Sonia celebrates New Year at Mount Everest Base Camp
Updated : April 06, 2016 10:58 AM ISTT-town actress Sonia was recently spotted in Nepal and recalls it as “the best
New Year" of her life. The actress apparently had an ideal New Year celebration during the 18-day
trek to Mount Everest Base Camp.
"My friends returned home on the 30th and I was excited and apprehensive about the prospect. The
band performed on the street across the hotel I was staying in and the atmosphere was
overwhelming. I walked barefoot on the streets for a kilometre as my footwear gave way. I will never
forget it," says the actress.
“Trekking in sub-zero temperatures was a breathtaking experience literally. I had no training and was
not mentally prepared for it as I just tagged along with my friends," continued Sonia, adding, "I'm an
adventure freak and have tried paragliding and skydiving and was thinking how difficult can climbing
up a mountain get? But 12.5 hours of steep trek in near darkness was more difficult that anything I'd
imagined. I was short of breath, and was breathing through my mouth and had a bad chestache and
severe cold! Navigating a 5-ft wide crevasse in the snow was a nerve wracking experience to say the
least. Forget insight, I had nothing on my mind but to try not to drown in the fatigue."
Talking more about her experience, Sonia shares "We abandoned the Three High passes because of
excessive snowfall. We trekked from 7 am in the morning to five in the evening every day. I was
wearing five layers of clothing on top and four layers down, and yet, I could feel the bite of the cold.
I'd sleep wearing two head scarfs to cover my hair and wrap a couple of blankets in my sleeping
But the scariest part of her trip was experiencing an earthquake during the climb. "I could feel the
tremors for 30 seconds and haven't been more scared in my entire life," says Sonia.