We had been highly advised by contacts not to bring any drones to Nepal. Yes, drone operating permits (Nepal) are free but the red tape and hoops one has to jump through from overseas can never be completed, like flying area permits from police station nearby and regional station, airport authorities, GPS coordinates (flight corridor) for scheduled drone operation, etc.etc. However we found a workable solution to get some great drone like shots and they turned out epic in some ways in our opinion on the way up to our high altitude temporary home base, Hotel Everest View: http://hoteleverestview.com

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Somewhere down the road in China since '89 ~ along the route I've learned the hard way that pleasing everyone is impossible, but pissing everybody off is a piece of cake....TBR

Our journey to Mt.Everest started in Kathmandu ~ Mt.Everest fascinates and is extremely breathtaking in a mystical way, had some long time personal unfinished business but as of Tuesday 20/02/2018 have now been on both sides (Tibet / China and Nepal) near the South + North Mt.Eveerst basecamps. But must say, its not only the top of the world mountain called Mt.Everest thats beautiful, its the whole majestic monumental region around. Its actually crazy seeing everything for real with my own eyes as I read about all details in books and seen in many movies all my life... Few pics were taken during -35 (degr.celsius) above Kala Pattar at 6001m, located right at the foot of Pumori (7161m) above Gorakshep (Nepal Everest Base Camp). Dirtnomad#199 thumping mighty Mt.Everest ~ mountain top with the snow flying off….






Mount Everest, known in Nepali as Sagarmāthā and in Tibetan as Chomolungma, is Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The international border between China (Tibet Autonomous Region) and Nepal (Province # 1) runs across its summit point.

The current official elevation of 8,848m, recognised by China and Nepal, was established by a 1955 Indian survey and subsequently confirmed by a Chinese survey in 1975. In 2005, China remeasured the rock height of the mountain, with a result of 8844.43m. There followed an argument between China and Nepal as to whether the official height should be the rock height (8,844 m., China) or the snow height (8,848m., Nepal). In 2010, an agreement was reached by both sides that the height of Everest is 8,848m, and Nepal recognises China's claim that the rock height of Everest is 8,844 m.

In 1865, Everest was given its official English name by the Royal Geographical Society, upon a recommendation by Andrew Waugh, the British Surveyor General of India. As there appeared to be several different local names, Waugh chose to name the mountain after his predecessor in the post, Sir George Everest, despite George Everest's objections.

Mount Everest attracts many climbers, some of them highly experienced mountaineers. There are two main climbing routes, one approaching the summit from the southeast in Nepal (known as the "standard route") and the other from the north in Tibet. While not posing substantial technical climbing challenges on the standard route, Everest presents dangers such as altitude sickness, weather, and wind, as well as significant hazards from avalanches and the Khumbu Icefall. As of 2017, nearly 300 people have died on Everest, many of whose bodies remain on the mountain.

The first recorded efforts to reach Everest's summit were made by British mountaineers. As Nepal did not allow foreigners into the country at the time, the British made several attempts on the north ridge route from the Tibetan side. After the first reconnaissance expedition by the British in 1921 reached 7,000m on the North Col, the 1922 expedition pushed the north ridge route up to 8,320m, marking the first time a human had climbed above 8,000m. Seven porters were killed in an avalanche on the descent from the North Col. The 1924 expedition resulted in one of the greatest mysteries on Everest to this day: George Mallory and Andrew Irvine made a final summit attempt on 8 June but never returned, sparking debate as to whether or not they were the first to reach the top. They had been spotted high on the mountain that day but disappeared in the clouds, never to be seen again, until Mallory's body was found in 1999 at 8,155m on the north face. Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary made the first official ascent of Everest in 1953, using the southeast ridge route. Tenzing had reached 8,595m the previous year as a member of the 1952 Swiss expedition. The Chinese mountaineering team of Wang Fuzhou, Gonpo, and Qu Yinhua made the first reported ascent of the peak from the north ridge on 25 May 1960.

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Somewhere down the road in China since '89 ~ along the route I've learned the hard way that pleasing everyone is impossible, but pissing everybody off is a piece of cake....TBR

When it didn't smell of Yak's, Horses, Mules & Donkey's I had this amazing moments realizing that I am actually walking in the footsteps of my childhood hero's, the mountaineering legends that came to the region before us like Edmund Hillary & Terzing Norgay and Reinhold Messner & Peter Habeler, to some extend we are basically doing what they did back in the days. Just looking around where we are, and what we're are walking through with a 360deg. view of the Himalayas. It was just a incredible overwhelming sensation and seriously highlighted by the stunning views around the breath taking highest mountains in the world…

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Somewhere down the road in China since '89 ~ along the route I've learned the hard way that pleasing everyone is impossible, but pissing everybody off is a piece of cake....TBR

It was just a incredible overwhelming sensation and seriously highlighted by the stunning views around the breath taking highest mountains in the world…

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Somewhere down the road in China since '89 ~ along the route I've learned the hard way that pleasing everyone is impossible, but pissing everybody off is a piece of cake....TBR

Another beautiful perfect day around the Himalayas mountain range, HEV = http://hoteleverestview.com is the starting point for our day hike around Khumjung is a village and Village Development Committee in Solukhumbu District in the Sagarmatha Zone of north-eastern Nepal. It is located in the Khumbu region inside Sagarmatha National Park, a world heritage site. The village is at an elevation of 3,790 metres above sea level, and is situated near Mount Khumbila. The village is the seat of Khumjung village development committee which include Kunde, Khumjung, Tengboche (Tyangboche), Pangboche, Pheriche, Dole, Chharchung, Machhermo, Lobuche, Dingboche, and Gokyo.













































Mt Everest Bakery Khumjung - a cafe/bakery modelled on those in Namche. Mt. Everest Bakery was the first bakery to open in the Everest Region. Unofficialy it is supposed to be the highest bakery in the world. The concept of opening a bakery in such a high altitude, was thought by Mr. Pemba Dorji Sherpa. He was successful in opening and running the bakery, opening doors to many other bakeries in the region. His daughter Pema Shanti Sherpa still runs the Mt. Everest Bakery in Namche. Mt Everest Bakery is apparently a perfect place for good coffee, fresh bread and delicious apple pies but as early in the season (February 2018) was closed as many other business operations.

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Somewhere down the road in China since '89 ~ along the route I've learned the hard way that pleasing everyone is impossible, but pissing everybody off is a piece of cake....TBR

The Yeti Scalp of Khumjung, the small village monastery in northeast Nepal claims to have a 300-year-old Yeti scalp, one carried by Sir Edmund Hillary across the globe for inspection by zoologists and other experts. Despite its purported provenance, it did not pass inspection. The half football-shaped scalp sits in a cabinet at the temple, or gomba, of the village called Khumjung, and for a few Nepalese rupees the monks will take out a small, glass-fronted box containing the scruffy-haired dome. But no matter the donation, the scalp stays in the padlocked box.

The relic is purported by the village to have come from one of the “abominable snowmen” of Himalayan legend, and was found by Hillary and journalist Desmond Doig in 1960 when they were on an expedition to look for evidence of the big-footed beast. They found the scalp in the home of old Khumjung woman, who said it was a good-luck charm for the village, and was anxious about letting it leave. In order to avoid disaster befalling the village, Hillary agreed to a deal: If he made a donation to the monastery and a local school, and took with him a guardian for the scalp from the gomba, they would let it leave and be examined.

The scalp turned out to have been fashioned from the hide of an animal, most likely a goat-antelope native to the Himalayas. After its trip and reported debunking it was returned safely to the monastery, make up your own mind if they really exist or not. As Khumjo Chumbi, the monk who was charged with watching over the scalp on its round-the-world voyage, told the Guardian newspaper at the time, “We don’t believe in giraffes and lions in Nepal because there aren’t any there. Likewise, you don’t believe in yetis because you have none in your country.”

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Somewhere down the road in China since '89 ~ along the route I've learned the hard way that pleasing everyone is impossible, but pissing everybody off is a piece of cake....TBR

The traditional villages of Khunde and Khumjung are above Namche. These two towns with rock walls dividing stony fields have beautiful vistas on all sides. Khunde Hospital , built in 1966 and maintained by the Himalayan Trust, is at the top of the village. Its mission is to treat local people, but it also provides emergency care to trekkers. Khumjung is the largest village in the Khumbu at the foot of the sacred peak Khumbila. Another place to visit is Khumjung School which is the original Hillary School established in 1960. Great panoramic views from Khunde Peak near the Hillary Memorial site, a perfect destination to trek and gain the wonderful experience of mesmerising view from The Hillary Memorial View Point at 4200m….















































Sir Edmund Percival Hillary (20 July 1919 – 11 January 2008) was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953, Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest. They were part of the ninth British expedition to Everest, led by John Hunt.

Hillary became interested in mountaineering while in secondary school. He made his first major climb in 1939, reaching the summit of Mount Ollivier. He served in the Royal New Zealand Air Force as a navigator during World War II. Prior to the 1953 Everest expedition, Hillary had been part of the British reconnaissance expedition to the mountain in 1951 as well as an unsuccessful attempt to climb Cho Oyu in 1952. As part of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition he reached the South Pole overland in 1958. He subsequently reached the North Pole, making him the first person to reach both poles and summit Everest.

Following his ascent of Everest, Hillary devoted most of his life to helping the Sherpa people of Nepal through the Himalayan Trust, which he founded. Through his efforts, many schools and hospitals were built in Nepal. From 1985 to 1988 he served as New Zealand's High Commissioner to India and Bangladesh and concurrently as Ambassador to Nepal. Hillary had numerous honours conferred upon him, including the Order of the Garter in 1995. Upon his death in 2008, he was given a state funeral…..

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Somewhere down the road in China since '89 ~ along the route I've learned the hard way that pleasing everyone is impossible, but pissing everybody off is a piece of cake....TBR

Couldn't let go and had to get them mighty classic Royal Enfield out on the roads of Kathmandu visiting a few places like Boudhanath Stupa, Swayambhunath Temple, Durbar Square. Thanks much once again to VESPA VALLEY KATHMANDU: http://vespavalley.com as they came to the rescue with awesome Royal Enfield bikes, experienced riders and knowledgeable guides as what needs to be done but the Yakattack team ~ will definitely get done in style…





























































***Royal Enfield ride out Kathmandu was a special arrangement and custom tour requested by the Yakattack team***

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Somewhere down the road in China since '89 ~ along the route I've learned the hard way that pleasing everyone is impossible, but pissing everybody off is a piece of cake....TBR

Couldn't let go and had to get them mighty classic Royal Enfield out on the roads of Kathmandu visiting a few places like Boudhanath Stupa, Swayambhunath Temple, Durbar Square…..









































***Royal Enfield ride out Kathmandu was a special arrangement and custom tour requested by the Yakattack team***

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Somewhere down the road in China since '89 ~ along the route I've learned the hard way that pleasing everyone is impossible, but pissing everybody off is a piece of cake....TBR

NEPAL ~ fantastic awesome mind-blowing trip went by in a flash, once is definitely not enough as we fell in love with the country, great hospitality of the people always smiling, spoken level of English even in remote mountain locations was very high and a huge pleasant surprise to us… We will be back as done our necessary groundwork's now and might be "Riding our trusty KTM's in KTM" in the future, we strongly feel to have barely scratched the surface of the amazing country called Nepal and see endless possibilities enjoying our regular preferred activities: https://www.welcomenepal.com

Lets give some serious credit, massive thanks very much and YAKATTACK team shoutout for the outstanding amazing service, awesome help and assistance during our first Nepal visit: Dwarika’s Hotel: http://dwarikas.com - Hotel Everest View: http://hoteleverestview.com - Vespa Valley: http://vespavalley.com



Where will our future YAKATTACK 2018 adventures bring us next as the Yakattack team will ride & explore more in the coming years ~ stay tuned as we racing the planet visiting exciting destinations…..

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Somewhere down the road in China since '89 ~ along the route I've learned the hard way that pleasing everyone is impossible, but pissing everybody off is a piece of cake....TBR

The Yakattact Team consist of only 2 riders?

Some interesting pictures.

I was not a great fan of the guy, but I did love his posted
Died what he love doing.
RIP.