TO BASECAMP
The Himalayas, Nepal
A frozen kingdom of light and silence. The trekkers move like dark silhouettes against a world carved from ice and stone, each step swallowed by the immensity of the Himalayas. The air is thin, raw — every breath a reminder of how far they’ve come. Everest looms ahead, untouchable and ancient, a mountain that doesn’t care who you are but demands to know why you came. The moment feels both fragile and eternal — human grit against the bones of the earth.