Today we had to make some distance to reach Gorak Shep at 5140 m (16860 ft). After a cold night we again started with spotless weather. On our way looking back I could not believe that I came from that spot up in the mountains.

On our way we had georgous sceneries like this one. In this picture you will find tiny spots down at the little stream (you might need to click on the image to see more details). These are yaks! Just to set the scale 😉

Later we reached the Kumbu valley which is the main route to the Everest base camp.

You instantly could see this by the size of the trails. No wonder they are called ‘Kumbu Highway’. While walking you encounter much more porters, Yak trains and other big hiking groups.

At lunch we had the classical Dal Bat, a meal which is also often eaten by the sherpa and that’s why some of us call it ‘Sherpa fuel’

We had another long trail through glacier gravel and rocks of the Kumbu glacier.

Looking up we could already see the base camp area and the Kumbu ice fall where the latest tragedy happend and many sherpas died.

Finally we arrived at Gorak Shep.