前人栽树，后人乘凉
<photo: children in Phortse, Nepal> 前人栽树，后人乘凉 is a Chinese idiom which literally translated means "one generation plants the trees under...
it’s always further than it looks
<photos: Everest Base Camp> The 3 rules of mountaineering: 1) it’s always further than it looks. 2) it’s always taller than it looks. 3)...
don't cross the bridge until you come to it
<photos: hanging bridges over the Dudh Kosi River, between Lukla and Namche Bazaar, Nepal> don't cross the bridge until you come to it is...
on the road to somewhere
<photo: Pasang Tharkey Sherpa> Hikers on the Everest Base Camp trek will come across a familiar figure after passing Namche Bazaar. ...
the most dangerous airport in the world
<photo: Lukla Airport is the place where most people start the climb to Everest Base Camp> Lukla Airport, also known as the...
choosing the right path is never easy
<photo: Scott Fischer's chorten, a traditional Nepalese memorial @ Thokla Pass in the Khumbu Valley, Nepal> the movie Everest (2015) is...
day 1-20: <know yourself> Everest Base Camp
<photo: crossing a crevasse, Imja Tse, Nepal> The single biggest lesson that you can learn in going to the Everest Base Camp is knowing...
day 5: <children> Namche
<photos: Nepali children giving out flowers to trekkers. you can give back by supporting Ace Adventures' charity education initiative in...
day 4: <choices> Phakding-Namche
<photo: suspension bridges across the Dudh Kosi River, along the route from Phakding to Namche> on the trek from Phakding to Namche, you...
day 3: <hope> Kathmandu-Lukla-Phakding
from disappointment, hope springs eternal. we managed to get a charter flight from Kathmandu to Lukla leaving at 7am. we woke up at...