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The Everest Base Camp Trek | for my grandfather
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Jul 23, 2025
Mount Everest | The World's Tallest Mountain This is the BIGGEST adventure I have ever done, and in this episode I walk to Mount Everest, spending 9 days trekking with everything I need in my backpack :) I stayed at tea houses and pushed myself physically and mentally to reach the base camp at over 5,300m high! 130km, 5,300m+ high, 9 days - challenge accepted! SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itsjaypalfr... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jaypalfreytr... TikTok - Jay Palfrey #hiking #everestbasecamp #travelvlog
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I am starting today at an eye-watering 6am here at Cam Mondeau Airport because today
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marks the beginning of such an incredible adventure. Today, I'm beginning the adventure to Mount Everest Base Camp
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which is over 17,000 feet. It will take me about 12 days to get there
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but first, I have to take a tiny flight to the world's most dangerous airport
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so let's go. And this right behind me is our flight, probably the smallest flight I've ever taken
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I'm not going to lie, I'm slightly outpensive to take this flight to the world's most dangerous airport
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Oopla! Okay, I just safely made it here to Lukla. Let the adventure begin
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so happy I've just made it to Park Ding which is the first stop on this 12 day
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journey. What a beautiful trek so far. I'm gonna stop, grab some food, rest, ready
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for the big adventure to start tomorrow. Good morning, it's a very cloudy and rainy start to day two
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I started the hike about 15 minutes ago. Let's hope the sun comes out at one point today
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Yeah, let's have a good day. I've been hiking for a couple of hours now
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The scenery is so beautiful. I've kind of just been tracking the river for the entire way and the snow
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It's started to get quite thick actually on top of the mountains. So, yeah, I'm loving it
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To get to Namchi Bazaar you have to cross so many of these suspension bridges
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Huge bridges which just sway in the wind. and underneath is a huge torrent of glacial water if you're scared of heights
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pretty scary but this is beautiful Okay, I'm just hitting about 2935 metres
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this in front of me is the world's tallest and longest suspension bridge over the valley
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definitely not for the faint-hearted you can see I'm pretty close to hitting the snow part of the valley it's about another
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three hour trek until I reached Namchi which is about 3,400 meters so
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I just hit 3,300 meters now everything that's falling from the sky is snow oh my god
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wow so when you're trekking here in the Everest Base Camp route you're going to be staying at
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tea houses or lodges let me show you around the one I'm seeing in here in Namche Bazaar
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So this is my bedroom. The sun is just going down. The prime focus of these tea houses and lodges is
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to provide you with shelter. Inside the rooms there is no heating. There are some pretty nice
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thick blankets though and some good fluffy pillows. Pretty perfect with these views right
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And this is the heart of the tea house. The communal room. This is where everyone comes to warm up by the fire
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Yak poo is used to keep the fire alive through the freezing evenings. I'll take it
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I'll take it. I'll take it. I'll take it. I'll take it
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I'll take it. I'll take it. I'll take it. I'll take it
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And for dinner, a famous Nepali dish. This is dalbat. A hot mix of vegetables, rice, and lentil soup
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Perfect after the long day of trekking. I'll take it. Done your bird. Done
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can i feel this just from the tap yes thank you Alright, good morning everybody, it's day three
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Today I'm going to get my body used to the altitude and go on a hike to hopefully see
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my first glimpses of Mount Everest. This view is pretty spectacular right? Since I got to the
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Everest Base Camp trek it's been raining down in the lower valley but today it's the first glimpses
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of the mountains at sunrise and it's stunning. Thank you
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Okay, I've made it to 3,775 metres. Up here, the air, I feel so thin
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But you can see I'm basically in the clouds. The clouds are kind of just washing and rolling over me
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It's a pretty stunning landscape. All of the trees are covered in snow
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I couldn't see Everest
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The weather here changes so fast and the snow has come in
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It's biting cold. Oh my gosh. I've got to head back down
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back into Nanchi Bazaar and rest before a big day tomorrow Good morning, it's day 4
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I feel great today, the sun is out It's probably about minus five right now though
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I've just left. The journey to Everest continues. Yesterday I spent my time acclimatising in Namche
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And I feel really good. I am very happy with how my body is feeling
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Let's have a great day and continue to the world's tallest mountain
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Take a look at this view. So I've just hiked around the corner
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The sun feels amazing, but right there, my friends, is my first glimpse of Mount Everest
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It looks so beautiful. You can see the clouds just hugging the peaks
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I don't think this view could get any better. And I know that will always be true
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There were no reasons why And some beauty must die We try hard but we also
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Oh, so reckless I really can't believe these views
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I'm in shock. I feel like crying. Oh my gosh. And there's no way without
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Cannot function with this power power There were no reasons why
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Yes, our beauty must die We try hard but we also will fall
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So reckless So reckless Okay, I have just hit 3600 meters and this is the first point where I can see that every
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space camp is 21 hours walk. It's a pretty long way. I made it down to the riverbed, you can hear the river rushing down the valley
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Now it's pretty much a vertical slope to the top of temperature
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this is by far the most difficult part of the track so far
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oh my gosh it's pretty much a vertical incline from the bottom of the valley
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there's moments like this where I'm struggling where I have to think back
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to why I'm doing this. The clouds are starting to roll in
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The wind is starting to pick up. To my nose, I've never been more grateful
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for some cool air. The sun is making things twice as hard
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Oh my gosh. This trek basically winds its way up to the top of the mountain
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You can see the mountain's just been covered with clouds. Man, this trek is no joke
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It's tough. You can pretty much see how steep everything is There cool air Such a relief Oh my gosh I can do this
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Come on. Okay, I've just made it to Tengu Che
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You can see I'm right in the clouds. They are flying up the mountain
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But I actually made it here at 1pm, which is five hours after I left
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but I stopped for lunch for one hour. So I got here in four hours
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So, yeah, I'm very happy. Wow. And this is my home for one night
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so I'm going to get some rest. Wow, I'm so proud of myself
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My first greeting to this place is horses. Gorgeous. So sleepy
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That was by far the coldest night's sleep I've ever had. does about minus 12 but you can see the sun it's just starting to come up in the mountains but
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let me show you the best bit this my friends is mount everest but there is lache i don't think the view could get any better
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Thank you
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So the trek from Tengbuche to Dingbuche is so stunning
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You literally stare at the face of La Vuce and Mount Everest and this beautiful mountain here
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The entire journey. So beautiful. 4,140 metres Dingbache. It should just be over that ridge, over the valley. It's starting to get very cold
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the clouds are kind of rolling in so I'm trying to be quick but yeah I left two and a half hours
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ago and I stopped for maybe 20 minutes for tea so so far so damn good
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so windy
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Okay so I arrived here in Dingbache at 4,400 metres a couple of hours ago. I've eaten
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Now is the most important part. I have to get my body used to the altitude just like it did in
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normal to bizarre so the task right now is to head to the top of here at 5,000 meters to hopefully
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get my body used to the altitude the wind and the weather has come in it's pretty cold
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let's wrap up let's go the wind is biting cold oh i can't feel my face but look at this
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Gleaming black as night Coinset in injustice dead
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In the iron town Nobody is losing Faces merge and change
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But your face remains the same Being up here, quite literally inside the clouds in this kind of point, bitterly cold, it's
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an incredible feeling. I'm a little bit scared because that mountain is so tall and you can see the clouds just
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kind of engulfing and behind me is pretty much a sheer drop so I'll wait up here for
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maybe 30 minutes get my body used to the altitude then head back down
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so the snow is pretty much engulfed the entire valley you can kind of see some of
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the peaks poking through but today has been a pretty physically testing and mentally testing day
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I've struggled a little bit if I'm being completely honest yeah so I've just been journaling for a little bit and I came across something I wrote on the
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20th of February so three weeks ago when I was flying to Pakistan and I wanted to share it with
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So it says to Everest in memory of him to make him proud of who I have become it is going to be mentally and physically challenging but I really hope I can do it
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and I read that just a moment ago and wow and tomorrow I embark on
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pretty much the last leg of this journey I have two more days
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until I will be at Everest Base Camp tomorrow. It's going to be pretty challenging
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but the day after, I hope to reach the base camp of the world's tallest mountain
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So I am freezing. It's about minus 12. I'm going to watch the sunset
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and remind myself again why this journey is so important to me
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And I will see you in the morning. It's another beautiful morning here on the Everest Base Camp Trek. Don't be
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deceived by the Sun though. It's about minus 10 to minus 15. Right now the cold
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air is making it a little bit difficult to breathe. It's a little bit windy too
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and that wind is biting but yeah today the plan is to go to La Bucce which is
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at 4,900 meters. I'm gonna take it slow. Yeah beautiful. my bag just broke, which is not ideal
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I just had to tie it up, so I really hope it doesn't break any further
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Not the best start. Oh my god, I finally made it to La Voce at 5030 metres
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Today was so challenging, but it wasn't really my body that got me here
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It was my mind. I couldn't be happier. Now I need to rest
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okay so i came for a little bit of a hike to try and get my body more used to the
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altitude i'm well over 5 000 meters now and right below here you can see the huge glacier
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which is just flowing down the mountain it's still so windy up here and
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being up here is just so amazing i still can't quite believe that tomorrow
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i will be hitting base cam of the world's tallest mountain something i've dreamed of so
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much for so long and tomorrow i'll be there it's crazy look at this it's just started snowing
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Good morning. Today is base camp day. I still can't quite believe I made it this far and
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as you can see it snowed pretty heavily last night so I hope the trek will be okay. The
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The sun hasn't quite come up yet. The landscape is so stunning
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I can't wait to get to base camp today. I'm so happy
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I still can't, I just, I can't believe I've done it. And yeah, I've done it without any illness
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No altitude sickness, no headaches, no nausea, no nothing. I feel so happy with my body and I can't wait to get there
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So let's go. I'm so close base camp it's just here hopefully just a few more hours to go I'm so excited
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you can see all of the snow just built up there was an avalanche actually
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about 5 minutes ago just came tumbling down the mountain I wish I could have recorded it and you could have heard the sounds
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it was so loud it was like a giant roar just coming down the mountain face Everest
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just behind there surrounded by clouds I'm so close so I'm almost at base camp, base camp, it's just there but look at this glacier
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wow just under two years ago this was flat and within those two years this has just collapsed
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you can see the crevasses just down here I'm so close
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I'm so exhausted. Oh, my gosh
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After seven days of trekking
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Seven days of tough conditions Seven days of self determination I've made it to the base camp of Everest
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The world's tallest mountain At over 17,500 feet I'm so happy So proud
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I just hope my granddad is proud too this is just the best feeling
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I always ask myself Jay why do you put yourself through discomfort
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why do you take yourself outside of your comfort zone the answer is
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it makes you feel so raw so so happy and so so alive
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and that my friends is the best feeling in the world Woo
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