Everest Base Camp Trek
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‘Everest Base Camp’You should do this trek for the scenery and the Sherpa culture. The scenery is electric because you’re surrounded by the worlds highest peaks. The atmosphere of the Sherpa capital and the people and their yaks is warm and colourful. This is a 14 day trek, walking in one of the worlds most astounding environments, it culminates in an early morning ascent of Kala Patar overlooking Everest Base Camp.
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Review by expert member ‘Base Camp over Everest’For many Everest will always be thought of as “The Big Adventure”, but with it becoming a bit too busy, as in the slopes are littered with debris and bodies and the expense of it you may get more out of a trek to Everest Base Camp. If it is the views and culture (both climbing and local) rather than the altitude that excites you then Base Camp, located spectacularly beside Khumbu Glacier has the same approach and many of the views as Everest but without the final slog. Pass through the Sherpa capital, Namche Bazaar, the traditional village of Tengboche which has an exquisite monastery, below Ama Dablam and summit Kalar Patar (which at 5545m is not to be sniffed at.) for views of the whole Everest valley. Fly in to Kathmandu with the rest of the adventurers and experience the busy streets for yourself (it’s pretty crazy) and see the beautiful Buddhist stupa shrines. One of the highlights is flying in one of the tiny planes over the mountains to begin the trek at Lukla where most treks start. It’s like a preview to the walk and the relief of the terrain is gob smacking. It doesn’t take much walking before you can see Everest peaking out and up behind other mountains at several points along the route, sometimes from half way up a big old mountain you’re struggling to get up, which gives you some perspective on how big things are here, you may even be glad you’re only going to Base Camp. This is a challenging but achievable experience and I found that I was tired but relaxed at the end of the day while some people we met in paries attempting Everest were so obsessed about possible weather conditions and altitude acclimatisation for the big day that they were missing out on what they passed on the way there. If you’re camping you get more of a feel of an adventure but you don’t have to, some companies arrange accommodation in tea houses. Lots of companies will take you there now all inclusive, my only thoughts on that would be to think about the kind of people you want to have the experience with, this is one of those once in a lifetime things so if you want to spend time doing your own thing (we held a little prayer ceremony for example) you need to make sure you can fit it in.
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