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Kala Pattar – It’s all downhill from here, for us anyway

From Kala Pattar you can see both across to the summit of Everest and down to Base Camp. It’s a pretty amazing view. On summit day, you can actually sit at the top of Kala Pattar and watch people go up the Hillary Step. We arrived a few weeks too early to see any climbers that high. Porters were just carrying in the ladders to set up the Ice Fall when we were there.

On the summit of Kala Pattar, at 18,208 feet, our highest elevation on the trek

Heading across the Khumbu Glacier to Base Camp, we passed porters carrying the ladders for the Khumbu Ice Fall.

Views from along the Khumbu glacier

Heading to Base Camp

Everest Base Camp Trek Journal:
Lukla – Welcome to the Khumbu Region
Phakding – It’s all uphill from here
Namche Bazaar – Never stand between a yak and a 1,000-ft sheer drop off
Thame – Good ‘ol sherpa hospitality
Khunde – May those who seek the Path of Peace find It, and Happiness
Tengboche – Hot showars for everyone
Dingboche – 14,300 foot high yak pastures
The Pyramid – Who built a pyramid in the middle of the Himalayas?
Gorak Shep – The inside of my tent is as cold as a meat locker
Kala Pattar – It’s all downhill from here, for us anyway
Everest Base Camp – We’ve already traveled a vertical distance of over 37,000 feet to get here – that’s more than one Everest!

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