Lobuche to Gorakshep and to EBC base camp

This is the final day of trek to reach EBC basecamp. We started at Lobuche at around 8 o'clock. Let me first tell you what I learnt about Lobuche village. Lobuche is not only the name of the village it is the name of a mountain. In the hotel I met a girl from Tennessee who's friend that climbed Lobuche.  It is something consider before the Everest deal and perhaps also Ama Dablam, which is much more difficult than Lobuche, and yet, likely less expensive and less crowded than Mt. Everest. I would be interested to gather more information regarding this from my blog readers. 

As the morning progresses  we left behind Mt. Lobuche and essentially winded around the skirts of chain of spectacular Himalayas. We  are headed toward Gorekshep, which would be our final stop for the basecamp sumit. It was around lunchtime when we arrived Gorekshep. This little village has just a handful of hotels. We ended up checking in at Himalayan Lodge. This hotel (and other hotels too) is unfortunately in a bit low standard with respect to hygiene.  This is the farthest village from Lukla, which is where most of the goods need to be carried over. 

After a quick lunch it is the summit time. We headed toward our long-waited destination EBC basecamp. The total trek from Gorekshep to EBC was only couple of miles, however because of altitude our speed is slow and steady. If we try to walk at a normal pace we breathe heavily and eventually just cannot walk.  My Garmin showed 1383 ft of elevation gain and the highest elevation near the basecamp was 17165 ft.

This is the destination. we are super excited to take group pictures, single picture and so on. 

The T-shirt we wore is about the possibility of a start-up related to Quantum computer, I hope  someday it becomes real in some form. Our team is strong comprising several advanced degrees such as PhDs in Engineering, Computer Science and Physics, including decades of  industry giants such as Intel, Microsoft, although I'd like to keep our academics out of this blog. Here, I just want to convey that we are the Q-group.

Many fellow hikers from all over the world that we met in the trail encouraged us. A group of hikers from Bay Area was amazing. Their team has the youngest member on 60s. They made to the EBC together with us. 

After picture time, it was already late so we headed back. These beautiful pictures shows Mt. Everest is selectively illuminated golden. I wish I could sit there and watch this for another 15 minutes but the darkness will take over and will make our return to Gorekshep difficult. 

It is amazing that all four of us made to the base camp summit without any health issues. This is the bucket list of everyone. 

Perseverance, dedication and hard work was behind this journey. The friendship, team work, and unforgettable collaboration was the key to success. Our families sent us and supported through out this journey. Many thanks to them. 

The weather was perfect through out the week. We are blessed by clear sky. I will keep Mt. Everest can bee seen on my glasses. It is perfect. 

Our guide Dawa and Gyaltsen are heroes as these little boys are not only super-strong but also amicable, lovely and just awesome. Despite heavy lifting they always have smile on their face as they encounter us. They served us food in every restaurants we ate. They were alway in the front and back with us during the trek. Many thanks to them

Thanks so much for reading this blog. I appreciate constructive comments and hope some of these blurb is useful to you. I hope this blurb gave you some idea of how our journey was like. 

Nov 19, 2025