobuche. |
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08.20am - Making our way from Dingboche to Lobuche. |
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This part of the trek is nice and gentle. |
This part of the trek is nice and gentle. |
That's Dingboche as we make our way to Lobuche. |
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That's Dingboche as we make our way to Lobuche. |
This part of the trek is nice and gentle. |
The river of ice. |
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Icing on some areas. |
We were walking along the Pheriche Valley. |
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You can see yaks grazing along the Pheriche Valley. |
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Tobuche on the left and Cholatse on the right. |
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Taking another short break to admire the picturesque landscape. |
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Our three young porter power...! |
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The Dughla Waterfall bridge is over this "hill"... |
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Vast stretches of land with gentle slope... great! |
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Our porters hard at work. |
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Taking a short break to admire the beauty around you. |
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A stone house in the middle of nowhere. |
Taking a short break to admire the beauty around us. |
Taking a short break to admire the beauty around us. |
We are reaching the Dughla Waterfall bridge. |
Crossing the Dughla Waterfall bridge to have lunch at Yak Lodge Thukla, Solukhumbu. |
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Crossing the Dughla Waterfall bridge to have lunch at Yak Lodge Thukla, Solukhumbu. |
This part is quite exciting as you have to cross many huge rocks. |
This part is quite exciting as you have to cross many huge rocks. |
Yak Lodge Thukla, Solukhumbu. |
11am - This Yak Lodge Thukla, Solukhumbu is owned by the same owner as Yak Lodge Dingboche. |
Yak Lodge Thukla, Solukhumbu. |
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Lunch at Yak Lodge Thukla, Solukhumbu. |
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Randy said: The Korean ramen is really spicy... perspiring like mad after this... became super cold... but adrenaline rush. |
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12 noon - Continued trekking after lunch. The next portion of the trek is the storm. |
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This must be the longest climb up... the altitude is now 4620m. |
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Everyone walks like an old man. |
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Look at tiny Yak Lodge Thukla, Solukhumbu down below. |
After a long, torturous climb... we arrived at the Everest Memorial Chukpi Lhara. |
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At the Everest Memorial Chukpi Lhara. |
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Lots of memorial here... to remember the heroes who have lost to Everest. |
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Hristo Prodanov (1943-1984) was a Bulgarian mountaineer. Scaled Mt Everest alone on 20th of April 1984 from the west ridge without oxygen. Died on his way back from the summit on 21st of April 1984. |
At the Everest Memorial Chukpi Lhara. |
At the Everest Memorial Chukpi Lhara. |
At the Everest Memorial Chukpi Lhara. |
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Lots of yaks doing their job... This is why we don't eat yaks. |
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02.20pm - Finally arrived at Lobuche... Lobuche (6145m) is actually the name of the mountain... this is sort of the base camp/village at the base of Lobuche. |
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Shag to the max... as you can see... The 3 real men at the back are still happy. |
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Lobuche accommodation is close to 5000m...! |
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A sudden mini expedition up after a short break. We are going to climb up that "hill" in front to see the Khumbu Glacier. |
Tired but still walking...! |
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The top is just maybe 200m high... but the climb up was devastating...! |
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Lots of balancing rocks here. |
Lots of balancing rocks here. |
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That's the Khumbu Glacier down there... mostly sandy... less glacier. |
The A team: Alan Koh, Ong Teik Hong and Ching Neng Bin. |
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Can't wait to get back down to rest... oh my god. |
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06pm - Ordered the french onion soup... couldn't finish it... intense headache... stoned for hours... took Acetazolamide... went to sleep... KO...! |
click below to view:
EBC trek Day 01 (28.10.17) – Kuala Lumpur KLIA to Kathmandu (1,334m/4,375ft)
EBC trek Day 02 (29.10.17) – Kathmandu fly to Lukla (2,865m) and trek 8km to Phakding
EBC trek Day 03 (30.10.17) – Phakding trek 10.4km to Namche Bazaar (3,445m/11,299ft)
EBC trek Day 04 (31.10.17) - Acclimatization day at Namche Bazaar (3,445m/11,299ft)
EBC trek Day 05 (01.11.17) - Namche Bazaar trek 10km to Deboche (3,867m/12,684ft)
EBC trek Day 06 (02.11.17) - Deboche trek 10km to Dingboche (4,412m/14,471ft)
EBC trek Day 07 (03.11.17) - Acclimatization day at Dingboche (4,412m/14,471ft)
EBC trek Day 08 (04.11.17) - Dingboche trek 12km to Lobuche (4,931m/16,174 ft)
EBC trek Day 09 (05.11.17) - Lobuche 8km to Gorakshep trek to EBC (5,364m/17,595ft)
EBC trek Day 10 (06.11.17) - Gorakshep to Kalapattha and fly back to Kathmandu
EBC trek Day 11 (07.11.17) - Kathmandu 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’
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