Most of these blogs are here for archival purpose that I have written from 2004. These days, I prefer to write my occasional blogs at Medium page.
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Return Journey Begins
I woke up late this morning. It was a good sleep and I didn’t want to miss that at the height of Gorak Shep. But since we were supposed to have a photo shoot for the promo of the marathon with 12 marathoners, I had to wake up. I ate breakfast with Chris who after…
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Everest Base Camp, at last
It was quite an interesting day as I was at the final destination of my journey – the Everest Base Camp. After walking more than three hours, off-course very slowly, we reached the camp. It was 70 per cent walk on hilly ridge and other on the top of Khumbhu glacier. It’s quite amazing to…
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Kala Patthar, 5545m, Summitted!
Had a great sleep yesterday night without any problem and that was probably the reason I was at my best this morning. With Dr. Bidhan and Dr. Chhitiz, we went to the top of Kala Patthar, 5545m. It was a long steep uphill walk and very cold at the top. From about the middle of…
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Lobuche: It’s Not Easy!
Last night was the hardest night for me so far in the tour. After I slept for about an hour, I was woken up suddenly by the feel of heat inside me. I removed my jacket and inner woolen coat but the feeling of heat and restlessness didn’t go away. Whenever I tried to close…
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The Rule of Mountains
Finally a lucky day. Early morning today, the weather was kind to us and we could view mountains around the village – Ama Dablam, Thamserku, Lhotse among others. They were visible for around half-an-hour and it was a magnificent view. I was amazed to see mountains tops so near to me. They looked like if…
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Dingboche’s Entertaining Night
A partially lucky day as we could see glimpses of mountains in the morning and on our way to Dingboche. We would see a part of it and would constantly raise our eyes to see more but soon fog would reigned and we would be robbed of the chance to experience mountains. The journey today…
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Still No Mountains!
At 2:30 PM, when I penned this on my diary, we were at Tengboche, 3830m and five hour walk from Namche. We stopped here for lunch. Telephone is Rs. 20/min and internet, yea, for Rs. 10/min. I called home and checked mail. It was wonderful feeling to talk with my beloved from this point and…
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Preparing the Long Walk
I had trouble sleeping last night because of my leg aches and back ache. Although the pain on legs went away after some time the back pain caused by carrying a bag stayed on and I could only sleep after midnight though I was dead tired. I had to use the relaxation cream on my…
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At Namche (After 8 & 1/2 Hour Walking)
I was really looking forward to the tour that would take me up to the Everest Base Camp. So, it was only natural that I started early morning for the flight of 7:30 AM. We were a team unofficially led by photojournalist Bikash Karki and including Samaya Weekly’s Bhaswor Ojha, Kantipur Television’s Deep Gambir Singh…
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Going to Mt Everest Base Camp
To cover the world’s highest altitude marathon, the Tenzing Hillary Everest Marathon 2006, I am flying out of Kathmandu on Saturday. I will be going to Lukla by air and then to Namche and the base camp of the world’s highest mountain by foot. I hope the journey would be enthralling. I will be back…