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Petra, Jerash, Dead Sea, Wadi Rum and Red Sea

Total distance walked – 81 miles (130km)

Total altitude gain – 5307m – equivalent to 103 times the height of Nelson’s Column or 1206 double decker buses

Highest point reached – Kala Patthar, 5643m

Highest point slept – Gorak Shep, 5164m

Time spent with around 50% or below atmospheric pressure – 48hrs (whole walk is below 75%)

Position of Lukla airport in history channel list of “World’s most extreme airports” – 1

Number of accidents almost witnessed – 1

Length of runway at Tenzing-Hillary airport in Lukla – 460m which is 55 double decker buses long, or 4.5 football pitches and not a huge amount longer than an american aircraft carrier

Incline of Runway – 12%

Number of tourists seen on way up – 25 or so

And on way down – hundreds

Number of meals that didn’t turn out to be what the description said – lost count

Pet dogs – 3

Number of 8000m peaks seen up close(ish) – 3 (Everest, Lhotse and Makalu)

Number of photos taken in Nepal – 1509

A place in Mumbai with apparently 1 Million People in just over 1.5 square kilometres with an annual turnover of around 1 billion dollars.

Kochi (formally Cochin) and the Backwaters of Kerala