Wow Amazing...Great Praveen Sir
Have a safe journey

That's simply great.Eagerly waiting for the pictures and log.

sooper sooper !!!!

awesome, trekking to base camp itself is a feat

should have posted some pic of your mobile .eagerly waiting for the pics and log too.

And you trekked to Everest Base Camp! Amazing man!

Praveen, one thing that's been niggling me is how are you tracking the paths in your GPS phone? Is there any built-in app or something you installed separately? I got myself a Nokia 6210 Navigator and it has no inbuilt support for marking your trail.

Thanks man, plans came up suddenly and trekking is done with

Thanks vikram.

Sorry to bring down you productivity, was not my intention at all hehe. Thanks for the wishes.

Glad you liked the pix.

Its like for the real mountains in bhutan or Nepal you have to get off the road, i did not in bhutan, while i got off the road in Nepal. Thats the difference. Hehe not the top most point but i took the bike to the closest point to everest on the road when i rode to Jiri

Still have to work on the pix. A couple of them below.

Thanks for the wishes.

Its surprising how much you can do if you get at it

Hehe just a couple below, have to work on them

I know i cant believe it either!

Thats so much words of appreciation man. Thanks working on the updates.

You just have to install the Nokia sports tracker. With that app you can export tracks into GPX files. The evertrail website takes this file and plots the points on the map.


Back in kathmandu today. The last 12 days has been like fairy tale. Things worked out pretty well. The weather was good in the off season just when it mattered. Pushed my luck and my phisical limits beyond my imagination. Considering i never trek and have had bad experiances after trekking for 4-5 hours previously. Took it slow real slow, let 60-70 year old ladies pass me Had met people who had to come back from Lobuche due to bad weather, come back from Gorak shep without visiting base came, kala pattar due to bad weather. All this while i was going up in off season and people were leaving the place in a hurry. Weather was perfect. Just to add spice there was a day of walk in rain and day of walk in snow storm. And guess what when i came to lukla, flights ran that day while it got canceled the previous day!

Was an humbling experiance, where a basic meal would cost you 300 rs and a cup of hot water 30 Rs, an hour of battery charge 350 rs. The things which we take for granted. The freezing night at lobuche where i shiver for warming the blanket when i get in. For that have to breath harder and the diaphram is already in cramps due to over work(AMS). Had the exercise many times as i had dairia that night! Come day what a contrast, a walk through snowy mountains under the bright sun and blue sky.

Found the company of last tourists of season on the way up and was a fantastic walk back alone where i was the only living thing around. Walking back got painful shoe bites in a old shoes the last day! But no choice but walking.

Seen contrasts like healthy looking people giving up part of the trek, old frail people going all the way. How ppl are to the nicest of behavior to each other on the way up and carefree on the way back.

My first and last trek couldn't have been bettor. In the end, if i can do it, any body can Will rest for today and tomm while i work on logs.

Just a couple of pix... resized in IE!!

At the Base camp...


From kala pattar at 5600 mtr! Where people stop at 5500 meters at summit got tempted and went up till the communications tower. Thats where they get the Everest view pictures from kala pattar with the entire khumbu glaciar visible. Mornings the sun is behind everest, but these time of the year clouds are up by noon.


Will post next after i do some work But isnt it strange to talk about trek in bikers forum. Hesitant to post the logs of the last few days of trek. All i had was the motorcycle jacket and not the motorcycle while on trek!

I just read the last log almost 10 times... No words.. Just no Words..!!!

After seeing all this, i can just say this:
Keep on riding bro!

Holy cow Praveen. Awesome work there. I'm sure by this time you would have a realized this trip will not be a once in a lifetime. You will come back.

How is the emotional alienation coming along?

Do ping when you are around Delhi. Would love to ride with you for a while.

Abhimanyu

Simply Awesome..... Cheers 4 You Dude........
whats ure.. next destinations dude....

man this is just awesome.... In fact addictive.
Great going there praveen,,,,
Cheers

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