Nepal

Annapurna Curcuit

Everest Base Camp Trek

The Everest Trek ...A guide to the Solu, Khumbu and Gokyo region of the Nepalese Himalaya

To celebrate my 50th birthday I trekked from Jiri to Namche and Everest Base Camp, the 175 kilometre, 24 day Everest Trek passes through the some of the most magnificent mountain scenery on earth.

The view of Mount Everest from Tengboche Monastery is without equal. Higher up the Khumbu Valley there is a awesome close up view of Mount Everest from the summit of Kalla Pattar, a hill within reach of most trekkers. The Khumbu Glacier Icefall provides an impressive mystery for, by a trick of the light, the ice seems to spring from the head of the Khumbu valley.

From Kalla Pattar one can see Everest Base Camp, which during May and October is a hive of activity with commercial mountaineering expeditions using Sherpa guides to get their clients to the summit of Mount Everest. Everyonel use the Everest Trek to reach Everest Base Camp. This is the itinerary for the trek I did in May 2004 to EBC.