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K2BC vs EBC. Two base camps, two completely different treks 🥾Everest Base Camp pulls 30,000 to 45,000 trekkers a year. K...
05/29/2026

K2BC vs EBC. Two base camps, two completely different treks 🥾

Everest Base Camp pulls 30,000 to 45,000 trekkers a year. K2 Base Camp gets 1,000 to 2,000. That ratio tells you most of what you need to know about these two treks.

EBC: walk into Nepal on a tourist visa, sleep in teahouses with hot meals and pool tables, push to Kala Patthar at 5,545m. Solo trekking still allowed.

K2BC: trekking and mountaineering visa, Letter of Invitation from a licensed operator, $300 Central Karakoram National Park permit, mandatory tour. Ten to twelve days of camping on glacier past Askole, no villages, four-season tents, mess tents, generators at every camp. Concordia sits at 5,000m surrounded by four 8,000m peaks.

The K2BC season is one window. June, July, August. That's it.

Swipe through for the full breakdown.

Peru has a trek that almost nobody talks about 🇵🇪Everyone knows the Inca Trail. Far fewer know about the Cordillera Huay...
05/27/2026

Peru has a trek that almost nobody talks about 🇵🇪

Everyone knows the Inca Trail. Far fewer know about the Cordillera Huayhuash, a tight cluster of peaks in the Peruvian Andes that holds Yerupajá, Siula Grande, and a string of turquoise lagunas that look photoshopped.

We're running a trip here this August. 12 days, 115km, eight days of trekking over high passes up to 5,020m, camping under glaciated walls.

🗓️ August 1st – 12th, 2026

Drop us a message to lock in your spot and discover the most beautiful trek in South America!

The window on this year's K2 Base Camp is closing fast 🏔️Pakistan doesn't mess around when it comes to logistics. Visas ...
05/25/2026

The window on this year's K2 Base Camp is closing fast 🏔️

Pakistan doesn't mess around when it comes to logistics. Visas take time. Gear needs to be sorted. Flights don't book themselves. If you want to be standing beneath the world's second-highest mountain this summer, the clock is ticking.

We've still got room on three departures:
🏔️ June 20 – July 10 (2 spots)
🏔️ July 4 – 24 (2 spots)
🏔️ August 5 – 26, without Gondogoro La (open)

Here's the thing about K2 Base Camp. We talk about it a lot. We've written the trip reports. We've shared the photos. None of it does the place justice. You have to stand in the Throne Room of the Mountain Gods to really get it.

Serious about going this year? Drop us a message and we'll sort out the best departure for your schedule.

Otherwise, see you out there in 2027.

We've run expeditions across Central Asia, the Karakoram, the Andes. Uganda is our first on the African continent, and w...
05/22/2026

We've run expeditions across Central Asia, the Karakoram, the Andes. Uganda is our first on the African continent, and we didn't pick it for the easy version.

Two weeks trekking the Rwenzoris, tracking chimpanzees in Kibale Forest, and climbing Mount Sabyinyo to a summit shared by three countries. Everything that makes a trip Epic, on a continent we've been waiting to get our boots into.

Trip Dates:
📅 February 10th –22nd, 2027

Link in bio to join the first one.

The Fanns don't get many visitors. That's the whole point 🏔️Two weeks crossing one of Central Asia's most striking range...
05/20/2026

The Fanns don't get many visitors. That's the whole point 🏔️

Two weeks crossing one of Central Asia's most striking ranges on foot. Bare granite peaks, alpine lakes, shepherd camps, and the 4,750m Chimtarga Pass as the high point. Self-supported & truely remote.

Trip Dates:
📅 August 2–16, 2026

Limited spots. Get in touch to join us.

Understanding Crampons ❄️A lot of our expeditions cross glaciated ground where crampons aren't optional, and the questio...
05/18/2026

Understanding Crampons ❄️
A lot of our expeditions cross glaciated ground where crampons aren't optional, and the question we hear most is some version of: "do my boots even take these, or do I need to buy new ones?"

Here's the short answer.
Crampons are graded C1 to C3. The number tells you two things at once: how rigid the crampon is, and which boots it can lock onto.

❄️ C1: Flexible strap-on. Webbing harness, works with B1 boots and up. For winter walking and easy glacier travel.
❄️ C2: Semi-automatic. Heel clip plus a toe strap, needs a boot with a heel welt (B2 and up). For glaciated passes and semi-technical peaks like Island Peak or Ecuador's volcanoes.
❄️ C3: Fully automatic. Heel clip and a toe bail, needs both a heel welt and a toe lip (B3 only). For technical ice, mixed climbing, and 6,000m+ expeditions.

There's a B0 trap worth flagging: C1 strap-ons will physically wrap onto a soft hiking boot, but the flexible sole levers the crampon loose and snaps the points. It feels like it works until it doesn't.

The crampon rating has to match or sit below the boot's rating — a C3 won't lock onto a B2.

Most people building their first expedition kit only need one pair: a C1 or C2 paired to a B2 boot. That combination covers the vast majority of our mountaineering trips.

Destination dupes 🏔️The idea is simple. Instead of fighting crowds for a filtered photo at the world's most overtrodden ...
05/15/2026

Destination dupes 🏔️

The idea is simple. Instead of fighting crowds for a filtered photo at the world's most overtrodden hotspots, you go somewhere that delivers the same experience (or a better one) without the queues, the inflated prices, and the feeling that you're one more boot on the conveyor belt.

A few of our favorite swaps:
🗼 Georgia instead of the Switzerland. Svaneti offers alpine scenery with almost zero tourist infrastructure. Medieval stone towers, village-to-village trekking, wine made in clay vessels buried underground. A week here costs a fraction of Switzerland.

🏔️ Pakistan instead of Nepal. The Karakoram from Concordia — K2, Broad Peak, the Gasherbrums. No teahouses, no Wi-Fi hotspots, no queues at Kala Patthar.

⛰️ Kyrgyzstan instead of Patagonia. Granite walls and turquoise lakes in the Ak-Suu and Karavshin valleys. Locals call it "Asian Patagonia." We hiked for days without seeing another trekker.

🏜️ Mongolia instead of the American West. Kazakh eagle hunters in the Altai who still train golden eagles to hunt on horseback.

🌋 Madeira instead of Hawaii. Same volcanic terrain, same year-round warmth, none of the resort crowds. You'll eat better here for €20 than you will in Maui for $50.

🦍 Uganda instead of Kilimanjaro. Margherita Peak is the third-highest point in Africa and almost no one has heard of it. Get the chance to experience jungle, giant lobelias, equatorial glaciers, and chimp tracking.

Understanding mountaineering boots 🥾A lot of our expeditions push into alpine environments where the right boot isn't op...
05/13/2026

Understanding mountaineering boots 🥾

A lot of our expeditions push into alpine environments where the right boot isn't optional and the question we hear most is some version of: "do I really need a B2, or will my hiking boots cut it?"

Here's the short answer.

Boots are graded B0 to B3. The number tells you two things at once: how stiff the sole is, and which crampons the boot can take.

🥾 B0: Your standard hiking boot. Flexible sole, no crampon compatibility (microspikes max). For trail miles.

🥾 B1: Your-season trekking boot. Stiffer underfoot, takes C1 strap-on crampons only. For winter walking and easy glacier travel.

🥾 B2: True mountaineering boot. Stiff sole, heel welt, takes C2 step-in crampons. For glaciated passes and semi-technical peaks like Island Peak or Ecuador's volcanoes.

🥾 B3: Fully rigid technical boot. Heel welt and toe lip, takes fully automatic C3 crampons. For technical ice, mixed climbing, and 6,000m+ expeditions.

The crampon rating has to match or sit below the boot's rating so a C3 won't lock onto a B2.

Most people building their first expedition kit only need two boots. A comfortable B0 for the approach, and a B2 for crampon use. The B2 covers the vast majority of our mountaineering trips.

Full breakdown including specific boot recommendations on the blog.

Most people who go to East Africa never leave the safari vehicle 🇺🇬We're going the other way. Two weeks in western Ugand...
05/09/2026

Most people who go to East Africa never leave the safari vehicle 🇺🇬

We're going the other way. Two weeks in western Uganda on foot through the Rwenzoris (one of the least-trekked high ranges on the planet), into Kibale Forest to track chimpanzees, and up Mount Sabyinyo where the summit straddles three countries.

Trip Dates:
📅 February 10–22, 2027

Link in bio to join us.

The Fann Mountains expedition is the only Epic trip we run that crosses two borders back-to-back and one of the few that...
05/08/2026

The Fann Mountains expedition is the only Epic trip we run that crosses two borders back-to-back and one of the few that pairs serious wilderness trekking with proper cultural immersion along the Silk Road cities of Samarkand and Bukhara

This is 14 days that earns every one of its 63 kilometers

📅 August 2nd - 16th, 2026

Limited spots. Link in bio.

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