On the Road

It's a 9-day journey to Mt Everest Base Camp. Michael has met up with the team from Adventure Consultants and they're on their way!

On April 1 the team flew from Kathmandu to Lukla, before trekking to Phakding a small town at about 2,610m elevation.
Michael and team (pictured taking a well-earned rest at a tea house) spent yesterday shouldering their packs on the way to Namche, which is the gateway to the high Himalayas.

The team is in good spirits and will spend today in rest mode, which means they'll be acclimatising to the new altitude (Namache is at about 3,440m).

But rest mode on the way to Everest is a little different to what you might expect: the team will be taking a bit of a 'stroll' where they expect to get their first glimpses of Everest and the upper valleys. In between it's food, rest and mental preparation for the days ahead.