Astro Preview25 April 2026People have been asking about the astrophotography. Fair enough. We’ve spent the last several posts talking about Nicholas destroying his body …travel nepal ebc astrophotography
The Skyrim Village25 April 2026Rest day in Phakding. Pokin and Po On are recovering. Nicholas is about 40% better but still coughing. Everyone’s supposed to be taking it easy. …travel nepal ebc hiking
Helicopter to Phakding24 April 2026Nicholas spent the evening listening to Pokin cough. Tengboche is at 3,860 meters (12,664 feet). Lower than where they’d been, and the heated …travel nepal ebc hiking
Back to Tengboche23 April 2026Nicholas came straight off the mountain to breakfast. No shower. No change of clothes. Sleeping bag rolled up, camera packed, ready to go. The plan …travel nepal ebc hiking
Sleeping on the Mountain22 April 2026Three for three. That was the goal. The Sherpa Memorial timelapse had worked. The Kala Patthar Milky Way over Everest had worked. One more clear …travel nepal ebc astrophotography
Porter Nick22 April 2026You’d think after summiting Kala Patthar at 1 AM, shooting the Milky Way over Everest, trail running back down at dawn, and getting maybe two …travel nepal ebc
The Kala Patthar Speed Run22 April 202612:30 AM. The alarm went off. Nicholas had skipped dinner again, gone straight to bed after speed-running the entire length of Everest Base Camp, and …travel nepal ebc astrophotography
Everest Base Camp21 April 2026One hour of sleep. That’s what Nicholas got between returning from the Sherpa Memorial astrophotography session and the alarm going off again. …travel nepal ebc
Redemption at the Sherpa Memorial20 April 2026There are no photos in this post. It was pitch black, well below freezing, and Nicholas wasn’t about to pull out his phone to stage a portrait …travel nepal ebc astrophotography
The EBC Speed Run Begins20 April 2026While Pokin headed down to Tengboche, we headed up. Nicholas, Po On, Kerman, and me. Destination: Lobuche, about 4,940 meters (16,207 feet). Higher …travel nepal ebc
Pokin Descends20 April 2026Nicholas didn’t sleep. By the time he got back from the stupa, explained the disaster to Pokin, and started packing away his gear, the alarm was …travel nepal ebc
The Astrosaster19 April 2026Nicholas had been planning this shot for months. Long before we left Vegas, before the trek even started, he’d mapped out a narrow window where …travel nepal ebc astrophotography
Dingboche Recovery19 April 2026The group split up this morning. Steve, Alice, and DB headed out early for Chukhung, continuing the Three Passes route as planned. Nicholas, Pokin, Po …travel nepal ebc hiking
Dingboche and the 5,000-Meter Grind18 April 2026Rest day in Dingboche. And by “rest day” I mean “hike straight up a mountain to 5,000 meters (16,404 feet) for fun.” The logic …travel nepal ebc hiking
Tengboche to Dingboche (via Middle-earth)17 April 2026We woke up in Tengboche to the kind of morning that makes you briefly forget you’ve been coughing for three days. Blue skies, mountains …travel nepal ebc hiking
Namche to Tengboche (And a Change of Plans)16 April 2026The plan was to hike from Namche to Deboche today. That didn’t happen. But what did happen was arguably better, at least for a bear who …travel nepal ebc hiking
Namche Hospital Instead of the Everest View Hotel15 April 2026This was acclimatization day. Two nights in Namche, one day to let your body catch up with the altitude. The plan was to use it for a day trip to the …travel nepal ebc
Early Morning in Namche15 April 2026We arrived in Namche in fog so thick we could barely see the building across the street. The town could have been three houses or three hundred. We …travel nepal ebc
Hillary Bridge and the Steps to Namche14 April 2026The advice at lunch was simple: fill your water bottles. At least two liters. Because from here on, there wouldn’t be many places to stop. We …travel nepal ebc
Kailash Lodge to Lunch14 April 2026The drink stop at the cafe was exactly what we needed. Sit down, breathe, pretend the last few hours of stairs didn’t happen. The crew at the …travel nepal ebc
Take Off to Namche14 April 20267 AM in Phakding. Today’s mission: hike to Namche Bazaar. Seven hours of uphill. While sick. Contemplating the hike ahead. Or possibly going …travel nepal ebc
Lukla to Phakding13 April 2026The mechanics finished. The door closed. The rotors spun up. And we lifted off from Lukla with no guide, no group, and a maintenance guy riding along …travel nepal ebc
Lukla Airport13 April 2026They walked us across the lot to a helicopter. A Kailash helicopter. Tail number 9N-AJJ. The real deal. Whatever that guy at the counter had tried to …travel nepal ebc
Getting to the Airport13 April 2026Remember how the last post ended with “hope for the best”? Yeah. About that. Nicholas and Pokin woke up with full-on fevers. Not …travel nepal ebc
Kathmandu12 April 2026Two years of planning. Months of stairmaster training. Masks on every flight. Hand sanitizer applied with the frequency and enthusiasm of a nervous …travel nepal ebc
En Route to Kathmandu9 April 2026Three flights. Two continents. One very comfortable bear. And a cursed set of airline tickets. We’re headed to Nepal for the Everest Base Camp …travel nepal airports