Day 4 - Active Rest Day

Today is what’s known as an active rest day which really means we are staying another night in Namche Bazaar but going on a trek up the valley to the Mountain View Hotel, built in the 70’s it held the record for being the world’s highest hotel and at 3,880m the rooms come with oxygen just in case its needed and for some it is, only recently the hotel was temporarily closed after a number of guests died whilst staying there  - not the kind of review you want on Tripadvisor!

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Day 3 - Namche Bazaar

It’s an early start today as I’m picked up from the hotel at 5.20am this morning by the Elite Exped team to head to the airport for our heli flight upto Namche Bazaar at an elevation of 3,440m/11,300ft high up in the Kumbu Valley. I meet up with TJ in the hotel who is also climbing with Elite and we have five minutes to chat before we’re in the Elite Exped 4x4 and off. The airport is fairly busy as trekkers and hikers arrive for flights up into the mountains but we’re soon through security and in the mini-bus to take us to the helicopter zone.

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Day 2 - Rest Day in Kathmandu

A bit of a restless night last night and a light dose of food poisoning gets my day off to a cracking start with a fire alarm in the hotel as well for good measure - no worries it’s all part of the experience and I’ve downed some medication, drinking lots of water and will be fine.

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Day 1 - Kathmandu

Arriving into Kathmandu, it’s been a long journey to get here but fairly uneventful and quiet and I managed too get some sleep and not eat too much on what seems like a never ending buffet of food and drink on the plane and in the airport lounges.

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Day 0 - Reload, Reload, Reload!!!!

9th April 2022 and the day has finally arrived for me to head back to Nepal to summit Mt Everest and Lhotse, its been a long year waiting for the opportunity to go again after being airlifted off the mountain with illness last year. A period of recovery, another mountain, another dose of covid, more days in the gym than I ever thought possible and I'm  back in the saddle about to head to Manchester airport - probably to face my biggest challenge to get through security if the photos on social media are anything to go by!!

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