It's not just about the trekking
Anyone can take you to Everest Base Camp, but not everyone can take you on a magical journey to get there. It's a once in a lifetime experience and that's why I would 100% recommend Jason Black Mountaineering.
The walking, the mountains, the views, the locations, they're the same for everyone. But what we had that was different was total immersion in the culture. Every day we got to experience REAL Sherpa life, the REAL Nepal, not the rose-tinted tourist view, real life, with real people. Who live and work in these mountains. Jason has built so many fantastic connections, with friends and colleagues from Kathmandu to the summit of Everest and everywhere in between. They want to share their mountains with you. And that's what made it magical. From meeting Kanchha, the last remaining survivor of the 1953 expedition, to being blessed in the Lama's house and temple, to seeing yeti remains, eating a Sherpa banquet, being welcomed into Sherpa homes, seeing first hand their reverence and worship of these majestic mountains. Every part of the trip was beyond memorable. I was lucky enough to take a helicopter ride and to bungee jump off the Hilary Bridge, and that neither was the highlight of my trip.
The Himalayas are truly awesome, but they are also a very dangerous environment, and Jason and his team were worth their weight in gold with tough decisions that we were too inexperienced or too excited to make for ourselves. A brilliant trip, brilliantly managed, brilliantly delivered. Can't wait till the next one
March 31, 2025
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