Today we finally made it to Mount Everest. The Tibetan people call this mountain Chomolungma, which translates to 'Goddess Mother of the World. Quite the name for the mountain, but standing at 8848.86 metres (29,029 feet), it's hard to argue with them. The name Chomolungma can also be stylised as Qomolangma.
The road to base camp was a long one but the views never made it boring. We had picture perfect conditions which meant that we had spectacular views of the Himalayas, which felt extremely surreal. Seeing these snow-capped mountains soaring into the blue sky with our own eyes was mesmerising. After this we took some roads nicknamed 'the bends' down towards a bus transfer point. The locals joke that the builders of these roads were getting paid per metre of road they built, which led to these insane bends being built.
After a long bus journey, we transferred onto the eco bus. We had heard rumours beforehand that we wouldn't need to trek at all on our journey to base camp and this proved to be correct. We took the bus straight to base camp and when we were there, we checked into our guesthouse for the night.
The guesthose is ran by the monks and nuns of Rongbuk Monastery. This monastery is the highest monastery in the world, at an elevation of 5009 metres above sea level. This gives you an idea of how high up the base camp is on the North side of the mountain.
We then spent the rest of the evening staring at the holy mountain as the sun set behind it. It was one of the most magical experiences I've ever had and I'm never going to forget it. When the sun did finally set, we slept like babies (crying and screaming) in the freezing guesthouse. Throughout the night it sounded like there was a hurricane trying to knock the building down so many of us struggled to sleep.
Early the next morning, Tash and I walked back to the scenic spot and sat there taking in the sunrise, knowing that we may never come back to the World's tallest mountain. We then got back on the road and left behind Chomolungma and all her beauty.
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