Adventures Global

We awoke to a beautiful morning in Rivendell yesterday. It was also Tahlia’s 21st birthday! We all wished her, with the promise to celebrate in Namche Bazaar. We enjoyed a magnificent five-hour walk down to Namche. We had lunch in our teahouse and spent the rest of the afternoon relaxing. Just before dinner, we surprised Tahlia with a handmade card, some gifts and a few bottles of red wine. After dinner we presented her with a cake bearing 21 lit candles with a chorus of Happy Birthday and celebrated a wonderful day in the in Himalaya.

This morning, we left Namche Bazaar just before 8 am. We have a long walk down to Lukla and made a brisk start to the day. We stopped for tea in Bangkar and an hour later stopped in Phakding for a delicious Dhal Bat lunch. We are now preparing to trek to Lukla. It should take us two and a half hours. This is our last leg and everyone will be walking with mixed emotions.

More on Tuesday’s adventure . . . Just after dinner, our kitchen staff appeared in the mess tent with a cake and two bottles of wine. The cake’s inscription read Congratulations EBC 2012. We toasted to the mountain and enjoyed a tasty sandwich cake. We were all astounded at the incredible support we received from the local logistics operator, Dream Himalaya. Thanks to our chef Karma and his team.

Yesterday, everyone was up early and ready to leave Base Camp soon after breakfast. Karma presented each of us with a white silk scarf and wished us well on our journey down to Lukla. It was an emotional goodbye as we realized how we had been touched by the mountain and our Sherpa support. It took us six hours to get down to Periche at 4200 metres in cold snowy conditions, but everyone felt good as we had descended 1200 metres. We enjoyed a well-deserved shower before a great dinner and an early night.

Today, after a leisurely breakfast, we left Periche and trekked to Debuche at 3800 metres, our overnight stop. We checked into the Rivendell Teahouse just in time for lunch and spent the rest of the afternoon relaxing in the dining room, reading, playing cards and chatting.
‘We have all gotten fatter after reaching base camp, now we are in Rivendell feeling amazing and the celebrations are starting.’ ~Steve Raiss, on the Adventures Global Facebook page.

We woke this morning to a cold and cloudy day. After breakfast a few of us strolled through Base Camp and watched one of the climbing teams sharpen their snow and ice skills on the edge of the Khumbu Icefall. We then walked a short distance into the Icefall, but it soon started snowing, so we headed back to our camp for lunch. It snowed on and off for the rest of the afternoon as we played some bridge. The food in BC has been fantastic and everyone has coped well at 5350 metres. Tonight will be cold again but we move lower down tomorrow where the environment will be a little bit more hospitable.

Tomorrow the team head down to the village of Periche.

The team left Gorak Shep at 11 am and very slowly we made our way to Base Camp. We all felt weary after this morning’s climb up Kala Pattar.
We arrived shortly after 1.30 pm and just in time for lunch. Our camp is perfectly located close to the Khumbu Icefall and well laid out, thanks to our local logistics operator, Dream Himalaya.

After a much appreciated lunch, we settled into Base Camp and then most of the team caught up on some much needed rest in their tents. Sadly some of the team members are having to deal with splitting headaches.