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25 April - Our Lobuche team is walking from Lobuche Town to Lobuche Peak High Camp. The weather is mixed cloud, sun and snow. Our Lobuche team is planning to go for the summit tonight. Wish Them Luck Please! Our descend lower to breathe thicker air team are returning from Gorak Shep. They are feeling better, and hanging around in basecamp now. Our Everest basecamp team is walking around and visiting different teams. We are trying to see the giant cargo drone fly, and we are also walking up into the icefall, to Marker Number 1. We are checking out the icefall route, tentatively planning to climb high into the Khumbu Icefall in the wee hours of tomorrow morning. Please watch this space!

Photo : Vibhu.

24 April - Big news, 8 members of our team plus 5 Sherpas are walking to Lobuche Peak today. Their intention is to climb it over the next four days. Super exciting. We wish them all of the best of luck. Those members remaining are hanging out in Gorak Shep and Everest Base Camp, exploring around and getting acclimatized!

Photo : Dan.

23 April - Today many of us are resting in basecamp. Getting ready for tomorrow’s surprise. Some of us took showers and did laundry. Some explored the icefall. Some walked around the Pumori hills. Getting ready for tomorrow. The big news of today is we prepared a 100 item shopping list of things we need from Kathmandu, such as chewing gum, carabiners, and protein powder. Our Kathmandu office people are going to get it all ready and send it by heli. Thanks for following our expedition!

Photo : Vibhu.

Photo : Andy.

Caption : Acclimatization near glacier Everest Base Camp. Photo : Igor

22 April - Today we divide our expedition team into 4 parts:

Group 1 treks up to Pumori ABC at 5800 metres, for acclimatizaton. It is very high and beautiful. The top part of the route is rock scrambling. From here you can see Mount Lhotse, the Western Cwm, Khumbu Icefall, and all of Everest basecamp. Not to mention staring straight into Mount Changtse, Western Ridge of Everest and also Mount Nuptse. Spectacular view. It doesnt last long enough, when clouds roll in during early afternoon and it starts snowing lightly.

Group 2 goes to visit the camp of the icefall doctors. They are certain that there is a large hanging ice block threatening the path to Camp 1 and there is no easy way around it. Their solution: wait patiently until the hanging ice falls. Another rope fixing group, specialized in fixing ropes to the summit, says they will send their own team to take a look at the hanging ice inside the Khumbu Icefall. The purpose seems to be to get a second set of eyes on the subject and a 2nd opinion.

Group 3 rest in Basecamp, recovering from yesterday’s ice climbing training.

Group 4 wake up in the morning with a sore throat, cough and runny nose. They visit the basecamp hospital doctor, who recommends rest at lower altitude, so they decide to ride a horse down to Gorak Shep, in search of thicker warmer air and a high recovery rate.

Caption : Acclimatization for Everest. Video : Andy.

Caption : From the distance Khumbu Icefall.

Caption : Khumbu Icefall and Everest Basecamp. Photo : Vibhu.

21 April - Today was a super fun day. We took all of the gear we prepared yesterday and all of our members and all of our Sherpas went out into the Khumbu Glacier just near basecamp and practiced ascending and descending fixed lines, passing other climbers on ropes, passing anchors, crossing ladders, and ice climbing up steep ice walls and abseiling and rapelling down. It was so so fun and educational. Especially rewarding was how everyone in our team helped out one another. You can really feel it, we are forming into a team now. Go team!

Caption : Ice Training. Video : Povilas.

Photo : Vibhu.

Photo : Sange.

Photo : Igor, Sange.

Photo : Dan.

20 April - Today is beautiful and sunny. A great day for fitting all of our technical climbing gear, preparing our harnesses and helmets, ensuring our crampons fit our boots, our ice axe leashes are the correct length. Now we are fully technically prepped and ready to ascend Mount Everest and Mount Lhotse!

Caption : Crevasse Training.

Caption : Fixed rope and Ice Training. Photo : Andy.

Caption : Ready for Training at BC. Photo : Dan.

Caption : Member checking their equipment's and testing. Photo : Dan.

Caption : Puja Ceremony Everest Basecamp. Video : Sange.

19 April Today is very sunny so we finalize showers, shaving, laundry and check out our surroundings a bit. We hear a rumour that the Khumbu Icefall is closed for a week and our jaws drop upon receiving this news. So we visit other camps and it seems to be corroborated. Everyone is saying the Khumbu icefall is closed for a week to see if it will settle, or if a new route might be found. During the later morning, back in our basecamp, a Buddhist Lama from Pangboche conducts a prayer ceremony with drums and chanting. The Sherpas set up a main flag pole and string prayer flags all around our camp. The Lama awards us with prayer scarves and strings tied around our necks. We eat special snacks and drink coke and beer. Afterward, we clear a space and the Sherpas play music. We all dance around and shout and clap. A nice way to spend your afternoon, beneath gorgeous sunny skies. Later on in the afternoon, clouds roll in, we hear thunderclaps, and in the late evening it begins to snow. a fair bit of the white stuff accumulates, maybe around 5 cm. Then the snow stops and the stars pop it. Seems like we have expreinced everything today!

Photo : Sange.

Caption : Basecamp kitchen. Photo : Dan.

18 April - Today is a restful sunny day in basecamp. We are getting situated in our very comfortable and spacious individual sleeping tents (no sharing) and going to the dining tent for delicious meals prepare by our well trained chef. We take naps and drink floods of water in order to rehydrate. Hot showers are the norm and we prepare our laundry bags for the basecamp staff to wash. Our five member trekking group is helicoptering out today. The weather is a bit cloudy and just 2 people and luggage are allowed in each helicopter, so we need to have three flights. At the end of the day our trekking team have all helicoptered down to Lukla. We miss them very much already. During the night the ice around us pops and cracks, and a few thunderous icefalls tumble down the slope.

Caption : Everest base camp and our box sleeping tents at EBC.

Caption : Team member and climbing sherpa at BC. Hiking around Everest Base Camp. Photo : Luke.

17 April - Sun hit our Lobuche Lodge brightly this morning and we walked up a long flat river valley, climbed a rocky hill and stumbled across a huge messy glacial moraine boulder field to the village of Gorak Shep. Plenty of heavy breathing up here but at least it is super sunny. We take lunch at the lovely warm Himalaya Lodge dining room, and then carry on across a dry muddy lakebed along a very long ridge in shadow of mighty Mount Pumori towering above us on our left. We traverse the lateral moraine beside the enormous Khumbu Glacier itself, which is nowadays rather rock covered. Finally we reach a large rock pile at the head of the lateral moraine. We stop for a moment to appreciate the vast sea of yellow and white tents in the distance, on the rising swell of the rock covered Khumbu Glacier. The Khumbu Icefall tumbles down between the West Ridge of Everest and the flanks of Mount Nuptse. Stunned to silence, by the spectacle before us, one which we are bound to climb, we follow a gravel ramp down onto the Khumbu Glacier and in a few minutes of hopping over boulders we are at the famous iconic Everest Basecamp Rock. Basecamp starts here, and it’s a non stop tent city from here on. Our Sherpas guide us through a maze of nylon until we find our SummitClimb basecamp tucked in a secluded back bowl. A tough day to be sure, but it feels very good to finally be here.

16 April - Now we are really moving up to high altitude? R U Rrrrreaddddyyyy? Here we go. We start off by traversing the Pheriche Valley Wall. All along grassy yak trails across grassy plateaus. Passing a small group of crude rock shelters, some ruined and some somewhat intact with roofs and doors, even a window here and there. Its hard to believe the receptionist at yesterdays hospital visit was born in one of these shacks. Now we truly know why Sherpa people are so strong. Dropping down we hit a rocky river bed and cross the burbling Sun Khosi River on a small iron bridge. Overhead the massive cables of a 300 metre suspension bridge, under construction. This is progress. They tell us its been going on for 6 months and might take another 6 to finish it. We take lunch a little up from the bridge at the iconic Yak Lodge, which for so many years was the only place to stop on todays trek. The proprietor Kunga Sherpa has been feeding and housing our teams since he was a high school student. Now he is a proud father and his new family stays in the lodge with him. After a big lunch, we continue climbing up a brutal hill to the top of Dughla Hill. This is the memorial to the fallen climbers on all of the peaks around here, more than a dozen, including Everest, Ama Dablam, Lhotse, Lobuche, and many more. There are litte 100s of memorials here. Many are in the salt and pepper shaker shape of the rock chorten. Others are carved into boulders, and so many different ways. One might spend hours here, wandering among the monuments, reading the Names, looking at the carvings, reading the Epitaphs, and Weeping…. After a spell , we continue our hike along a flattish stream to the village of Lobuche, where a dozen or so teahouses are grouped around a small water source. Our teahouse is brand new. It is well constructed and very clean. We are so glad to set down and rest for the night at this very high altitude

Caption : Everest Basecamp trek. Random trekker on horse riding.

Caption : On the way to Everest Base camp trek. Photo : Cal.

Caption : Far down khumbu valley. Climber memorial at thukla. Photo : Luke.

Video : Luke.

15 April - Most of us slept fairly well last night. Warm and toasty. Those of us who did not are going to the Dingboche Hospital to get checked out by the famous Dr. Abhyu today. After breakfast we divide ourselves into 2 groups. Group 1 sets off with a water bottle and warm jacket and snacks to do an acclimatization hike up to 5000 metres on Nangkartsang Ridge, which divides the Dingboche and Pheriche Valleys. We ascend this grassy – rocky ridge up long slopes, some steep and some less so. There are four flat terraces – steps, forming natural rest points. At each point we can see more and more of the beautiful Himalayan Peaks and Valleys which are everywhere all around us. Too numerous to mention, its really hard to grasp it all. The hill steepens. We sip water and munch on power bars. Its sunny and a bit breezy and little chilly all at the same time, if you can catch my drift. Now it feels harder to breathe. Puff Puff Puff, Pant Pant Pant. Slowly Slowly, feels like we are walking through Jello. Right at the top now, there is really nowhere else higher to go, lots of prayer flags on poles, big boulders. More photos, fingers a bit stiff to work the camera. Few sips of water, bites of energy bar, group photo, lets get out of here and head back down to town and hit a bakery for cappuccino and fresh cheesy croissants, mmmm. Group 2 heads over to the hospital. We register with the front desk and our group are third in queue. When its our turn we enter a darkened room, wallpapered in paisley, of all things. A young tall handsome doctor motions us to sit down and he begins asking English questions about our specifics and writing down our answers on a long paper. His questions are quite detailed. He takes a lot of notes, his spoken and English language is perfect. He takes our vital signs with different instruments. He is very methodical and very polite. He explains what he is doing, before he does it, for example, he says: “May I take your blood pressure?”. He doesn’t just reach out and do it. He carefully explains his diagnosis, treatment plan, and list of prescribed medications. Now our checkup is finished. We go outside to meet the receptionist, who takes our money and hands us the medicines while the receptionist carefully explains when and how to take the pills. The medicines are surprisingly inexpensive. Now we are finished and its time to go. A pleasant and very helpful – healthful experience to be sure. Later we are informed that this doctor has been working here for 7 years and may be the best in the Khumbu Valley. It really seems true. Later on we meet up for lunch and after lunch we wander around town and explore more bakeries, take pictures of yaks and chill out in our rooms napping on comfortable beds under warm blankets with sun streaming over us through clean windows . Great Day!

Caption : Members at Dingboche. Photo : Andy, Dan.

Caption : Our stronge and friendly sherpas enjoying for photo pose. Photo : Povilas L, Igor.

Caption : Andrew and Tenji. Photo : Andy.

Caption : Dingboche hiking. Photo : Tenji.

Cpation : Pangboche and AmaDablam. Photo : Igor K.

14 April - Today we wake up in Pangboche Sonam Lodge a bit late and a bit sore from yesterday’s big walk. After a generous breakfast in the dining room with massive plate glass window views of the now sparkling clear, but cloud top tufted Everest Massif and Ama Dablam, the best views of any dining room in the Khumbu, we prepare to head up to the Pangboche Monastery to receive our blessing for this expedition and trek we are currently on. We each buy a prayer scarf “Katta” and roll a few hundred rupee notes inside. Walking up through old Pangboche village we pass swelling piles of hand carved mani prayer stones, each the Size of a pizza or so, yet much thicker. Each pile could contain 100 mani stones or more. There is an abundance of tall fat Juniper trees here; Sherpas have been living in this well protected alpine bowl since 1586, which is right around the time the Sherpas came over from Tibet. In fact Sherpa means “Eastern People” in Tibetan language. Our brief good morning walk ends at the Pangboche monastery. We remove our shoes, buy our tickets and pad up the narrow stairway to check out the ancient prayer hall. Walls covered in hand painted scenes of deities, glass panels on one side behind which are some very golden elaborately decorated statues. One highlight is a small locked wooden box bolted to a pillar. A monk opens the box to reveal a preserved yeti’s scalp and hand. Shocking. Taken aback, not sure what to think about this. Time to climb a wee windy stairway to the upper floor. This room is lined with scary looking masks, statues of golden deities looking benevolently out from behind glass panels. One highlight is a pillar covered a massive stack of prayer shawls, which when lifted aside, reveals ancient armaments: swords, knives, helmets, shields. At the end of the room a blanket wrapped Lama sits cross legged on a raised dais. We perch on cushions around him. He begins chanting, murmuring, and banging on his big hanging drum. Thump Thump Thump. The acred smell of incense fills the air. From time to time he stops to sprinkle water with a peacock feather, toss handfuls of rice up into the air, play a small double sided handheld prayer drum. Tik tok, tik tok, tik tok. Our sherpas fill pots with rice wine and hold them aloft. After a bit, each of us kneel before the lama and present our prayer scarf to him, he shakes out the donation, says some special chants and carefully, delicately places the glistening white scarf over our head. We put our palms together and stand up. Fully blessed, and in a sort of peaceful state approaching shock, we file out of the darkened temple into bright sunlight and walk along the perimeter of the building spinning 100s of small copper prayer wheels set into the wall. They twirl with a rattling noise. We enter a small tall well decorated red building containing an enormous larger than life prayer wheel. Grabbing handles at its base we walk around in a clockwise direction as the prayer wheel spins. Upon each rotation, a bell rings, perhaps reminding us how many times we have completed our journey around, lest we become disoriented in the peace of the moment. We climb a steep hill behind the monastery up through grandmotherly junipers to visit the 8 metre high Guru Rinpoche statue, topped with an elaborate crown, holding a tall spear, wearing ancient clothing made from the land, guarded by snarling dragons, festooned with massive jewels. What a spot for a group photo, Ama Dablam, Everest, Nuptse with wind blasted clouds tearing through them. A powerful sight and humbling feeling indeed. We feel small, yet amazed to be here, and ready for our next steps. It’s time to begin today’s short trek up to Dingboche Village. Let’s go!

Caption : Puja ceromoney at Pangboche. Video : Ang Dorji.

Caption : Luke, Charlotte and Margaret in Puja. Photo : Dan.

Caption : Calen, Andy, Cal, Vibhu in Puja. Photo : Dan.

Caption : Team photo of Everest Massif and Ama Dablam from giant Guru Rinpoche Statue at the top of Pangboche. Waiting our turn to go inside at Pongboche Monastery Photo : Dan.

13 April - After staying up a bit late last night to honour the passing of one of the world’s greatest singers, Ms. Aasha Bhosle, and each of us sharing some of our favorite music and songs from around the world, we climbed into bed for a cozy sleep beneath puffy blankets. We could hear peaceful snoring through thin walls. This morning we arise early for our big day. We quickly eat a big breakfast and pack up, ready for a big day of trekking, our human batteries recharged after yesterday’s rejuvenating rest. Our host Mr. Lhakpa lights the incense burner to wish us a safe journey and the beautiful smell of burning Juniper wafts over us as we set off up the trail. One of our Everest climbing team members did not sleep well, so he is staying behind with his Sherpa to visit the Namche Doctor for a checkup. His plan is to recover in the comfort and warmth of Namche before heading higher. There is no rush, as we have 60 days for our expedition and we want him to get healthy before ascending higher. That fits in with one of the mottos of our expedition: “Arrive Alive”. Don’t stumble into camp and collapse into your tent as if some kind of wrecked basket case. Now our hiking team is ready and we begin our walk along a sunny warm rolling path with amazing views of Ama Dablam and the Everest Massif. We walk through peaceful pine forests, winding around steep mountain sides high above the Dudh Khosi River Gorge far below. Then we drop. Far far down, into the Gorge itself. We come to Fungki Thangka, a small group of terraced teahouses under an ancient huge Hemlock Tree, beside the rushing river and just below a chain of water powered prayer wheels cascading down the hill above us. Its time for a delicious fried noodle and cheese lunch and a place to kick our feet up and bask in the sun. Now we are ready to go. Through an Army checkpost where they check our paperwork and write down our names in a book. Now we are hiking up a brutal hill. This hill is very tough, seemingly never ending, with so many switchbacks. We are shuffling uphill, panting, step by step, our breathing is heavy and hearts are pounding, still we manage to go on. The hiking is difficult, one foot in front of the other, but Rhododendron trees here are blooming bright red and pink, giving us visual encouragement with such beauty flickering through the foliage all around us. Thankfully after several grueling hours, we top out on the hill at Tengboche Monastery, really the biggest monastery in the Khumbu, with large dragons guarding its gates and a huge prayer hall inside. Its like we are inside an enormous mountain pass. Looking up valley we can see Ama Dablam and the Everest Massif. Looking down we can see all the way toward Namche, Phakding and Lukla. Mt Thamserku looms directly above us like an icy dragon. A commanding spot to be sure. Monks are blowing their long brass trumpets and rhythmically banging on drums. It’s a prayer ceremony known as a Puja. A little lower down the pass there is a group of restaurants and we head there for a fine cup of cappuccino and freshly baked chocolate cake on an outdoor terrace, surrounded by this massive monastery and these towering peaks with the sound track of the prayer ceremony flowing around us. Ok, break time is over. Time to get going, time is wasting, we aren’t there yet. We head down hill, toward Everest, through Rhodendron forests, hoping to spot a rare endangered musk deer, down to the village of Deboche. Visiting the Women’s Monastery, we see that all of the buildings are locked up and it looks as if the gardens have not been planted. Carrying on we cross high walls above the river and through the narrow needle’s eye-like cliffs of Deboche Gorge on a bouncing suspension bridge and then its time for an uphill hike (yes yet another hill) on wide and well graded trails, up through the Pangboche gate. We are in scrubby small juniper tree/bushes now, almost above the treeline. A few curves in the trail and we are so relieved to see the potato fields of Pangboche stretching out widely to our right, on very broad earthen benches above the river. We enter town and the trail winds past many teahouses and swelling piles of carved Mani stones. We cross a final stream and come to our teahouse for the night: Sonam Lodge. The dining room is warm and cozy with big windows, the rooms are comfortable with attached baths and the food is superb, prepared by our skillful hosts Yangjie and Gyermen. Their daughter Shyang Angmo is home form Namche School for the holidays. She’s entertaining us with funny games on paper and her mobile. At one point she traces a picture of the Guru Rimpoche Statue which sits on the hill top above town. We’ll see that tomorrow! Well today was a very challenging day. But rewarding. Perhaps we might say: where there is adversity, there is strength. Lets see how we sleep tonight!

Caption : The Ama Dablam and Yak. Photo : Igor.

Caption : Beautiful to watch. Photo : Ang Dorji.

Caption : Tangboche. Photo : Igor K.

12 April : Today our Everest Member Vibhu is helping write our dispatch. Thanks Vibhu!! Now is our rest and refreshment day, well deserved after yesterday’s big climb. It is so gorgeous this morning: Incredible views of high altitude jutting ice peak Kwangde Ri hit by golden sunlight through slowly churning clouds makes us feel so tiny down here in Namche. A cup of coffee and tea with such a vista is the perfect start of our lazy recuperation day. After appetizing breakfast of cheese omelets and Tibetan fried bread we drop off laundry and then set off on a morning stroll up to Everest View Hotel, in a quest for our first views of Mt Everest. The hike is short but steep. Panting ensues, but high spirits make the time fly by and soon our entire group is at the top. Congratulations Team! The Weather Gods are kind to bathe us in bright sun as we settle down at the Everest Hotel terrace for a rich cappuccino. Cloudy curtains open and close, allowing us brief shimmering glimpses of mighty Mounts Thamserku and Kusum Kanguru. The highlight is Mt Ama Dablam poking unexpectedly out of the clouds. Such a tall but delicate mountain beauty, perfectly shaped: pointy yet expansive. Clouds are a bit uncooperative today and are keeping Everest hidden from us. We can’t see her, but somehow we feel the power of mighty Mount Everest drawing us to her. We visit the Sagarmatha Next Museum to see the recycling displays and watch the interesting movies about climbing and Sherpas. Ok friends, lets head back down to Hilltop Lodge, just in time for delicious lunch and hot drinks. This afternoon we walk down to Namche, relishing the luxuries of Spa, Bakery, Coffees, Pubs, and Shopping. We all are meeting up NOW back at the Hilltop Lodge to celebrate our friend Luke’s Birthday. Luke is a member of our Everest Base Camp Family Trek. HAPPY BIRTHDAY LUKE!!! What a lucky place to be for your birthday. Everyone, lets dig into this delicious chocolate cake. Yummm!

Caption : Happy Birthday Luke. Photo : Charlotte.

Caption: Hilltop Lodge Lhakpa Sherpa. Photo : Dan.

Photo : Vibhu J.

Caption : What are unique ways to manage waste in the Everest region? Everest Base Camp Trek members are in Namche. Photo : Ang Dorji, Igor K.

Caption : The Namche Bazaar. Photo Sange.

Caption : What a great way to take a break! Please advise a good caption for this photo. Photo : Ang Dorji.

Caption : Team at Hill top. Photo : Tenji.

Caption : Enjoying beautiful day at Namche. Photo : Dan.

Caption : Toktak and Phakding.

11 April : Today we enjoy a delicious breakfast and begin hiking through sunlit forests, flowering Rhododendron trees, waterfalls and tiny terraced villages in the Dudh Khosi River Valley. Inside a narrow cliff lined gorge, we come to the National Park Gate in Monjo Village. An epic moment in our Everest Base Camp trek to be sure. Now we are in Sagarmatha National Park. Welcome Everyone! We eat lunch at the cute Buddha Lodge where three lovely Sherpa women attentively prepare us a delicious lunch of momo dumplings, potato chips french fries and salad. We eat and drink heartily and then set off up valley to cross a precarious cable swinging bridge high above the confluence of the Bhote Khosi river coming from Tibet and the Dudh Khosi River from Everest Nepal. We climb the mighty Namche Hill, through whispering pines on a well maintained trail laden with switchbacks. Working our way to the top, we are treated with views of snowy peaks and the steep precipices at the base of Kwangde Massif, festooned with hanging frozen waterfalls melting into lacey spray. Finally, after a grueling uphill trek, we reach Namche Bazaar, the capital of the Khumbu Sherpa People. A gorgeous water park greets us with rushing streams, waterpowered prayer wheels, and statues of famous Sherpa heroes. We head straight into a local café to feast on freshly brewed cappuccino, chocolate cake and pepperoni mushroom pizza. Enjoying our café’s sunny balcony, we watch the streets of Namche teem with trekkers, porters, jingling yaks; perfect people watching. The final hill climb up to our hotel reminds us where we are, and eventually we reach our rest spot for tonight, the lovely Hilltop Lodge, perched in yak pastures just above town. The sun sets over the mountains, and we are plunged into chilly twilight. Lets head inside now to get warm by the fire. Thanks for following our trip

Caption : One of the many suspension bridge.

Video : Sange

Caption : Sagarmatha Nation park gate at Jorsale. It is a small Sherpa village in the Khumbu region of Nepal, located at 2,740 meters (8,990 feet) on the banks of the Dudh Koshi River. Photo : Igor K

Video : Sange

Photo : Ang Dorje.

Photo : Sange S.

10 April : We flew from Kathmandu to Lukla by helicopter. There were no fixed wing airplane flights today due to clouds. Many of our bags arrived, some did not. Later in the day all of our bags finally arrived. A few of our Sherpas couldn’t fly, they will tomorrow. We trekked down to Zamfute, arriving just before dark and stayed in the lovely Sonam Guesthouse in amongst tall pines. It didn’t rain today, so the trekking was nice and dry. Everyone is feeling well, albeit a bit tired from waking up at 5am. Looking forward to a good nights sleep.

Photo : Igor K, Dan.

Video : Calen.

Photo : Igor K

9 April : We had our team briefing at the Harati Manor Inn and packed all of our bags for trekking and climbing. We enjoyed a wonderful group dinner at one of Thamel’s best restaurants.

Photo : Calen, Igor K.

8 April : our climbing and trekking teams arrived in Kathmandu and we checked their gear and went for shopping and renting gear, especially the high altitude down and 8000 metre boots.

Caption : Team trekked to monkey temple this morning. Beautiful ! Photo : Calen.

Caption : Preparing expedition medical kits. Photo : Dan.

7 April - Thamel - The vibrant heart of Kathmandu buzzes with energy as SummitClimb Everest & Lhotse team members explore the mountaineering shop, preparing for the journey ahead. From technical gear to last-minute essentials, every step through these lively streets brings the expedition closer to the world’s highest peaks.

Caption : Climbing Members at kathmandu trekking shop.

Caption : Boarding our flight with a few expedition bags. At HKG Airport. Photo : Dan.

Everest Nepal

Dan Mazur. (LEADER - UK / USA)
Andrew P., USA
Calen M., USA
Igor K., Australia
Gary N., USA
Vibhu J., USA
Povilas L., Lithuania
Deividas M., Lithuana
Ryo S., Japan
Wyatt H., USA
Tim A., UK

Lhotse / Everest Training Team Roster

Tim A., UK
Rytis N., Lithuania
Dmitri N., USA
Cal M., Ireland

Sherpas And Staff -

Tenji Sherpa
Pemba Sherpa
Pemba Galjen Sherpa
Gelji Sherpa (Small)
Gyalzen Sherpa (Big)
Wongchuk Sherpa
Lakpa Gelu Sherpa
Pasang Nuri Sherpa
Sange Sherpa
Pema Sherpa
Gelbu Sherpa

Extra : Sabin Thakuri

Cook :

Kiran Magar

Camp 2 Cook:

Pasang Sherpa (Cook)
Mundre (Subin)

IceFall Sherpa:

Subhash Magar
Sandip Magar
Chamak

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