By Jeremy Thomson, Publicity Officer

Here you can find a day-by-day diary of our trek, with detailed information on flaura, geography, interesting experiences and the general practicalities of organising an expedition.

Use this clickable map to jump to any part of the trek, or see the itinerary below to navigate. Alternatively, click here to go straight to day one. You can see a larger version of all pictures and most maps by clicking on them. Happy reading!

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Trek Outline

We began our 200km trek at Barabise, 50km north-west of Kathmandu and walked up the Sun Khose and Bhote Khose valleys. We crossed the Tisang La pass and climbed the Rolwaling valley via Simigoan. From Na, the highest village in the Rolwaling, we camped near the Yalung La and made successful attempts on Yalung Ri and Ramdung Peak (5925m).

We then climbed to the valley head and over the notorious Tesi Labsta Pass. From the pass, we climbed the highest peak of the trek, Parchamo (~6225m) and then walked down into the Khumbu (Everest) valley.

After a short stay in Namche Bazaar, we continued down the Khumbu, then climbed west to the little-vistied Lumding valley. From here we made an attempt at Kwangde Nup, finding the scenery greatly changed since the maps and guides were written.

Finally we descended from Lumding via the Moro La pass, and flew back to Kathmandu from the tiny airstrip at Lukla.

Itinerary

• Day 1 - London to Lahore.
• Day 2 - Lahore to Karachi.
• Day 3 - Karachi to Kathmandu.
• Day 4 - Kathmandu gear buying day.
• Day 5 - Kathmandu food buying day.
• Day 6 - Kathmandu to Kathali.
• Day 7 - Kathali to Dulangsa.
• Day 8 - Dulangsa to Bigu Gonpa.
• Day 9 - Bigu Gonpa to Chilanka.
• Day 10 - Chilanka to Orang.
• Day 11 - Orang to Trashinam.
• Day 12- Trashinam to Simigoan.
• Day 13 - Simigoan to Gylache.
• Day 14 - Gylache to Beding.
• Day 15 - Beding rest day.
• Day 16 - Beding to Na.
• Day 17 - Na bimble day.
• Day 18 - Na to Yalung base camp.
• Day 19 - Yalung Ri peak 1.
• Day 20 - Yalung rest day.
• Day 21 - Ramdung high camp.
• Day 22 - Ramdung attempt 1.
• Day 23 - Ramdung attempt 2.
• Day 24 - Return to Yalung base camp.
• Day 25 - Return to Na.
• Day 26 - Na to Trakarding Glacier.
• Day 27 - Up the Trakarding Glacier.
• Day 28 - Teshi Labsta Pass.
• Day 29 - Parchamo Peak.
• Day 30 - Teshi Labsta to Thame Og.
• Day 31 - Thame Og to Namche Bazaar.
• Day 32 - Namche market day.
• Day 33 - Namche 'rest' day.
• Day 34 - Namche to mystery village.
• Day 35 - Total waste of time day.
• Day 36 - Gonpa to Moro La.
• Day 37 - Moro La to Lumding Karka.
• Day 38 - Lumding to Kwangde base camp.
• Day 39 - Kwangde base camp to high camp.
• Day 40 - Kwangde recce day.
• Day 41 - Kwangde Nup attempt.
• Day 42-45 - Return to civilisation.

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