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Mount Everest

M frm patiala, punjab india. M planning to go to EBC alone in nov or dec this year. I hv a vry small budget. I cant afford pacages. Cant afford to let big money ruin my dream. Can anyone let me know the chespest kathmandu-ebc-kathmandu 15 day trek?? Or ne1 frm north india interested in going with me?

I'm an experienced big wall climber and have recently become interested with the idea oh climbing everest but I'm not sure where to start. I need someone to shoot me in the right direction. Advice on guided vs private parties, training, books to read, or a preferred website to learn more would greatly be appreciated.

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Hi there, I am planning to go to EBC in November this year. As I'm going as a single travelling female I want to go through a reputable travel agency. There are a couple in Britain which I am looking at, Safejourneys & Nepal Uncovered. Both seem to be relatively cheap compared to some of the other sites advertising, one of them almost half the cost. I am wondering if anyone has experience of either of these companys and finally why do you think there is such a huge margin between prices from different companys when they are all offering the same trek? Your feedback will be gratefully appreciated. Thanks.

i am preparing to climb base camp in april/may 2013. I am not sure if it worth buying new gear or can i hire from Kathmandu? I need down jacket, crampons, ice axe, walking poles, gaiters, waterproof snow pants and jackets etc, how good or well stocked are the local shops in Kathmandu? appreciate feed back from people who have been there

Hi guys, I'm just after a little advice on a trip to everest base camp. Me and my bro are planning a 12 day trek in late april/ early may 2013. After the trip we are travelling onwards through asia and australia so like a lot of travellers we are trying to keep the costs down. In my experiences of travelling so far I have always found it less costly to book a tour with a local travel agent when you arrive at the destination. So I was wondering if we should wait until we arrive in kathmandu and book the trek there for a better price. Does any one know the rough cost of a 12 day trek to EBC including all costs (flight to lukla etc) when booked in kathandu? Any info would be great. Thanks! Paul

I will be leaving for my trek to Everest Base Camp in 6 weeks. I want to get trekking poles and a sleeping bag liner in Kathmandu. What shops would someone recommend that I can get these two items in Kathmandu? Where are they in Kathmandu? Could I get these two items in Namache Bazaar? Thanks in advance.

For my first time in Nepal I am planning to head to Everest Base camp and back past Gokyo over Cho La Pass in or around April 2013. At the moment I am planning for around 15 days with and extra 2 days in case they are needed for any reason or if we feel like spending an extra day somewhere. Any opinions or advice on the itinerary I have planned would be much appreciated. We are not interested in doing this trek with a tour group as we would just like to enjoy it at our own pace, but, we would definitely like to hire a guide somewhere along the way. Maybe not the whole way but I have heard that from Namche for sure and it is a great help to have local eyes and knowledge over Cho La pass. So also any advice on hiring a guide would also be appreciated. And one last question, I realise that april is a pretty good time to be trekking through there but how busy is it actually on the trail around that time? Day 1. Lukla – Phakding / Monju Depending on how we feel we might pass Phakding and head to Monju Day 2. Phakding / Monju – Namche Day 3. Rest Day in Namche Do day walk to acclimatise Day 4. Namche – Tengboche / Deboche Day 5. Tengboche / Dingboche Day 6. Rest Day in Dingboche Do day walk to acclimatise Day 7. Dingboche – Lobuche Day 8/9. Lobuche – Gorak Shep – Lobuche Gorak Shep – Kalar Patar Gorak Shep – Base Camp Day 10. Lobuche – Dzonglha Day 11. Dzonglha – Dragnag Day 12. Dragnag – Gokyo Gokyo Ri Day 13. Gokyo – Dole Day 14. Dole – Namche Day 15. Namche - Lukla

My first time to Nepal I’m beginning plan of my trip. I begin from the last part of my Itinerary. I would like stay in Tengboche during the Mani Ridu Festival that start 14 november (if I’m not wrong). I don’t like to fly to Lukla, so How to plan? 1 option : Kathmandu-Jiri by Bus. Trekking Jiri – Tengboche – How many day top plan including back to Kathmandu? (I could fly from Lukla ) 2 option: can I reach Lukla by bus? In this case I read this: Day 1.Lukla to Phakding Day 2.Phakding to Namche Bazaar Day 3. Acclimatization day at Namche Day 4.Namche to Tengboche I would like to do indipendently with a porter I need permits? Is november too could for good treekking? I red there is no rain, (or not a lot) is it correct? Could you tell me the trekking route from jiri to tengboche? Any other suggestion could be appreciate hoping to do a wanderful experience

planning to trek everest basecamp in this Nov with a 4 members group. trip is goinged to be planned independently but will hire a guide and a porter. Need few advises in hiring a guide and porter. 1. Noted the price per guide / porter is between15-20/day. do we hv to keep any deposits in advance /do we hv to pay for the whole trek at the beginning or do we pay them daily or after the trek 2. when it says20/day does it normally includes the trekking permit for guide/porter , National park entry feee , air fair to Lukla and thier food and accomodation through our the trek 3. Does anyone hv an idea of the average cost for trekking permit , part entry and air fair for guides / porters 4. Any recomondations for good standard type hotels in Kathmandu for the price lower than30/night for a couple . 5. One person can speak Hindi in our group, Do the nepalese speaks in Hindi or do they understand hindi thanks a lot cheers Anoma

Hi Guys, We're planning to do the trek from Jiri to EBC and hopefully all the way to Kala Patthar. We have no idea on how to go about this so if you guys could help us out we would greatly appreciate it. :) 1. Is May a good time to do the trek? 2. Can anyone recommend a reputable company in Kathmandu where we can get a guide? And roughly how much the total cost of hiring a guide per day. 3. Usually how long would it take to do the entire trek and how does the usual itinerary look like? Thank you in advance for all your help. :) Cheers!

Hi, I'm interested in booking a 14 day EBC trek with Adventure Pilgrims Trekking. I would like some feedback on this tour company. Has onyone used them and can you recommend? Thanks. Jess

Hello all! I am planning the EBC trek in February and had a couple of questions I was hoping you could help me out with. 1. Is it possible to start in Lukla and end on the Tibet side. (I'm American and hold and active Chinese Visa/diplomatic passport), if so, approximately how long would this take for an experienced hiker. Do you have any suggestions or recommendations. 2. How is the weather and crowd in February?

Friends We are a group of 6 folks from Bangalore looking forward to an EBC trek in 25 days. Being an unaided trek we want to take extra precautions against medical emergencies. Apart from the medical insurance we'd love to have a fortified medical kit. I have listed a comprehensive list of personal medicines. Would love to have feedback from wiser and more experienced members. Would also be obliged if members can advise on dosage for specific medicines if important. Bandage Wraps, Band aids, antiseptic cream. Fever – Paracetamol Pain Killer Cough Syrup Stomach Problems – Antacids Gardia (stomach infection) – Flagyl or Most effective is Tiniba (tinidazole) 2000 mg (4x500mg) taken at once Travelers diarrhea – Imodium; Ciprofloxacin for typhoid and severe dysentery. (Ciprofloxacin 500mg 2/day for 7d, before food) (Many people are immuned to CIPRO; can alternatively carry - Azothromycin 3x500mg (500mg/day) Typhoid Vaccine – as a precaution Water purification – Iodine, Lugol Solution (tastes horrible) Altitude Sickness - Diamox Rehydration sachets – Hand Sanitizers Sun Block/ Lip Balm/ Vaseline/ or any other cream for winter blisters.

Hi Folks Santhosh here from Bangalore. We are a group of 6 friends planning an EBC mid april. Need some urgent advice on good agents in Nepal to procure medical insurance that covers helicopter rescue. Would be indebted to anyone who can give us some good recommendations on this.

Everest walk from Lukla to Base Camp Unaided Items Required for Sleeping/Resting. We have made the decision to Fly from Kathmandu to Lukla, we will then walk unaided to Everest Base Camp. We are aware of the acclimatisation issues with the walk to EBC and really appreciate all the input and help so far. You have made it so much easier for us to get to our destination to fulfil our dreams. Can anyone recommend the following items please as we are now in the process of purchasing the following necessary items: Tent ? Sleeping bag ? Sleeping mat? Sleeping bag liner ? On behalf of my girlfriend and I, we would like to thank you all again on all your input and help so far. You won’t believe how confused we were with all the data online/books until we came on this forum. Thank you so much again.

Hi hope you can all help We are wanting to walk from Kathmandu to Everest Base Camp on a shoe string budget. We are experienced walkers/climbers from Scotland and would like to know how easy it is to walk unaided, without guides, after some research we have some questions to anyone who has been there. Can we walk from Kathmandu to Lukla, avoiding the flight? When is the best time to travel to the area? What form of Visas do we require? Are there any maps or routes which would be recommended for walking only avoiding as much scrambling/climbing as possible? Itinerary? How much does food/water/accommodation cost? Many Thanks again and appreciate any help on any of the questions listed.

Hi All! I'm starting on a long journey to be prepared to climb Mount Everest in 2015. I am writing an essay on my progress and would love to include some personal accounts of Everest and why people started climbing in the first place. I'm so pumped for this so thanks to all who reply!

Hi all, I am writing this in an effort to get . . . well any information anyone may be able to give us about the travel between Kathmandu and South Base Camp. Basically our friends were supposed to go on a 9 hour bus ride leaving Kathmandu, and end up somewhere that is an 8-10 day trek to base camp. They were supposed to leave early Monday morning (Nov 1st), and last contact from them was October 31. Sometime early Monday morning, their gps tracker emergency call was set off and flashed red for four days-until it went off completely, apparently at a Hindu temple somewhere off their planned course. I know this is a really long shot, but many of you have a lot of knowledge of Nepal/Everest area, and might be able to give me some ideas of, for example, the towns they might have passed through on their way to base camp. I've looked at maps, but it's really difficult to just try to guess that way, maybe y'all know particular places that match my description of their journey. We don't know if they even got on that bus, but the gps indicates that something happened (possibly) before they arrived at the destination. Any ideas or information or places to contact would be so helpful and thanks for your time whatever insight you may have for us!

Hi! I'm extremely keen to do the Everest Base Camp trek but have a history of a blood clot on the lung three years ago, after a long haul flight returning from Peru. Obviously I'm not asking for medical advice here, and I will see a doctor, but I was just curious to know whether anyone has been in the same or a similar situation and done the trek, or had trouble getting travel insurance. Thanks very much. Thanks also to everyone sharing information on this site, it's fantastic!

Hi, We are 2 women travelers, planning to take the Everest Base Camp this December 2010. I have the following questions: 1. Is December a good time to travel to EBC, given the weather conditions? 2. Can anyone suggest a good Tour operator / guide for the trip. I have found quite a few fake testimonials provided by tour operators 3. What is the level of fitness, that one should ideally have to enjoy this trek? Regards Anu anu.ebc@gmail.com

Hi all, We are off to Nepal next Monday 1st March for 10 days. We want to fly over Everest. Can anyone tell us which is the best airline to use, the best seats the best time to fly and the best value for money? We have heard that Budha airlines are the only one that fly over the top. Is this true? thanks in anticipation of you wonderful answers. Hee Hee I'm so excited! x Patti

Hi All, My first time on a forum...wow. I am planning to climb to the Everest Base Camp for my forty with a friend, probably in Nov 2012, however it is date dependant on family. We are planning to camp and select a trip around the 21 day duration. I am looking for a very kind person who has climbed to EBC before and is willing to assist me with the many questions I will face when I start to prepare/research the trip. I am a novice at the 4000M+ climbs and need all the help I can get! Thanks in advance. Robin

Hi there I am looking at trekking to the Everest basecamp for a cancer charity and am looking for the best company that does it. Does anyone out there know or have any experience in this dept etc etc.

Hi everyone, my friend and i are planning to trek to EBC via Gokyo Lakes/Cho La Pass starting late August 2009, and have a few questions: - are the views going to be bad due to monsoon? - how likely are the lukla flights going to be cancelled at that time of year? - what should a guide & porter cost (online prices are typically around1000) - how cold will it be? many thanks in advance for your advice! phil

my dream is to wlak to ebc what fitness level should i get my self to ? iam 45 play golf twice a week carry own clubs drink beer regular dont smoke

Hi All, My friend Julian Wynne is missing in the Everest region of Nepal.Please take the time to look at these links and post any information you may have.please feel free to post on the facebook group wall too. Thanks in advance, Phil Brady facebook.com/home.php?#/grou... trekinfo.com/forums/showthre...

Hello All .. Me and my girlfriend are doing the EBC in jan 09 .. We would very much like to know if it is possible without any guide/sherpa/tour at all - we really hope so? and how cold its going to be when you reach the top? :) Thanks for any answers!

Into thin air, thanx for your reply and info! Is there someone who can recommend an independant guide for the everest region? Thanx again! Mike

Hi, I'm going te nepal next month. I am planning a trek from Jiri to EBC. I've got 24 days for the whole trek. Is that realistic? I not prefer to fly to Lukla. At which part of the trek companion trekkers are necessary and a smart thing to do for safety issues? Thanx for any comments, Mike