Preparation

After a day’s rest we then unpacked everything and had everything checked by Justin our tour operator from Evarast. We had a long meeting to go through what we should expect on the first day and how we should pack our bags with a 15kg pack. We had already weighed our packs at home and restricted our pack to 12kg so we had no problem with that. The weight limit was there to protect the porters from being overloaded. They will have to climb the entire mountain with this pack on their shoulders. Daniel, our Head Guide, and Justin, our Chief coordinator and proprietor of Evarest Travel, complemented us on how well prepared we were. The painstakingly long preparation time paid dividends later. We learnt how to “send messages” more of this later!

Published by Chatenya Chauhan FRCSEd (Trauma & Orthopaedics)

Mr Chauhan has been a consultant in trauma and orthopaedic surgery since 2002 with a focus on trauma, arthroscopic and joint replacement work mainly around the lower limb. He graduated from Dundee University & lectured in Sheffield University in Anatomy and Physiology. After completing basic surgical training there, Orthopaedic training commenced in Leeds followed by a fellowship at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital in Birmingham. Arthroscopy and cartilage research was undertaken at Smith and Nephew’s Research Facility in York and University College London helped to validate the early imaging of cartilage and establish an arthroscopic service in Southend-on-Sea where he was appointed as a Consultant. During the time there he has developed minimally invasive approach to anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction making it possible to use a novel approach to hamstring ligament harvesting. Research interests included developing methods of treatment for cartilage damage. Mr. Chauhan is described as a caring individual with his approach to patients and their needs using great attention to detail. These are qualities that keep patients giving the highest recommendation and are also seen in the approach to individualised teaching of Foundation, Core and Speciality Trainees as well as General Practitioner colleagues.

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