A long day back to Lukla | EBC Trek Day 11
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- Опубліковано 13 лип 2024
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Final day of the everest base camp trek, from Namche Bazaar all the back to Lukla. It's another long day with around 1000m of descent, followed by the final 400m in elevation back up to Lukla.
Interestingly, because it was the day after Christmas, there was noticeably more people on the trail. We reckon that it was because of the holiday period so if you are able to go before Christmas you may end up with less crowded days.
My guide Ganesh had warned me that the last day was in fact one of the harder days. The climb up to Lukla is a fairly relentless one, taking around 3-4 hours. He wasn't wrong! Perhaps it was just the general wear and tear, but whilst you're not breathing hard or having to take multiple breaks, it is a long and tiring day.
We stopped near Jorshalle for a quick dip in the river and had lunch before just getting on with the day.
Getting back to Lukla meant that it was the first opportunity to go to a cafe/bar and get a burger and a beer which was a welcome change from the fairly average food that you eat in the tea houses.
All that was left was to wait for the morning and pray that there wasn't bad weather so that lights in and out of Lukla were running.
0:00 - Intro
0:17 - Last day on EBC Trek
2:46 - Cold water swimming in the Himalayas
5:07 - New hikers on the trail
8:16 - Final tea house lunch
11:25 - Back in Lukla
I'll never forget you doing a cold water dip at Skógafoss 🥶
@affinityartifacts - feel like I need to top Skógafoss at some point
Enjoyed your vids. I've been up that way about 5 times but not thought to explore the Chola lake or wander up to the Ama basecamp. I'll do both next time so thanks for that!
@Craig 2.0 - glad you enjoyed them and yeah I would definitely go and visit both Ama Dablam and Chola lake when you next go there! Have you been there in the peak season vs off season like December? I was amazed at how many people there were just after Christmas and heard some horror stories from March/April
@@WiththeSparrows Hi, I've been a few times in April May and I guess it was busier but didn't find it off-putting. Going then is when the Everest climbers are there and about so that certainly adds to the buzz knowing folks are climbing those big hills seems just amazing. I've stayed in EBC a few times and climbed on the glacier for training. For me I didn't fancy going so far and not staying there so made arrangements and did it which was great. I was last there to climb Lobuche East in November which was quieter for sure. Lot's of teahouses and locals head to Kathmandu for the extended winter as it's the non-season, unless they stay for renovations and what not I guess. I imagine the post Christmas rush was folks having Christmas at home then taking annual holidays. I'm planning to be fit and back end of this year for a 7000 hill but I'm unsure which one just yet. Anwyays, glad you enjoyed it and loved watching all your videos. Cheers, C.
@@craig2.071 yep makes sense, being basecamp proper and with all the climbers is a plus for sure, and yeah we saw a lot of the locals heading to Kathmandu for the winter.
Good luck with the 7000m 'hill'!
The kids were cute . Also I never heard your little saying before . Lol
@Mary Abreu - it's a good one, though it's definitely not my saying!