‘Flying to Lukla is the adrenaline-filled beginning to the Everest Base Camp Trek. Reputedly the most dangerous airport in the world, Lukla Airport has a landing strip just 500 metres long, with a sheer cliff on one end and a brick wall on the other. We took videos of both our landing and takeoff to share. The flight only takes 30 minutes, but believe me, Nepali disorganization manages to make the waiting last almost all day. And seats at the airport? Why would you need those? When they finally decide that it is time to fly, you have less than 5 minutes between frenzied waves towards the plane and being launched into space! Who needs to bungy jump for thrills?’ (Della Continued)
Aside: The cover photo was taken at Phaplu Nepal. Tara dropped us off there to wait for 4-5 hours instead of flying straight to Lukla. Our return flight was delayed by the same amount. Even so it was much better than the 4-5 hour each way bus trip to Ramechhap (from Kathmandu) which most visitors are having to endure ‘at the moment’. In Nepal nothing happens according to schedule!
Lukla Landing:
Lukla Take Off:
For more about the EBC See:
https://www.theultralighthiker.com/2019/12/14/ultralight-hiker-ebc-videos/
https://www.theultralighthiker.com/2019/12/01/ebc-gear-list/
https://www.theultralighthiker.com/2019/11/20/ebc-4-5-and-so-onwards-and-upwards/
https://www.theultralighthiker.com/2019/11/19/dos-and-donts-on-the-ebc-and-elsewhere/
https://www.theultralighthiker.com/2019/11/18/ebc-3-and-onward-to-xanadu/
https://www.theultralighthiker.com/2019/11/17/everest-days-1-2-lukla-to-namche-bazar/
https://www.theultralighthiker.com/2019/11/16/ebc-starting-out-kathmandu-to-lukla/
https://www.theultralighthiker.com/2019/11/15/9-days-trekking-the-ebc/
From my previous trip, see:
http://www.theultralighthiker.com/to-the-roof-of-the-world/
http://www.theultralighthiker.com/i-followed-my-footsteps/
http://www.theultralighthiker.com/i-saw-below-me-that-golden-valley/
http://www.theultralighthiker.com/thatendlessskyway/
http://www.theultralighthiker.com/the-diamond-desert-everest-base-camp-trek-8/
http://www.theultralighthiker.com/everest-base-camp-three-passes-trek/
http://www.theultralighthiker.com/cold-weather-face-masks/
http://www.theultralighthiker.com/my-life-was-wide-and-wild-and-who-can-know-my-heart/
https://www.theultralighthiker.com/2016/12/26/the-diamond-desert-everest-base-camp-trek-8/
