ET09, EBC Trek, Lobuche, Gorakshep, Camp Base Everest
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- Distance
- 7.8 mi
- Elevation gain
- 2,871 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Difficult
- Elevation loss
- 1,906 ft
- Max elevation
- 17,439 ft
- TrailRank
- 39
- Min elevation
- 16,023 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Time
- 3 hours 22 minutes
- Coordinates
- 305
- Uploaded
- November 11, 2022
- Recorded
- November 2022
near Lobuche, Province 1 (Nepal)
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(In my web, click on the flag above to have the translation in your Language. If it doesn't work, copy-paste it into Google Translator) (Himalaya) Route 1471 on 10/23/2022; 13km; +870 -600. Trekking route at Everest Base Camp. Participants: Candela, Anna, Josep V, Rosa, Salva, Toni C, Cristina, Xavier B, Rafa V, Hanny, Elisa, Jordi G and Miquel. Output type: linear traverse; Difficulty: difficult.
Go to the web / Ir a la web / Ves a web: http://www.eoliumtrek.cat/index.php/mon/himalaia/1210-et09-ebc-trek-lobuche-gorakshep-camp-base-everest
YEARS AGO: In 1953, Hillary and Norgay set foot on the summit of Everest for the first time.
Morning photo from the Lobuche Lodge, on a day that continues a very cold night. Now the thermometer shows -8ºC, like yesterday evening. I've improved in 'body', I'm now at 81% and with normal pulses of 72. I've slept well and haven't lost my appetite, so up.
We leave Lobuche soon. But the day that I remembered was not too complicated, in the end it will turn out to be a very different reality, because the hail and the constant ups and downs (and also the altitude, of course) have been a leg-breaker for me. A couple of colleagues have been resting in Lobuche, I think with good judgement. You know, in any group that is formed there are always those who find things easier and others who do not.
I take a picture of my friend Rafa, now that he is no longer asleep. The bearers have already left in the direction of Gorakshep. As Arancha Vega writes in Barrabés "The Sherpas became famous as climbers long before Tenzing Norgay climbed Everest with Sir Edmund Hillary for the first time in 1953. Already with the first English expedition at the beginning of the century, the 1921, they stood out for their skills, honesty and dedication. From that moment they were an integral part of every expedition made by the Westerners. The affinity and sympathy they felt for the Sherpa culture resulted in an understanding... ...
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Go to the web / Ir a la web / Ves a web: http://www.eoliumtrek.cat/index.php/mon/himalaia/1210-et09-ebc-trek-lobuche-gorakshep-camp-base-everest
YEARS AGO: In 1953, Hillary and Norgay set foot on the summit of Everest for the first time.
Morning photo from the Lobuche Lodge, on a day that continues a very cold night. Now the thermometer shows -8ºC, like yesterday evening. I've improved in 'body', I'm now at 81% and with normal pulses of 72. I've slept well and haven't lost my appetite, so up.
We leave Lobuche soon. But the day that I remembered was not too complicated, in the end it will turn out to be a very different reality, because the hail and the constant ups and downs (and also the altitude, of course) have been a leg-breaker for me. A couple of colleagues have been resting in Lobuche, I think with good judgement. You know, in any group that is formed there are always those who find things easier and others who do not.
I take a picture of my friend Rafa, now that he is no longer asleep. The bearers have already left in the direction of Gorakshep. As Arancha Vega writes in Barrabés "The Sherpas became famous as climbers long before Tenzing Norgay climbed Everest with Sir Edmund Hillary for the first time in 1953. Already with the first English expedition at the beginning of the century, the 1921, they stood out for their skills, honesty and dedication. From that moment they were an integral part of every expedition made by the Westerners. The affinity and sympathy they felt for the Sherpa culture resulted in an understanding... ...
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