Introduction

 

And again, it's Nepal: 12th time in 16 years; 5th time in the Khumbu.

We are now back from Nepal and we have spent three full months in the country and, as usual, most of that up in the mountains: the first, longer part (March, April), on the high ridges and glacier valleys above Namche Bazaar; after that, beginning of May, a couple of weeks in and around the Annapurna sanctuary (where, by then, it was quite a bit warmer but also wetter).

We will upload more reports (see Blog) as well as pictures (see Photos). The panoramas and some pages about interesting people we met along the trails are already online.

To give you a rough idea what we have done this time round in the Everest region we have prepared a very quick-and-dirty Google map with the approach routes.

We also have some Background information: see for instance our links to more detailed contour maps. Although these were made for our 2008 Everest trip, they should give you a pretty good idea as to what we did and where we have been this time.

For those brave souls whose appetite we've whetted and who would like to go on a Nepalese trek on their own, there is some practical information about the country and about trekking.

And finally, there is of course the internet: if you search for any of the village or valley names we mention(ed) you will find a wealth of information. A good starting point for the Everest trek would be http://www.yetizone.com/Everest/Trek/Everest_Trek.shtml . And there are many, many others: google and you will be showered with answers.

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