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I am going stir crazy walking within a reasonable distance from my house, so here is a blast from the past.
1998 Trek to Nepal and Kalapthar (Overlooking Everest Base Camp). At 58 & 59 we had thought we had better do this before we got too old. All bar one of the other people on this trek, including the leader, were young enough to be our children. We both managed to get to the summit of Kalapathar,(5644m) but it took enormous will power for R to do it, as his lungs were already congested, and he was suffering from either pneumonia or altitude sickness. He managed downhill for a couple of nights and then the leader Jon took us down to 14,000 feet in the hopes it would get better. When it didn't, we were evacuated by helicopter to a hospital in Khatmandu, where the doctor said a clean hotel room would be better for him than an iffy hospital. After a couple of days R insisted on wandering around again, but was diagnosed with pneumonia when we got home. Despite that, it was a great trip.
Khatmandu
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To Lukla in an old Russian helicopter. Below, the airstrip
[img][img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50973528188_f4544c4224_c.jpg[/img]Walking on from Lukla to Phakding
Phakding to Namche Bazaar. Thse kids walk miles to school.
In and around Namche
Seeing Everest for the first time
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[url=https://flic.kr/p/2kEqgvJ]Back to Namche
[url=https://flic.kr/p/2kEqNkW]Namche to Thamo
In Thamo
Thamo to Khumjung
Kumjung to Tyhyamboche
Thyamboche to Dingboche
Dingboche acclimatisation
Dingboche to Lobuche
Jon and Jonny staging Holmes versus Moriarty above the Reichenbach falls.
Kalapthar (18,519 feet)) and back down to Lobuche
Lobuche to Pangboche
Pangboche to Lower Phortse & helicopter out
R ill in Katmandhu
Tibetan carpet factory and Nepalese Temple
Pashupatineth and Bodnath Stupa
Bhaktapur and Katmandu