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I Did it !
It was my Everest!
Well I am back and what an adventure!
The trek was a lot tougher than I expected but despite sleep depravation(4-5hrs a night), 40% Oxygen, fatigue, altitude sickness, sleeping in plywood "freezers", yak dung burners, Nepalese belly!, muscle cramps, sunburn, minus 25deg temps, rock falls, avalanches...... I made the trek of a lifetime and completed the 4 biggest challenges on the trek; Gokyo Ri (5355M), Chola Pass (5380M), Everest Base Camp (5365M) and Kala Patar (5545M).
I must emphasise not all the points above were on my risk assessment, particularly the Yak dung burners!
Most of all, Nepal is a wonderful safe country with outstanding natural beauty, with great great people who have fantastic human spirit despite abject poverty, poor education and reliance on the mountain tourism industry.
Some facts about the trip.
Days trekking 18
Total distance 168km 70% above 4500M
Total ascent 14,560M (nearly 2 Everests!)
Energy burned over 45,000 calories - hence I have lost a stone in weight (not a recommended diet!)
9 people in the group - 4 of us made all 4 challenges and 8 made it to Base Camp.
4 porters
2 assistant guides
1 lead guide with over 20 years experience.
Photos taken 875
Carbon offset for the trip 100%
Post trek massage (ahhhh) 1
A massive thank you to everyone who supported my charity, prostate cancer research. I have been genuinely blown away by the level of support and messages of support. I think I have raised over £4,000 so far which BP will match and special big thank you to Isle of Grain Terminal staff and contractors who held a fund raising day which raised over £1700 alone (WOW!!)
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