We walk through a path that seems taken from another planet, full of smashed rocks, like from a film of the Riddick chronicles, a desert. We don’t cross or see other trekkers but we see the Island Peak on the distance and follow that direction. Luis, Tomás. and I go first and soon we find […]
Himalaya’s trekking on 2017 – From Ding Buche to Chhukkung
I slack on the bed while X. prepares his stuff. So without changing clothes I have the breakfast first, and then go to select the pieces that we won’t carry to Chhukkung. Since the house is powered by solar energy, the powerbank is only charged to a half so the hostess only charge half the […]
Himalaya’s trekking on 2017 – From Gorak Shep, visiting the Everest Base Camp, to Ding Buche
On this day we went from Gorak Shep to the Everest Base Camp, then Lobuche for lunch and finally to DingBuche The visit to the Everest Base Camp is iearly in the morning. I love the view of the glaciar. On the way back we took our backbacks from the lodge. X. almost fell and […]
Himalaya’s trekking on 2017 – From Lobuche to Gorak Shep
We leave our baggage behind and carry our sleeping bags only. At ten, we arrive to Gorak Shep and after an early lunch we set up for ascending the Kala Pather (“Black Rock” as later Tundu translated for me). X. didn’t have lunch and we find him on the top. I feel very tired and […]
Himalaya’s trekking on 2017 – From Dzongla to Lobuche
I have no records of the morning, although I have some photos: I remember spending time during the afternoon on the cliff looking towards the glaciar. Feeling the centering that the open spaces can give. I found myself thinking how this seemed the aftermath of a place where supersaiyans have ravaged the place. It is […]
Himalaya’s trekking on 2017 – From Thagnak across the Cho La to Dzongla
I have not had an entire night sleep in a week. Nonetheless I am happy to spend less time in the bed and get up at 5 am. My usual muesli with black coffee and I feel full and ready for this journey. We follow the river upwards in an effort that takes the best […]
Himalaya’s trekking on 2017 – From Gokkyo to Thagnak
The top of the eatern hill was hiding a surprise: A view of a barren land of another planet. It is an old glaciar in a receding state. The look of it now is like seeing the bottom of a dry river, full of rocks as if pulverized by the force of ice long ago. […]
Himalaya’s trekking on 2017 – From Machermo to Gokkyo
Some muesli for breakfast and we depart at around 7:35 am. Again, the path starts ascending forcing us to walk slowly so we can make our breathing come to normal levels. I see less and less people in this zone, however we continually are passed by an english and swiss expedition, they take the lead […]
Himalaya’s trekking on 2017 – From Phortse to Machermo
Today I took my breakfast with milk and a porridge based on corn and my usual black coffee.The others have grown fond of the masala tea and they order it at each presented chance.We wave goodbye to the kind hosts, in my case, they shake my hands with some words in spanish, and also we […]
Himalaya’s trekking on 2017 – Leaving Kathmandu
The hotel was busy with some celebration, it seems like a wedding The first thing that came to my attention is the amount of traffic on the streets, a river of cars and motorbikes and the traffic light that probably went abandoned 30 or 40 years ago. So the only way to cross this street […]