Departing Namche yesterday we chose to take the path less travelled and instead of going via Tengboche we instead climbed up via a old set of rock stairs to a trail that leads to Mhong Lha From here the trail splits and heads up towards Gokyo or down and across the river to Phortse. From […]
We arrived in Namche late yesterday afternoon just before a large storm descended on us – the thunder and lightening was quite intense and a great way to be welcomed to this famous Nepalese mountain village Our tents kept us warm and dry and and night fell and the temperature dropped the rain turned to […]
The last few days – as usual for expeditions have been busy with final logistics and prep. Now that is all completed and the team arrives were moving into packing duffles bags with climbing equipment for them to be shifted to Basecamp, allowing us to just be doing easy trekking with very little gear – […]
The Monsoon certainly isn’t over! Hi guys, Ben here with my first team update, I apologize in advance to any mountain climbers reading this as I might explain the seemingly obvious for those non-mountain climbers reading. Ben and Mal taking every opportunity! The morning after our brutal, almost catastrophic, commute we hit the trail. My […]