EVEREST EXPEDITION (SOUTH EAST RIDGE)
Gurkha Encounters can support your asperations to reach Everest Base Camp and even your Everest Climbing expedition. We can provide a fully supported expedition service above base camp as well as a guided tea house trek to base camp where you’ll find a small tented community all preparing themselves for the arduous days ahead. In respect of privacy we will not be going into the tented areas.
Famous for its spectacular mountain peaks and the loyalty and friendliness of its inhabitants (the Sherpas), the Everest region (Khumbu) is one of the most popular destinations for tourists in Nepal. While many of the routes through the mountains are arduous, there are ample places to rest and enjoy a meal along the way. Furthermore, don't worry about getting lost. Just ask a local the way to the next village on your route, and they will direct you. Most Sherpas under the age of fifty can at least understand basic English, and many speak it fluently.
While trekking is possible in this area the whole year round, the best times to visit are from the beginning of March to mid May and from the beginning of September to mid November. The winters are very cold and snow may make it difficult to travel higher than Tengboche, and also lodges may be closed above this altitude. Summers, on the other hand, are wet, and the spectacular peaks are often lost in the clouds. April and early May is a good time to see the hedgerows and trees bursting into bloom, with Rhododendrons, in particular, adding a spectacular splash of color to the Nepali landscape. However, during spring dust and pre-monsoon weather from the plains of India routinely provide less than ideal conditions for clear mountain views. The views are much better after the summer monsoons have cleared the atmosphere of dust, but the days are shorter and cooler.
Highlights
- Mount Everest is the highest point on Earth standing 8848m / 29028 ft tall and 5.5 miles above the sea level
- Named after Sir George Everest, the British Surveyor-General of India
- Everest is known in Tibet as Chomolungma and in Nepal as Sagarmatha.
- Mount Everest is situated straddling the Nepal Tiber border.
- Tenzing Norgey Sherpa (Nepal) and Sir Edmund Hillary (New Zealand) where the first climber to summate Everest, via Southeast ridge and South Col route on 29 May 1953.
- In 1975, the first woman ever Ms. Junko Tabei (Japan) summated via Southeast ridge and South Col route.