7 Days Everest View Trek   By: Pravesh Pradhan It had been a long time since I last traveled out of Kathmandu valley. My earlier trip was back in December 2019, when there was no trace of Covid, at least in our part of the world. My friend Roshan invited me for a trek to Namche (scheduled for March 2020), a place near the region of Mount Everest and the other Himalayas. I had never trekked for more than a day nor at an altitude of more than 3000 meters and this was supposed to be a grueling one-week trek, as compared to the earlier short hikes. I then prepared myself for the trek by exercising, cycling/walking for the next few weeks.  As was the case for most of the people during that time, I immensely wanted a break. Due to Covid, most of us had been strictly confined to our homes during the lockdown. When there was no lockdown, we still were scared and were always cautious enough by taking necessary safety measures. Our travel plan was in one of the breaks of Covid waves. We had already passed by the second round of lockdown and it had been some time since the Covid cases were in a sharp decline. That was the reason I could convince myself and my family to go for the trek. After all the preparations with stamina building, clothes, and other necessary things packed, we met in the early morning at the Koteshwor bus stop area on the first day of the journey. Since we could not find a flight ticket to Lukla on our planned day, we had decided to travel by road. The driver included, we shared a vehicle with three other passengers. At five in the morning, we embarked on our