We reached Namche Bazaar (3,440m) close to 3 in the afternoon after a long trek from Phakding. Reaching Namche is by far the best significant landmark to reach so far, a heaven-like place. It greeted us with an enchanting walkway coupled with a number of “mini fountains”, giving you that very welcoming experience. We also had our first faint glimpse of Mt Everest in the distance.
This is the 3rd post and will capture my journey from Phakding to Namche Bazaar. Didn’t expect it to be this long initially but managed to reach Namche around close to 3 in the afternoon with a nice mixture of cold breeze and the warm sunny afternoon.
This second part of Day 1 covers the adventure from Lukla airport, the town and straight to the town of Phakding. The spirit, determination and sense of curiosity is still high at this point. The journey from Lukla to Phakding was breathtaking and the people I met along the way were extremely friendly.
In April 2016, I spent the longest (and one of the coldest) trekking trip in my entire life to reach Everest Base Camp. The whole journey took around 8 days to reach the base camp, and another 5 just to get back to Lukla. This first post will cover our journey from Kathmandu to Lukla.
Viper Challenge 2015 was held at Sepang International Circuit, an obstacle course of up to almost 21km. I was actually very excited for the 22 obstacles ahead of me as I’ve always been a huge fan of obstacle courses and events such as this. The crowd, team-work and the camaraderie among strangers made the whole experience so much better.
Labeled as The boxing day Angsi climb, for obvious reasons, a group of 7 decided to summit Gunung Angsi (Ulu Bendul). Our just recent act of gluttony a day prior to this probably inspired us to venture into a silent agreement that this trip was a great idea to burn off that extra calories.