Lobuche (4910m) to Gorakshep (5140m) [And everest base camp] My day started extremely early when I heard a loud ‘bang’ next door which shook my bed. That was around 3am. I just dozed off again when the neighbours knocked on the wall asking for help as their door was stuck closed. Kempy was awake and out of bed instantly and opened the door without any problems. He returned muttering that they must have been trying to push, rather than pull, the door open. I just got back to sleep when an extremely noisy group started to check out at 4am. Noise continued until 6:30 when I decided to just give up on sleep and get up. It was /FREEZING/. The mist on the windows had turned to ice and after 30 seconds outside in my down jacket (but without gloves) I felt like my fingers would get frostbite. We had a great breakfast of french toast with baked beans around 7, before heading off on the 2:30h trek to Gorakshep. As soon as teh sun emerged it turned into a faboulus day for walking. The trek wasn’t too hard compared to the last few days, but still hard. Importantly for me, though, I made it all the way up CARRYING MY OWN BACKPACK!!!! The porter only carried my day-pack with my sleeping bag in it. GOAL ACHIEVED!! 😀 When we got to Gorakshep, clouds were just starting to to form around Kala Patthar, so we decided to trek to Everet Base camp today instead. After already hiking reasonably today, it felt hard, but we did eventually make it. Kempy and I also built a snow-tux (the linux penguin) because I’m a complete nerd. Unfortunately the pie-cart apparently only runs during peak season of April/May, so I didn’t get to try the Mt Everest Apple Pie. The lodge we’re staying at has apple pie on the menu though, so I plan on buying a round of it for our little group after dinner. Ryan got hit hard by the hiking today, it’s only about 4pm and he’s exhausted. I’m tired but refusing to sleep too early as tomorrow we’re going to get up at 5am to try and catch the sunrise over Everest from Kala-Patthar.