Trek briefing with BSL interpreter in Kathmandu
Lukla airport - don't Google it!
Meet the locals in the tiny villages along the trek route
Colourful flowers in the sunshine
Farming everything by hand - see how crops are grown in the mountains
A cute puppy!
Our 3 professional Guides: Dan, Kaju and Pemba (from right to left)...all brilliant caring people
Namche Bazar - the largest town along the route to Everest Base Camp. We stay here for 2 nights and an acclimatisation day
Kaju, one of our Guides, admiring the views of the Himalayan mountains on the way to Everest Base Camp
The last few miles to Everest Base Camp are rocky and slow as we walk along the side of the enormous Khumbu glacier
We did it!! The VoluntEars group at Everest Base Camp
Some people still have enough energy to leap in the air at 5,364m / 17,598 feet!
Big yellow Tents look tiny with the huge mountains behind them
That's ice on the INSIDE of the windows at our accommodation when we wake up in the morning!
Karolina (left) and Jolanta (right), daughter and mother sharing the experience of a lifetime together
Visiting a Buddhist temple in Kathmandu before the trek
A VERY small plane to Lukla. And there's a man standing on the top refilling the fuel tanks!
Dan guiding Judy (left) over a long bridge above a valley with river flowing through the bottom
Normal terrain as we walk up a mountain (slowly!)
That's Mount Everest (local name "Sagarmatha") in the distance
VoluntEars group at Everest Base Camp in Nepal in May 2023
A long bridge over a deep valley covered with prayer flags, on the way back from Everest Base Camp
A nice easy walk back along a river bank near the end of the Everest Base Camp trek
Colourful flowers growing in the mountains in Nepal
A Buddhist temple by the path on the way to Everest Base Camp
Colourful prayer flags in Lukla at the start / end of the trek
Our amazing Communicator David Hutchinson! There's always time for fun and creativity on a VoluntEars trip
Wrap up warm...it can be cold and windy! VoluntEars Director Richard Clowes on the Everest Base Camp trek trip in May 2023
Yaks carrying supplies up into the mountains
A lady making fresh veg samosas...yum tasty!
What are you looking at? A yak - they are gentle giants and you will walk past them every day
Well done Jurga! You made it to Everest Base Camp :))
Cow bells for sale
A porter carrying a LOT of water bottles up into the mountains
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