My Trip to Nepal
Just recently, I was in Nepal to do the base trek on Mt. Everest.
I had had arrived on the 19th of
March, and had enjoyed my first day in this wonderful country, by wandering
about the markets on the streets of Kathmandu. I was so amazed at how lively
and happy the people living here were, despite their poverty and it was just
such an amazing thing to experience.
The next days went by a blur, and I pretty
much just spent my days sightseeing and shopping! On the 20th it was
time for me to start my trip over to the Mountainous ranges of Nepal and start
prepping for my trek. I arrived at my lodge on the 2nd and went
straight out to do some more sightseeing! On the 3rd, it was finally
time for me to start the trek.
My group and I got run through the health and
safety procedures of things such as what to do if you can’t get enough air,
what to do if you are injured or hurt and what to do if there was and
avalanche, which our guide told us has a 50/50 chance of happening. I have to
admit that kinda freaked me out, but I was more than ready to take this
challenge head on. The trek was going to take about 20 days so we would come
back down on the 23rd.
The trek was absolutely amazing and the
sights were spectacular! I’m so glad I ended up deciding to do this as not
every one gets that chance!
When I woke up the next morning, I turned
on the telly while preparing my breakfast. I wasn’t really paying any attention
to the segments until I heard something about Nepal. I turned up the volume and
sat down at my kitchen table. Nepal had had a 7.8 magnitude earthquake. It had
killed about 8,365 people, injured 19,009 and had a depth of 15.o km from the
epi-centre. The earthquake triggered an avalanche on Mt. Everest which killed at least another 19 people, making the 25th of April the deadliest day on the mountain to date. I was so shocked to discover this information because I was doing the same trail just last week!
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