Advantages: Scenery, local people, remote, sense of achievement Disadvantages: Altitude
The opportunity to see Mount Everest is a wonderful thing, add on to this experiencing the culture of Nepal and the sherpa people as well as walking through breathtaking scenery, then this is a trip I can recommend to anyone. I went on an organised camping trek in 1999 with Exodus who are based in London. Local porters carry your bags and take responsibility of camp and food. They carry unbelievable amounts of weight, but this is their job and are paid well, although it is not much by western standards. However, they are very friendly and love life every day, a genuine smile is greeted by each one.
The trek itself is fantastic, we went via Gokyo lakes which is still quite remote and feels wild. The altitude is easily noticeable, my advice is to walk slow and not to get out of breath, and this way the body can adjust with out being ...
Advantages: May Force you to take start at Jiri. Disadvantages: Logistical headaches.
Well it seems that workmen the world over choose the most awkward times to do their jobs. Just as road repairs go on at the busiest times in the UK the Nepali government has chosen the busiest season to repair the airstrip at Lukla.
Lukla is the closest airstrip to Mount Everest that is available to tourists. Virtually all trekking and climbing parties fly in to Lukla before the walk north. Its busiest period is the spring trekking season from February to May. In peak periods the airstrip seas 15-20 flights per day. Tourists and the goods they consume arrive here in huge numbers during this period.
The gravel airstrip is struggling to keep up with this pressure and is in need of repair. The only feasible time to repair it is during the trekking season when the weather conditions are optimal. Unfortunately this will have a huge ...
Everest Windows
We had a bay window fitted in 2006 by Everest with a sash opening.
The fitters took an afternoon to do the job.Shortly afterwards we noticed the window would not open.Some weeks later another team arrived an attempted a repair.This was to prove the start of a very long running saga.
Our decorator noticed light coming throung under the sill,and was scathing about the workmanship.
It was to be almost 12 months before the window was finally made 'good'.
We had a succession of fitters coming to alter and add parts etc.One of the fitters commented that the original fitters had used the wrong technique to insert the sash window.Also they had not advised us to take off the radiator before fitting the window,but carried on with the job anyway.
We now have a bay sash window which opens but has evidence of poor workmanship to ...
Denbighshire 31.01.2009
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