Trek Diary :Finale - EVEREST BAST CAMP Documented & Written By Sachin Kable
Continued…. As I document the last steps of my journey,
I hope to leave you with nothing short of a magical masterpiece. In an attempt to capture the passing of time
and the beauty of the surroundings, I document my finale at the EBC through a photo- blog.
Day 7- Dingboche to Lobuche
Altitude: Dingboche-14340 ft
Lobuche – 16310 ft
Altitude Gain: 1970 ft.
Trek Distance: 9km,
Start Time: 9 am
Time Taken: 5 hrs
Temperature: 2° to 10° Centigrade.
Hotel: Lodge
Expenses: NPR 2000/-
It was nice and bright sunny day, we started by 9 am
after having the standard ‘healthy’ breakfast .The trail from here was expected
to be full of snow and temperatures to remain below 5 deg C even during the
day time. I put on 3 layers of clothing a Tee, a thermal and a windcheater to ensure I stay warm.
We stopped only at Thukla/Dukla for the snacks. A
steep hike after Thukla of around 1000 ft, we stopped at the peak and offered a few moments of silence at the memorial of departed climbers.
Beyond this point was a walk across a flat terrain, but through heavy snow, also
weather started to swing and clouds roofed the sky dropping temperature
drastically.
We were at the HIGHEST ALTITUDE AND at SUB-ZERO TEMPERATURE, it was
reading -2 deg temperature outside and it is NOT AT ALL ADVISED TO SLEEP DURING
DAY TIME. This no sleep tip is followed by all the climbers who are forced to
mingle and stay charged ensuring that the atmosphere at the Lodge is that of one big
party .
Day8 - THE
day - Lobhuche -Gorakhshep to EBC
Altitude: Lubhuche – 16310 ft
Gorakhshep-16942
ft
EBC-16092 ft
Altitude Gain: 1970 ft.
Start Time: 9 am
Trek Distance: 9km
Time Taken: 5 hrs.
Temperature: 2° C
Gears: Soft shell pant, Polyester T-shirt, Thermal,
Fleece Jacket, Windcheater, Fleece Cap, 2-Gloves layered, Down jacket.
Hotel@ Monjo: Lodge
Expenses: NPR 2500/-
Got up in the morning and everything was frozen
including the water in the pot with ice spikes inside the tank. The weather had
visibly turned and there was a heavy snow storm ;a complete white out, nothing was
visible.I was afraid of getting frostbitten
so continuously kept the little fingers and toes moving it inside the
gloves/shoes.
After a slow cautious walk of almost 2 to 3 hour we
reached Gorakhshep and were completely exhausted but this was not the end, a
hike of another 6 hours and we would be at our destination. After an hour of
rest and tea at a local lodge we set out for the EBC, our final DESTINATION.
We pulled out all out reserved energy from every
corner of the body and decided to move
with full throttle only to stop at the EBC now.
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