Setonaledgeoverlooking the coastalplainof the Gulf of Mexico, Palenque recedesinto the densetropicalforest of the foothills of the Tumbala mountains ofChiapas, Mexico.
After a short flight from Kathmandu to the mountain hamlet of Lukla, it took me 12 days to reach Base Camp, trekking 160km and climbing 10, 000 feet, hiking through denseforest, over a dozen suspension bridges, above the tree line and, finally, intoa frozen landscape of ancient rock and glacial ice.