Guide to trekking Mount Everest region, Nepal, for beginners

By Katrina Lobley
Updated February 3 2015 - 1:08pm, first published 12:44pm
Best living room in the world: Climbers sit back and take in the view from Kongde.
Best living room in the world: Climbers sit back and take in the view from Kongde.
Best living room in the world: Climbers sit back and take in the view from Kongde.
Best living room in the world: Climbers sit back and take in the view from Kongde.
Best living room in the world: Climbers sit back and take in the view from Kongde.
Best living room in the world: Climbers sit back and take in the view from Kongde.
Best living room in the world: Climbers sit back and take in the view from Kongde.
Best living room in the world: Climbers sit back and take in the view from Kongde.
A monk looks at a trekker at Thame monastery. Photo: Katrina Lobley
A monk looks at a trekker at Thame monastery. Photo: Katrina Lobley
Guide Tashi Tenzing. Photo: Katrina Lobley
Guide Tashi Tenzing. Photo: Katrina Lobley
Trekkers arrive at Phakding Lodge. Photo: Aurora Expeditions
Trekkers arrive at Phakding Lodge. Photo: Aurora Expeditions
The legendary Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.
The legendary Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.

The moment I know I'm unprepared for trekking dawns on me in an outdoor adventure store. Before flying to Kathmandu, I'm trying to look the part. I file past pants with zip-off legs, long-sleeved shirts, striped thermals and waterproof jackets, rubbing their alien high-tech fabrics between my fingers. After an hour, I head to the cash register with just three pairs of hiking socks and hope they'll help somehow.

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