Everest Base Camp Trek & Lobuche: Team Returns to Lukla and Celebrate their team
Posted by: Jess Wedel
Categories: Expedition Dispatches Everest BC Trek and Lobuche
Thursday, April 2, 2026
Hello there,
The trail from Namche to Lukla is long — longer than you remember — but yesterday it was lined with rhododendrons in full bloom, which makes just about any suffering tolerable. On the way down, we carried out bags of trash collected for the Sagarmatha Next and SPCC clean-up efforts. Small contribution, but it felt right to leave the trail a little better than we found it.
The real story of the day, though, happened at dinner.
In Lukla last night, we gathered around a shared table to honor the porters and guides who made this entire expedition possible. These are the people who carried our loads, knew the trail in every kind of weather, kept us moving when we were tired, and kept us laughing throughout. No summit happens without them — and we wanted to make sure they knew we knew that.
The meal turned into dancing. Someone produced a boom box, and for many hours after dinner, we celebrated together — not as clients and crew, but as a team that had been through something real. It was one of those nights you don’t want to end.
Tomorrow we fly to Kathmandu!
— RMI Guide Jess Wedel & the Team
