George Mallory once famously replied ‘Because it’s there” when asked why he wanted to summit Everest. Being in the mountains, I certainly came a little closer to understand this fascination – why so many risk life and limb to conquer this ‘Third Pole’. Even as we were preparing our final trek to EBC, a famous…
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EBC Trek – Reaching Namche Bazar!!
This story starts a long time ago – 13 years ago, April 2011, the last few months of our stay in Chennai. One of the professors in Manasi’s school, AISC, organized an annual hiking trip for graduating high-schoolers to Everest Base Camp – EBC. AISC parents were welcome to join – and Ajey jumped on…
A place called home... 