Today is the day we reach Mount Everest Base Camp! I'm so excited to hit this milestone of the trip. At this point we'll be about 42 miles into the trek and have ascended about 9,000 ft in 7 days.
Everest Base Camp trek is considered one of the toughest in the world because of it's sheer length and number of days required. I anticipate being pretty wiped out physically by day 10. Days of hiking, altitude, cold weather and interrupted sleep will take a bit of a toll. My body will be wiped out but my heart will be full and my mind will be centered as the connection I mentioned in my prior post keeps living, breathing, and strengthening to carry me through.
Today will be a big and difficult trek along the Khumbu Glacier and up to Everest Base Camp. This is the closest you can get to Mt. Everest without mountaineering equipment! We'll hike up to the Base Camp at 17,601 ft and then back to Gorak Shep that is just under 17,000 ft. It's expected we'll be hiking for about 8 hours.
We'll get some great views of the Khumbu Icefall from here.
Kind of reminds me of the Sneffels hike but with ice and we won't be climbing up the icefall though. I'm okay with that given Sneffels felt like hours of burpees and loaded bear crawls getting up those rocks!
If you want more information on the Khumbu Glacier and the icefall movement check this out.
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