Everest Expedition From South
Nepal -- normal route
Generally, Everest is being scaled through the four different routes. Among them South East Face is normal route and if you follow this, four camps to be made to summit the mountain. If you follow the South West Face need to have six camps and is the hardest one.
Everest is an impressively beautiful place if one can ignore the piles of rubbish from several decades of mountaineering expeditions. I would like to suggest you to allow three months for your whole trip depending upon your physical and climatic conditions.
Itinerary
Day 1 Arrive Kathmandu, Transfer to the hotel
Day 2 ½ day sightseeing tour in & around Kathmandu (largest Buddhist stupa in the world at Bouddha Nath, most important Hindu temple in the valley at Pasupati Nath & Monkey temple, the valley’s oldest & most sacred shrine at Syambhu Nath etc). Evening trek preparation. Overnight at hotel.
Day 3 Leisure in Kathmandu for official formalities and final preparation for the expedition. Overnight at hotel.
Day 4 Take the short but spectacular mountain over the Himalaya to Lukla (2800m), & Phakding (2600m), Overnight at hotel.
Day 5 Trek to Namche Bazaar (3440m). Overnight at lodge
Day 6 Acclimatization day at Namche Bazaar. Overnight at lodge
Day 7 Trek to Tengboche Monastery (3800m). Overnight at Lodge
Day 8 Trek to Pheriche (4200m). Overnight at Lodge
Day 9 Trek to Lobuche (4910m). Overnight at lodge
Day 10 Trek to Everest Base Camp (5450m). Overnight at camp
Day 11 - Day 60 Climbing Period – Ascending and descending
Day 61 Cleaning up Base Camp - overnight at Lodge
Day 62 Trek back to Pheriche – overnight at Lodge
Day 63 Trek back to Khumjung – overnight at Lodge
Day 64 Trek back to Phakding – overnight at Lodge
Day 65 Trek back to Lukla – overnight at Lodge
Day 66 Fly to Kathmandu and transfer to the hotel. Overnight at hotel
Day 67 Stay in Kathmandu, take back the money deposited for garbage and farewell dinner in the evening with all local staffs, overnight at hotel
Day 68 Depart from hotel and transfer to the Kathmandu airport for your international flight.
Warning
We have run many successful and safe expeditions however you must understand this is as real as it gets. We try our best with safety and gear within the limits of the expedition budget but this is 8000m and anything can happen. Even with good gear, good everything, the risk of death is small BUT REAL. There is UNAVOIDABLE avalanche and search danger, although the probability is low. If you haven't climbed to 8000m before you will find the mountain bigger and scarier than you ever imagined.
We try our best and we are very responsible, caring people HOWEVER we are not liable for anything, full stop.
Attitude
Mentally, you should not be on this expedition unless you think you can climb to the summit, there is a lot of power is positive thinking. At the same time you must be prepared for disappointment; conditions may not be perfect, you may struggle at extreme altitude etc.
This is a professionally lead expedition. Your guide and crew are there to manage the logistics of the expedition not to haul you up the mountain or be personal servants. Your guide is there because he is familiar with the mountain and big expeditions, to assist in being a climbing partner, to make difficult judgment decisions and to generally manage the expedition. Your guide will accompany the team on the majority of the acclimatization trips and will endeavor to summit with you, but this is not a guarantee. The Sherpas will summit with the expedition members.
We live together for more than a month so please have consideration for your fellow team members, crew and guide, and other mountaineers. Being polite and reasonable goes a long way; even minor dehydration makes almost anyone surprisingly irritable and intractable).
Experience and fitness
Despite the relatively non-technical nature you MUST have some mountaineering experience and MUST have been to 6000m before. The fitter you are when you arrive the better. You must be at least moderately fit, your fitness will build remarkably on the mountain. Don't underestimate the difficulty and strength of will required to climb at over 7000m.
Insurance
This is your choice. It is sometimes possible to get insurance for 8000m peaks thru your national alpine club - the British Mountaineering council (BMC) has a great policy, although getting more expensive all the time. We don't normally have a doctor with us however in the past we have arranged the services of a doctor at base camp. You pay the doctor directly. There is helicopter rescue possible in Nepal. The cost of emergency evacuation and associated care is not included in the cost of the expedition. There is one particularly good clinic in Kathmandu. Our Nepali staff is insured.
