Find Your Tribe,
Push Your Limit.

Yeah, I cried a little… ok, I cried a lot haha. It was just one of those life-changing moments ya know. You can’t speak, you just stare, and breathe, and the happy tears come rolling down your cheeks.

My unfiltered experience trekking to Everest Base Camp with a group of 13 girls and 5 guides. The good, the bad, the ugly, the celebrations, all of it. Through sickness, altitude, and the encouragement of the entire group, we all made it. This is the story of my experience to EBC.

Flying to Lukla Tenzing-Hillary Airport (2860m), the world’s most dangerous airport, was scary business. We had 9 days to reach Base Camp with two acclimatizing days. The first day we hiked around 4 hours to Phakding (2610m). I prepared well and was wearing my knee braces as well as my arm braces as I knew full well that a decent has more impact on my joints, but I was absolutely fine. All my training has strengthened my muscles around my joints and was holding it in place. cheeks.

If I told you that one trip changed my outlook on life, would you believe it? If I were you, I’d probably be skeptical. I’m acutely aware of how dramatic it sounds. Especially when “lifechanging” is thrown around so thoughtlessly these days (I should know since I recently described a bottle of red wine as such). But the kind of lifechanging I’m talking about is more akin to a shift in perspective, the clarity of the path ahead, the knowledge of inner acceptance – rather than that of some stimulated taste buds.

In September I had one of the greatest group experiences of my life. I had the absolute pleasure of joining Travel Her Way – a female-owned and run company that encourages women to try new things, go new places, and become braver and more confident, all while developing a deeper appreciation for the amazing world we live in. After being introduced to this company through a friend, I just couldn’t say no.

One word to describe my Everest Base Camp (EBC) Trip would be: majestic. True beauty can be found everywhere from the smiling faces of the locals, to the amazingness of momos (Nepalese dumplings) and to the obvious... the views. This opportunity changed my perspective of the world-for the better.

Three months ago, I made it to the base camp of Mount Everest in Nepal. It is taking me so long to blog about it, primarily because I don't know where to start. I like to write, but when I write, organization is a huge struggle. The fact that there is so much to say and so hard to organize it is what has prevented me from writing this. Do you wanna hear about my itinerary? My prep? Anecdotes? The culture? My feelings? Things you should know before doing this? I'm assuming that I will be writing multiple posts about this adventure of a lifetime, so I'll start with the general stuff that I've had the most questions about, let’s see where this goes. cheeks.

Lacy Bauer, who joined our Everest Base Camp Trek in May, has created a serious of short videos to blog this life-changing adventure. Lacy has shared how she learn and grow and conquer the challenge. We hope you enjoy it!

We started very early, around six in the morning with our headlamps ready. We knew this would be a long day, 8hrs worth of hiking. Our trek started at -20 degrees Celsius. I think I had just about every piece of clothing I owned. The hike to EBC was very cold (obviously the higher we went in altitude) and very windy.