Day 1 was all about shopping for gear in Thamel (in Kathmandu). A fake of every kind is available. North Face and Mountain Hardware also have original stores. We walked 6,652 steps and 2.2km on day 1 in Kathmandu and Lukla and 14,036 steps on day 2 (Lukla to Phakding) 4.7km. I guess the most interesting things that happened on the first few days - was the Indigo flight to Kathmandu where we met Surabhi the airhostess and covergirl on Indigo's inflight magazine, the pseudo Nepalese restaurant where we shouldn't have eaten, Kathmandu airport that resembled a busy-busy train station, the twin-prop flight to Lukla, Srikesh's call, meeting Nir who would become a very imp person in the next few days, busy unsettling, trekker traffic. The running j/k was if we luk in Lukla, what are we supposed to do in Phakding?
Overall it's a 120-150km hike - Lukla to Basecamp and back. I'm using an Omron pedometer. It's tracks but not all will be accurate. But it'll give some kinda ballpark.
Overall it's a 120-150km hike - Lukla to Basecamp and back. I'm using an Omron pedometer. It's tracks but not all will be accurate. But it'll give some kinda ballpark.
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