2013-10-7 to 2013-11-03 Nepal

I had the good fortune to travel to Nepal and trek to Everest base camp with Paul and Barry Stratton. I left SLC on October 7 and arrived in Kathmandu on October 9. On October 12 we left Kathmandu for Lukla to start our trek reaching the base camp on October 20. 

 Barry is standing next to me. Lokendra Rai was our wonderful guide.

 At base camp there is this pile of 'mani' stones, each engraved with a prayer.

 We hiked in snow for a number of days due to a rare early season storm. Sunburn was a bigger problem.

We hike from village to village from Lukla to Gorak Shep. The most difficult part of the trek was trying to sleep at Lobuche and Gorak Shep which are both above 16,000 feet. . The best part were the wonderful views of the Himalayas and the many people we met trekking.