71307452 - Miner weighting his baskets full of sulfur rocks from Kawah Ijen Volcano, Java, Indonesia71307269 - Two improvised backpacks of Nepalese porters, seen halfway the hike to Everest Base Camp in the Khumbu valley. The trek to Everest Base Camp (EBC) is possibly the most dramatic and picturesque in the Nepalese Himalaya. Not only will you stand face to face with Mount Everest, Sagarmatha in Nepali language, at 8,848 m (29,029 ft), but you will be following in the footsteps of great mountaineers like Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. The trek is scenic and offers ever-changing Himalayan scenery through forests, hills and quaint villages. A great sense of anticipation builds as you trek up the Kh
