Best trip ever! Between 8th to 31st of october I had the best adventure of my life, please scroll down and see a small summary day by day.
2021-10-08 Flight from CPH – IST.
2021-10-09 Flight from IST – KTM.
After we landed, we took a sightseeing in Kathmandu and finished the day with pizza and a cold one at Fire and Ice. Yummy in the tummy!
2021-10-10 More sightseeing in Kathmandu.
2021-10-11 KTM – Lukla – Phakding. So beautiful everywhere!
2021-10-12 Phakding – Namche Bazaar.
What a feeling to cross the biggest suspension bridge to EBC.
2021-10-13 Namche Bazaar – Hotel Everest View – Namche Bazaar.
A little acclimatization day in Namche.
2021-10-14 Namche Bazaar – Tengboche.
2021-10-15 Tengboche – Pangboche.
2021-10-16 Pangboche – Ama Dablam BC – Pangboche.
We took a little tour up to basecamp of Ama Dablam.
2021-10-17 Pangboche – Dingboche.
2021-10-18 Dingboche – Summit of Nagarjong – Dingboche.
Today we did a little summit push for acclimatization.
2021-10-19 Dingboche – Lobuche.
It began to snow, a bit of surprise actually, so the couple of days to come was harder then expected.
2021-10-20 Lobuche – Gorak Shep.
Due to heavy snow and big risk for avalanches, we cancelled the hike to EBC. Instead we went halfway to Kala Patthar. Amazing views and when the sun set over Everest it was just golden!
2021-10-21 Gorak Shep – Summit of Kala Patthar – Dingboche.
Early morning from Gorak Shep so we could see the sun over Everest, half way to Kala Patthar. Usually this time a year, it’s just gravel trails to the top of Kala Patthar, but we got snow.
Our wonderful and strong guides went through deep snow and took us all safely up to the top.
Very hard the last bit, but the best view in the world. Mount Everest and the icefall! Then we went down to Dingboche.
2021-10-22 Dingboche – Chukkung.
From Dingboche to Chukkung and then to a near by small hill that we used for training to climb.
Needed to cross a small river but no sign of a bridge but we met some nice workers that helped us.
2021-10-23 Chukkung – Imja Tse (Island Peak) BC.
The last push and a very warm day. But such a good felling to finally reach our basecamp.
2021-10-24 Summit of Imja Tse 6189 m.
Woke up around midnight and ate breakfast, then it was time to start the summit push. We had a total of 1000 m to climb before the top. First we used trekking poles, then at old advanced basecamp, we left our poles and continued to scramble and climb. Around 6 am, we stopped and enjoyed the sky and the sunrise, then it was time to use the crampons and pass the glacier in ropes. Finally we arrived at the wall, 100 m almost vertical climbing before the top. Here it was already very hard and I looked deep to collect the strength I needed to push the last steps. What a feeling to stand at 6189 m above sealevel. One of the best moment in my life! Now we had the most important step left, to descend safely back to basecamp. After a total time of 14-15 hours, we were back in the basecamp and enjoyed, believe it or not, a freshly baked choclate cake at 5200 m.
What a team!
2021-10-25 Imja Tse (Island Peak) BC – Pangboche.
2021-10-26 Pangboche – Namche Bazaar.
2021-10-27 Namche Bazaar – Lukla.
2021-10-28 Lukla – KTM.
2021-10-29 Sightseeing in Kathmandu.
2021-10-30 KTM – IST.
2021-10-31 IST – CPH – Home.