Tag: Treks

Hi everyone, Well when you can’t fly fixed wing then it’s Heli time. Lots of challenges getting out of KTM today. We opted to excercise plan b and use some heli flights to reach Lukla. Unfortunately we hit some weather in route forcing us to land here in Halesi. 10 of us are here tonight […]

Hi everyone, Well when you can’t fly fixed wing then it’s Heli time. Lots of challenges getting out of KTM today. We opted to excercise plan b and use some heli flights to reach Lukla. Unfortunately we hit some weather in route forcing us to land here in Halesi. 10 of us are here tonight […]

Hi everyone, Today we got ourselves organized as a team and everyone is excited for an early morning flight into the beautiful Himalaya! We are working on a team name! Eric and EBCTrek team 1 Advertisements

Once at EcoCamp, which is located in the heart of the National Park, the team divided into two groups. Karen, John, Suzanne, Steve, Daniel, Shannon, Laura and Mike hiked to the French Valley yesterday, where they could admire the Paine Horns. Today they walked to Grey Glacier where they took the catamaran to sail to the huge facade of the glacier. […]

The team did a one hour long nautical safari to observe the magnificent Perito Moreno Glacier from up close and then walked on the footbridges from where they could observe giants chunks of ice plummet into the waters of the lake. Our local tour guide Silvia did an awesome job along the day. Thank you […]

Hello everybody. The weather was superb yesterday and the team enjoyed marvelous views of the Fitz Roy massif, the Patagonian steppe and the vast Viedma lake. All team members are doing well and fascinated by the beauty of Patagonia. Today, we will leave the small town of El Chalten after breakfast. We will go on […]

After breakfast, they followed the trail and had a close encounter with two Magellanic woodpeckers. A little later, they enjoyed a fantastic view of the “Piedras Blancas” glacier and lake. They stopped at a small hut to enjoy lunch and continued hiking up a steep rocky trail to Laguna de los Tres Lake. Everyone is happy. […]

Hello family and friends, The team members arrived to the argentinian town of El Calafate safe and sound. We spent one night there and the following day we enjoyed a bus ride beside Lago Argentina and the Viedma lake. In the afternoon we hiked for two hours to prepare us for today’s hike to Torre […]

Namaste friends, family and loved ones, Another day of great trekking until the sky fell on us. A squall of rain and hail caught us the last hour of our trek. Though we got wet we did not let that dampen our spirits. Tomorrow we fly back to Kathmandu. Our climb got interesting when we […]

Namaste friends, family and loved ones, We trekked down valley to Namche Bazaar. Oxygen and hot showers have us all feeling great. To summerize the last few days, I’ll start at the beginning. From Chukkung we trekked to Island Peak base camp and arrived in time for lunch. We trained on the use of cow […]