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Solo Trek to the Everest Base Camp

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Though this was not a trek I planned to do very soon, it was definitely on my bucket list. A series of events and i ended up planning for this, May-2019 end, instead of the Gaumukh Tapovan trek which i had already booked for. This was to be the longest trek i have ever done and probably the most famous of all .  I did this trek Solo and independently (without a porter or a guide) Here are my experiences from the trek along with a few tips/information. Like my blog on the ABC trek, I'll also mention the number of steps my fitness tracker recorded for the day I was really lucky and my whole trek went exactly as planned, and also got to meet multiple people who were returning post their Everest Summit Expeditions. It was a dream come true when I met Russel Bryce and his team and had long conversations around the whole fiasco which everyone saw in the newspapers (about the Traffic Jam on Everest and the associated deaths unfortunately) Things needed before you start