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It’s Easy to Get Sick on the Hike to Mount Everest. Here’s How I Stayed Healthy.

Our Everest columnist shares some intel on how to avoid illness during the 11-day hike. Plus, a rest day adventure in the Himalayas. Part of the challenge of hiking to Mount Everest Base Camp is ...
Outside

Here’s How I Stayed Healthy During the Trek to Mount Everest Base Camp

Part of the challenge of hiking to Mount Everest Base Camp is avoiding illness and exhaustion. It’s no secret that tourists often pass gastrointestinal viruses and head colds to each other during the ...
The Guardian

Himalayas expedition finds evidence of 'disaster in the making'

After a day of trekking through rhododendron forests, the Mountain Institute expedition has now travelled above the tree-line to the village of Dingboche. The village, which sits at about 4,400m, has ...
Nepali Times

Seeing the light in khumbu

This tiny village in the lap of Mt Everest is just a tea stop for many trekkers on their way up to Base Camp. Few trekkers linger here to admire the stupendous view of Ama Dablam that towers above, ...