Date:- 20th March to 2nd April 2008
Trekking:- Everest Base Camp
Amazing: Sometimes standing on the edge of a path looking down….,down down down it went, and it was like you were the only person in the world. The silence cant be describe. Its like watching a nature movie and having the sound turned off but instead of watching it, you are actually in it. Words fail me and I cant describe the feelings it gave me standing on the edge of a mountain (to me, probably to Lhakpa it would be a hill). Amazing because it toke my breath away looking at the mountains with the snowy tops and realising that we had 10 more days of this wonder. At night when I couldn’t sleep I would step outside and look up into the sky, and those moments alone makes me want to do the trek again. The sky and the stars are so bright. You can see the edge of Ama Dablam and see the snowy top. Still its so dark, no city lights to obscure the scenery. I will remember the snowy tops, the silence along with those starry nights the most. Of course there are all the other things that makes this a must do trip.

Lhakpa to start off with, made sure we never missed out on anything, he lead with patience. I never felt unsafe or unsure of myself. He guided us on the tough spots and made sure we were well feed and warm at night. Make sure you play Uno with him it’s a must experience. His staff was always ahead of us and when we arrived to the teahouse our baggage was already there, so we never had to wait to slip into warm and dry clothes. It was extremely well organised. The teahouses were well picked although on some especially tough days we never could figure out why Lhapka picked the very last house. Well I understand now, because it was the best and it made the trip out the next day easier. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend this trip to anyone.

Tough: There were days when all I could do was look at my feet and count to ten, then the next ten steps. I literally got off my office chair and decided to trek to Base Camp. When I wrote lhapka asking him about the physical level the reply back was, "its easy enough" ha ha ha, I will say that if you like me have done little to no training prior this trip you'll have a tough time. But I found its not always about the physical side, its also about the will, the will to succeed and the will to see it through to the end. For me it was a tough trek and if there will be a next time I will do more in the gym. It was worth every pain in my muscle….every effort of taken a breath of air. It was worth it, and on some days I couldn’t have done it without Lhapka making sure I would drink enough Chu Chu (I think that’s how its spelled)

Rereading this paragraf I feel its in adequate of the experience we had. I have seen and done things that I never thought possible. I have been to base camp WOW! The only thing left to say is, do it and make sure Lhakpa is your guide.

Hell B. Andersen
Danish
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Date:- 2nd Nov to 21 Nov 2007
Trekking:- Everest Base camp