Archive for the Everest Category

April 13, 2011 / Everest

Everest Flights: Alternatives to Everest Base Camp Trekking

Many people each year go Everest Base Camp trekking, but there are some for whom this isn't a possibility, for various reasons – as well as those who simply don't enjoy trekking, but would still l

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February 17, 2011 / Everest

On the Way to Everest Base Camp: Namche Bazaar

A hundred years ago, Namche Bazaar was a small trading post where locals bartered yak cheese and butter for foods grown at lower altitudes. This changed after 1953, when Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenz

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January 5, 2011 / Everest

Tenzing Norgay’s Everest Ascent

Whether it’s their final destination, a way station on the way to the very top, or even for those just contemplating the journey, climbers through the ages have been fascinated by Everest Base C

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August 26, 2010 / Everest

Mental Preparation for an Everest Climb

So you've arrived safely at Everest Base Camp, and are wondering what it would be like to ascend all the way and reach the pinnacle that is the dream of so many - to reach the summit of Mount Ev

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July 23, 2010 / Everest, Trekking

Get an Everest Base Camp Trek In Before the Mountain Melts

An Everest Base Camp trek is, for many, the challenge of a lifetime and the culmination of much time spent in training and preparation. Scientists maintain however, that Everest is changing - be

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July 23, 2010 / Everest

Everest – After the High

By now, most people have heard of Bonita Norris who climbed her way into the record books by becoming the youngest Briton ever to summit the world's highest peak - Mount Everest. She made headli

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June 10, 2010 / Everest

Bonita’s Trek – From Base Camp to Everest Record

On the 17th of May 2010, Bonita Norris returned to the safety of Everest Base Camp, trekking down to meet her team and earn a place in history as the youngest Briton ever to summit the world's highest

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