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..