Trip video - Matt & Loz's Himalayan Odyssey

Part 1 - Malaysia, Northern India, Kashmir

Part 2 - Agra, Varanasi, Nepal

Part 3 - Everest Base Camp Trek

Everest Base Camp Trek - Part 2

 Climbing Kala Patthar at 4.30am

 Waiting, hoping we might get a glimpse of Everest (to far left side)

 Mt. Pumori (7165m) from the top of Kala Patthar (5550m)

 Looking south at Ama Dablam (6814m)

 Sunrise between Tibetan Mountain 'Chang Tse', N-W Col. (shoulder of Everest), Everest & Nuptse

 The 5550m 'hill' that is Kala Patthar in front of Mt. Pumori

 Gorak Shep - the closest settlement to Everest Base Camp (~3kms away)

 The windswept peak of Mt. Everest

 The current site of Base Camp on the shifting Khumbu Glacier

At Base Camp with our guide Elmi

 A thawing Khumbu Glacier

 The start of the Everest summit climb - across Khumbu glacier, up the Khumbu Ice-fall. 

Over 200 people have died trying since the first attempt in 1922.

 Heading south again..

A small farming village before Periche

 Pangboche Monastery - once home to the notorious 'Yeti scalp'

 Harvest time

 The last day in the Himalaya sampling 'Chhaang' - Millet beer - potent stuff!

Time for a real beer back in Kathmandu!

Trip video to come soon..

Kathmandu & Everest Base Camp Trek - Part 1

After 25hrs hellish overland travel - Kathmandu

 Monkey Temple - Kathmandu

 Durbar Square

 Lukla airport (2840m) - If this makes you nervous, you don't want to see the others..

 Day 1, with over 100kms to go..

Local Sherpa lady

Day 2 - Namche Bazaar - 3440m

Buddhist prayer wheels

Day 4 - After a day acclimatising, an early start to head uphill again

First view of Everest (8848m) & Lhotse (8516m). 4 more days hiking to get there

Arriving in Dingboche (4410m)

The two peaks of Amadablam - 6814m

Our Sherpa host in Dingboche

Thokla Pass, Buddhist tombstones & memorial site

One of many..

Melting glacier waters