Nepal

Nepal’s Annapurna Base Camp trek is one you definitely want to be prepared for. Sure, there’s training for a high-altitude trek and readying yourself for dal bhat at every meal, but you also need to make sure you’re kitted out with the right gear. Here’s everything you’re likely to need.

Along with some of the most epic scenery on earth, there will be stairs. Many, many stairs.

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When people asked what I was planning for my honeymoon, I can guarantee ‘hiking in Nepal on a small group tour’ wasn’t the answer they were expecting.

When you’re hiking you are achieving something. It’s at a different pace than the usual hustle of home life, and I love the quiet but certain sense of achievement you get with each step.

Besides learning that, yes indeed, women can do anything, I also came back down to sea level with a handful of other valuable life lessons tucked under my belt and scribbled in my journal.

Trekking to Everest Base Camp is no mean feat, but with a good dose of grit and a decent fitness regime, almost anyone can stand triumphant at the roof of the world.

We quizzed this Intrepid leader on all things Base Camp-related, and here’s his top tips for conquering the camp.