I consider myself lucky for ticking two peaks off my bucket list – the Everest Base Camp (5,300 mt) and Kalapathar trek (5,545 mt) and returning home safely in the nick of the time. On April 1, I left for Kathmandu. My trek to Everest Base Camp (EBC), which I completed in record time of nine days, started on April 6. I walked solo for one day and then met my team at Kainzuma on April 7.

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