It was a 3-year dream, and we made it. Trekked up to Everest Base Camp in Nepal. Went with a small group and a Sherpa guide. 3 years of planning and an ambitious dream - happy to have finished it in good spirits and coming back stronger.
Our HM/FM Endurance training routines really helped a lot to achieve this feat. Also, Venkat Sir breathing exercise workouts came in very handy. While most others quit near/after the Base camp summit, we did have a "Strong Finish" back to the starting point. Happy to be associated with Mogappair Fitness Circle and all the consistent training, which made this possible.
9 days ascending from Lukla (2860 m) to Everest Base camp (5364 m) and 3 days to descend back.
Total Elevation Gain - 6000 m
Trek Distance - 130 km total.
Our route is the same as the Everest Expedition till the Base camp.
Rained/snowed heavily on the first few days but we still continued on the trek.
Stayed at Tea-houses/Simple Lodges.
Our Trails - Everest Base Camp Trek Oct 2021 Siva & Priya - Oct 2021
Trail to Everest Base Camp is relatively wideand well-marked all along
First 3 days we walked through small/tiny villages and Alpine forests
Plenty of Suspension bridges & deep river gorges
Beyond Tengboche treeline recedes and you would see snow / ice
After Dhukla pass, we walk along Khumbu
Glacier on rugged trails
There is no motorable road anywhere, so we never saw a vehicle.
All towns are connected with Helicopter
service, which brings people/cargo.
There are Buddhist stupas, Prayer Bells and mani stones all along the trail.
Our Route - Everest Base Camp Trek Oct 2021 Siva & Priya - Oct 2021
We flew to Kathmandu, and from there we took the small flight to Lukla Airport.
We took the standard route from Lukla to Gorakshep and returned back pretty much the same route. We did not attempt the Gokyo Ri route.
Day 0 - KTM
Day 1 - Lukla
Day 2 - Phakding
Day 3,4 - Namche Bazaar
Day 5 - Tengboche
Day 6,7 - Dingboche
Day 8 - Lobuche
Day 9 - Gorakshep
Day 10 - EBC/Kalapatha
Day 10 - Gorakshep
Day 11- Pheriche
Day 11- Pangboche
Day 12- Tengboche
Day 12- Namche Bazaar
Day 13- Phakding
Day 13 - Lukla
The Group and the Guide - Everest Base Camp Trek Siva & Priya - Oct 2021
We booked through Thrillophilia, and the tour was organized by Mr. Kedar of Actual Adventure Pvt Ltd, Kathmandu. Actual Adventure managed the logistics, Accommodations, Permits, Lukla tickets and managing the guide/porters.
We were a Seven member group initially, all from India.
Our Guide was a Sherpa Mr. Lhakpa, and we had few porters in our group.
Mr. Lhakpa was an entertaining and perfect guide, managed us daily through the tough schedule.
Everest Base camp route has the small villages all along, each with basic facilities. They are called “Tea house”, it has a central dining room with room heater and few rooms each. The host there serves Tea/Coffee, Food and will let us stay in a basic room with mattress and a blanket. Toilets are mostly basic and non-attached. Blankets are not be washed often because water/sun is scarce here - people carry their own Sleeping Bags.The facilities become even more basic as you go up, you get Hot Shower facility (at a high cost) only up to half the trek. All costs goes up as you trek upwards. Power lines are available till Namche, beyond that its Solar and Generator - we did experience dark nights.
Food - Everest Base Camp Trek
Due to the international nature of tourists & trekkers & climbers coming on this route, Tea houses prepare nice multi-cuisine food. You need to pre-order by an hour.
Dal Bhat (Rice+Lentil) is the standard meal for Lunch and Dinner - served with Potato, Green, Pickle - gives enough power and carbohydrates to pull through your trekking sessions.
Garlic Soup Noodle is the next staple food - it helps the lung breathe better.
You do get Pizza, Pasta, Bread, tasty Momos, all types of Noodles. Slaughtering animals is forbidden in Sagarmatha, you get only semi-frozen meat.
Nepali and Sherpa's hospitality was impeccable, they make you feel very comfortable and welcoming. Food (and everything) is Costly. And the cost goes up as you trek upwards because everything is brought by Helicopter and carried upwards by porters.
Siva & Priya - Oct 2021
12 days | 130km total distance | 74 hours of Trekking | 6000m Elevation gain
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