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After trekking continuously for 8hrs from the morning, by the time we started our ascend to Kalapathar it was almost late in the afternoon already. Not even halfway through and we were already above the clouds with only the tallest of the tallest 8Kers visible. And there it was, right in front of us at a seemingly stone throw distance away, the majestic black rock stood with tiny patches of snow on its shoulder glimmering in the golden light.
We knew it's humanly impossible to make it to the summit that evening. Nevertheless we tried. Not that we made it to the summit but the experience of descending down with zero visibility and only with the aid of light from our head torches was surreal!
Can't believe it's already a decade since my trek to the base camp of Mt. Everest! Sitting at the summit, freezing yet staring at the majestic peak seems just like yesterday :)
After trekking continuously for 8hrs from the morning, by the time we started our ascend to Kalapathar it was almost late in the afternoon already. Not even halfway through and we were already above the clouds with only the tallest of the tallest 8Kers visible. And there it was, right in front of us at a seemingly stone throw distance away, the majestic black rock stood with tiny patches of snow on its shoulder glimmering in the golden light.
We knew it's humanly impossible to make it to the summit that evening. Nevertheless we tried. Not that we made it to the summit but the experience of descending down with zero visibility and only with the aid of light from our head torches was surreal!
Can't believe it's already a decade since my trek to the base camp of Mt. Everest! Sitting at the summit, freezing yet staring at the majestic peak seems just like yesterday :)
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