Night Out at the Everest Base Camp
In my 1st trek to the Everest Base Camp in May 2019, it was just touch the EBC and return back to Gorakshep, cause that's what everyone did. This second time in March '23, I stayed a night at the EBC. It was early in the season and the mountaineers and their support staff were expected the next week. Hence I got lucky in getting a tent, thanks to my guide @professionalsherpaguide Ngima Sherpa and @sip_b_tamang. The tent was a long long hike away from the EBC celebratory rock and was bang opposite the spectacular Khumbhu icefall. I was extremely tired and had lost my appetite for the insipid Dal Bhaat and hence retired early with a 3 am alarm. I woke up much before the alarm chimed, on hearing a truck rumble outside my tent. I walked out with bleary eyes wondering how the heck would a truck come here, only to see an avalanche thundering down from the giant Nuptse mountain. The -20 degrees Celsius had already frozen my digits even before I quickly set up my equally frigid tripod. I have photographed the Milky Way in quite a few beautiful locations but this place took the cake as one of the most awesome, that I have witnessed.
I'll definitely be camping here a few more times in the near future, any friends would care to join?
#everestbasecamp #astrophotography #travelnepal #nepaltourism #himalaya #nightphotography #landscape_lovers #ebctrek
Night Out at the Everest Base Camp
In my 1st trek to the Everest Base Camp in May 2019, it was just touch the EBC and return back to Gorakshep, cause that's what everyone did. This second time in March '23, I stayed a night at the EBC. It was early in the season and the mountaineers and their support staff were expected the next week. Hence I got lucky in getting a tent, thanks to my guide @professionalsherpaguide Ngima Sherpa and @sip_b_tamang. The tent was a long long hike away from the EBC celebratory rock and was bang opposite the spectacular Khumbhu icefall. I was extremely tired and had lost my appetite for the insipid Dal Bhaat and hence retired early with a 3 am alarm. I woke up much before the alarm chimed, on hearing a truck rumble outside my tent. I walked out with bleary eyes wondering how the heck would a truck come here, only to see an avalanche thundering down from the giant Nuptse mountain. The -20 degrees Celsius had already frozen my digits even before I quickly set up my equally frigid tripod. I have photographed the Milky Way in quite a few beautiful locations but this place took the cake as one of the most awesome, that I have witnessed.
I'll definitely be camping here a few more times in the near future, any friends would care to join?
#everestbasecamp #astrophotography #travelnepal #nepaltourism #himalaya #nightphotography #landscape_lovers #ebctrek