The boys have become somewhat local legends having made it all the way to Everest Base Camp at the ages of 9 and 10 years old. They have caused quite a bit of attention with locals and other trekkers. A lot had plans to reach base camp, but didn't for various reasons.
The climb was difficult, with high winds in parts, slippery ice, snow falling, dropping temperatures and land slides, but after 11 days of trekking to get there, they weren't going to be deterred. What a great lesson in determination!
They already knew about Everest, Lhotse, Nuptse and the Khombu Glacier and Ice fall. We'd done a bit of reading.
It has been tough going, physically dealing with the effects of altitude and trekking for up to 9 hours some days, but they made it!!!
Disappointingly, we didn't see any live Yeti's. We made our way to Kunjung to see a Yeti's skull and hands, but mysteriously they had disappeared in 1991. We did however; see a photo of a Yeti's scalp in Lukla and we did find a hairy ear on our trek that the boys are convinced belonged to a Yeti. Are Yeti's fact or fiction? We have decided to keep an open mind to the idea.
x Lisa (couldn't be prouder Mum)
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| The boys at Everest Base Camp |
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