Mark Harrison and friends.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. A very well edited video.
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Mark Harrison and friends.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. A very well edited video.
Nepal treks are closed right now for COVID-19.
But that doesn’t mean you can’t trek to EBC in your own home.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
(via Adventure Blog)
I was planning on making this trek August 2020 …
… not much chance it’s going to happen this year. #COVID-19
was there in 2019:
My 14-day K2 base camp trek in Karakoram mountains of #Pakistan, followed by a crossing of the technical Gondogoro La Pass.
At 8,611m (28,251ft), #K2 is the second highest mountain in the world.
The K2 base camp trek route is via Concordia, the confluence of the Baltoro and Godwin-Austen glaciers at around 4,700m (15,419ft).
It is one of the few places in the world where you can see four 8,000m peaks: K2, Broad Peak, Gasherbrum I and Gasherbrum II.
Read the trip report.
Click PLAY or watch their trip on YouTube.
I’m researching a possible independent trek to Makalu Base Camp, Nepal for November 2020, the 5th highest mountain in the world. (8,485m)
Since 2016 at least there have been simple teahouses and meals of dal bhat all the way up.
I’d carry a tent and food, as well, just in case.
Not many hikers are choosing this destination in Nepal yet. And very few are doing it independently, so far.
Click PLAY or watch a video by guides Mountain Kingdom on YouTube.
Check our Makalu Base Camp information page.
Whether you’re going walking, hiking, running or cycling, what you wear against your skin makes all the difference when trying to keep warm.
A base layer is the layer you wear next to your skin and what keeps you warm and soaks up your sweat. It traps hot air next to your skin, a good base layer should also be breathable enough to remove sweat from your skin.
Base layers are made out of two main materials:
In practice, many base layers use a mix of merino and synthetics.
When looking for base layers to keep you warm when it’s the cold, remember that you are still likely to sweat, it’s very likely that even the finest merino wool won’t be able to remove (wick) all the sweat away from your skin. So it’s a good idea to allow for easy ventilation such as a zipped front that can be easily pulled down to let in cool air. Base layers are available for lower and upper body.
Here are a few examples of base layers:
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