Instead of putting our money towards a house deposit, my wife, Ali and I have decided to make a slightly more reckless decision and go on a year long holiday. Then we made our second reckless decision... I suggested we hike to Everest Base Camp. Ali agreed.

The plan is set! We're off to India on the first of March then onto Nepal a month later to make our way to Everest Base Camp. Before any of that happens we need to start training. So, with some camping gear and backpacks, we've been making our way all over Victoria (in the south eastern corner of Australia) to walk up and down as many hills we can get our boots on. We started with a few day walks in and around Melbourne doing 10-18 kms with small day packs. We visited Lysterfield Park, Lerderderg State Park, and walked plenty of km's round the suburb of Mount Waverley to get our boots feeling great before we tackled the wet and windy hike to Refuge Cove in the beautiful Wilsons Promontory.

One Month in the worlds most glorious boot

Have camera. Will travel.

Beautiful, incredible, confusing as hell