I made it!!! It was a long, hard, cold trek...just so I could get this pic!!! hahaha...
Today was the day we were gonna trek up to Everest base camp…starting from Loboche we had a 3-4hr trek to Gorak Shep which is a small village at 5164 m close to base camp, stop for lunch and then carry on to Everest Base Camp which was another 2hrs away…We had a long day ahead 3-4hrs to Gorak Shep, 2hrs to base camp then 2hrs back to Gorak Shep (we have to get back to Gorak Shep for the night)…so that’s about 8hrs of trekking, pretty much the longest day we would have….and it’s freezing!!! I wasn’t looking forward to it, but the final destination was in sight and I was starting to get a little excited…
Just another shot of the majestic Himalayans...It's all around you and you begin to get accustomed to it..."just another 8000 m peak"...as a comparison, the highest mountain in the Canadian Rockies is at 4000 m...
Loboche to Gorak Shep was pretty much uneventful…the trail was not that bad and the elevation gain was ok (in comparison to previous days)…we made some good time gettin to Gorak Shep, so instead of stopping for lunch we trekked on to base camp…more of the same, just barren landscape with no signs of life (other than the constant stream of North Face clad tourists stomping along the trail)…a bit of luck came into play when we were about 1 kilometer from base camp, my guide, Uzol, suddenly shouts “hey Ken, can you hear that?”, for those of you that know me, my hearing isn’t exactly the best (along with my eye sight) but I still nodded, then he pointed in the distance just beyond base camp and lo and behold, an avalanche was just starting!!! Very cool sight as I had never witnessed a live avalanche before…quickly grabbing our cameras, it was surprising how long it took for the whole thing to finish…I had time to pull my camera from my pocket, turn it on and squeeze off a few pics…we just happened to be at the right place at the right time….
Just beyond base camp...avalanche of snow roaring down the mountain...luckily no one was head up towards the higher camp on Everest
Although it wasn’t close to the base camp area, if anyone was heading to the next base camp (only for people intending to summit Everest), they would of had a very bad day!!!
So on we continued to the Everest Base Camp marker…funny enough, there are no views of Mt. Everest from base camp you are too close and the other peaks get in the way…we spent about 20 minutes at the marker, takin pics, then it was back to Gorak Shep retracing our steps…
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Everest Base Camp is situated on a glacier...some of the views approaching it...
More glacial shots...
Me again at the marker...I didn't come all this way for just one pic!!!
So it’s done!!! Made it to base camp, got my pics, now it’s time to head back to Gorak Shep for the night…One thing that I wish I had with me was a Sharpie, If I did, I could of signed the marker “Kenny was here April 2012″, but no such luck!!! If any of you ever do this trek, remember to bring a Sharpie!!!