Travel Light Mel

Hiring a guide also obviously supports the local economy and Nepali people are genuinely the best.

We'll never know which caused it, but stick to the classics like dal bhat, noodles, and garlic soup.

We hired two helicopters to take our group from Namche Bazaar to Lukla.

The pilots are highly skilled and fly this route all day every day.

The last thing you want is to get a respiratory infection before you even get to base camp.

There's so much to do there.