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From Birmingham to Base Camp
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Follow the journey of Sense Chairman, John Crabtree as he leads 30 people on a trek through Nepal to Everest Base Camp to raise money and awareness for the UK deaf blind Charity.
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It’s great to be back home after an eventful two and a half weeks. Thank you for following our trek through this blog. Your messages have been of great support to all of us in the most difficult times of our journey. We would like to share our ...
Day 16
Long delay invariably in Kathmandu. We’re a quiet group now. As far as I can tell though this trek has been an unqualified success. 1. 26 out of 30 made the trip to base camp. 2. No broken ankles or bones 3. Almost pandemic coughs and colds sin...
Day 15
A bit of human debris after the party – rapper Gordon couldn’t find his key (or his brain) and slept in the corridor outside. This morning a trip to the Pashuatinath Temple beside the Bagmati River. Nepal (if you’ve been following the ...
Day 14
We had a great night last night saying goodbye to six guides and 14 porters. Saying goodbye involved very noisy dancing and men with beards (like me) seemed just as attractive to a four foot six inch porter as a blonde bombshell (like Diana)!. Th...
Day 13
Last day of the trek with a route march to Lukla. 20km slog up and down, up and down and then up and up but of course we’re now all hardened so it was nothing! Dave Pearson would be proud of me (but also miles ahead!). As we left the ...
Day 12
Someone left their electric blanket on all night! Others in the same room abandoned ship and moved to the restaurant for the night due to the symphony of snoring! Anyone with any lingering doubt about staying at Chez Jack had them dispelled by pas...
