Every hiker’s bucket list topper – the Everest Base Ca

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Every hikers bucket list topper the Everest
Base Camp trek

• As I was going about my monthly house cleaning, I
  chanced upon an old list which I had made with a
  lot of thought and love and then promptly
  ignored. It was my bucket list, a list of all the
  things I want to do before I turn old. Right at
  the top (pun intended) was the Everest Base Camp
  trek mocking the hiker within me.
• The Everest base trek features on the list of
  many experienced trekkers and rightly so. A
  rendezvous with the highest mountain in the world
  is an opportunity every high-altitude climber
  relishes for the mountains offer a shot at
  self-actualization and bragging rights for life.
  I finished cleaning my room, then cleared my
  schedule and set off to Nepal in the next few
  days signing up with a renowned tour operator
  for the hike.
• I feel obliged to mention here that one cannot
  simply jettison off to Nepal for an ebc trek.
  While it is a non-technical climb, it is by no
  means an easy one. The trek lasts for an average
  of 12-15 days during which you battle punishing
  weather and extreme terrains while climbing to a
  height of 18000 feet.
• I met up with my guide and the rest of the group
  at the capital from where we proceeded to take
  another flight to a serene village tucked away at
  the foothills. Over the course of the next two
  weeks, we saw not only the terrain but also
  ourselves undergo drastic changes.
• What started off as a landscape blanketed with
  pine forests and gorgeous streams soon
  transformed to a rocky terrain coated with
  pristine snow and glacial moraine. What started
  off as a group of smug hikers soon transformed
  into a bunch of humbled humans with an
  appreciation of the mighty mountain.
• Over the course of the ebc trek we spend our days
  crossing shaky bridges, cutting through forests
  of pine and mingling with the irrepressible
  Sherpa community. We interacted with their yak
  caravans, gorged on local delicacies and were
  handed life lessons by rosy children living
  blissfully in idyllic tiny villages.
• Our nights were spent at charming tea-houses
  where we fueled our depleted bodies with
  delicious food, warm showers and deep sleep. I
  would end every night tired to my bone and wake
  up ready to do it all over again.
• In fact, I enjoyed my trek so much that I, along
  with few others, opted to scale Kalapathar in the
  wee hours of the morning to catch a view of the
  morning sun setting fire to snowy peaks of
  Everest a view that is indelibly seared into my
  soul.
• I would say that the Everest Base Camp trek is a
  journey within as much as it is a on the
  outside. The experience affected me on a personal
  level and I have taken many more hikes since
  then trying to capture the elusive feeling I felt
  when we made it to base camp.