Everest Base Camp via Gokyo & Cho La
So now and then we publish a new trip! This trip is a great alternative for the normal route to the Everest Base Camp. As you know, Everest base camp is a very inspiring place. It is the starting point for the ascent to the world’s highest mountain. Many people gave their lives to get there, many of them started in this base camp. It is a place of natural power and an emotional and spiritual place of happiness, frustration and sadness. During this journey you trek through the Gokyo valley trek across the Cho La pass to the base camp of Mount Everest. This trek is more demanding than the normal route to Mount Everest, but also much more varied. You climb Gokyo Ri (5357m), visit the Gokyo Lakes, cross the Ngzumpa glacier and Cho La (5420m). After the ascent of Kala Pattar (5554m) and a visit to the Everest Bae Camp we’ll trek back to Lukla and Namche Bazar via the beautiful normal route. An adventurous and challenging variation on the normal route to Everest Base Camp. Highly recommended!
Have a look at our website: http://www.mountainconsult.com/programs/trekking/nepal-gokyo-chola-everest-basecamp-trek.asp
United Paintings on their way to Everest summit
15 May 2011, the already famous art pieces of the American cartoonist Lurie are on their way to the Everest Summit. The art pieces with a weight of around 17kg are carried by three Sherpa’s led by Namgyal Sherpa who summited Everest already 8 times. The summit day is set on 19 May if the weather and the mountain allows it. More info to come soon…
Mountain Hardware Domes
Yes, we’re so happy about it!
For a long time our wish has been to use the strong, warm, spacious and cozy domes of Mountain Hardwear or North Face. This season we’re using the Mountain Hardware domes for our Everest and Lhotse Expeditions. For us it’s exciting news, let’s hope our clients enjoy it as well. Continuously quality improvement!
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Base camp blues…
One month to go; what’s going on…?
Kathmandu is heating up and so does the project planning. Only one month to go and still a lot needs to be arranged! According to the latest schedule, a group of 20 sherpas will head to Lukla at April 25th, to arrive at the BC 6 days later. All load will be dropped directly at the BC by 2 helicopters; one of the so welcome received sponsorships from the Nepali Army. Apart from making the logistics much more easy and transparant (just think of all those Kgs to be transported by porters… and how much dahl and baht that requires 
), it will definately serve as a major project kick off. Imagine those circulating black hawks above the BC releasing material for 5 camps, 25 expedition members and 40 expedition days…
But that’s for later; what about these days?
Namgyal and Chakra are still flattening the profile of their tires to reach as many sponsors as possible. Still half of the budget needs to be covered by sponsorships. Different parties have been reached, resulting in many positive responses. So, time to transform these promising reactions into clear Rupees!
Last week the whole sherpa group joined a 3 days rock climbing course. Just as a refreshment, since this expedition will ask for other techniques than ‘routine’expeditions (can we still talk about ‘routine’ though, operating above 8000m???!). Guiding Western folks up and down the mountain demands for other capacities (YES, when there would be a price for patience, climbing sherpas would be nominated for sure!) than performing breath taking acrobatic moves to get every piece of garbage out crevasses, as an example.
Furthermore, material preps have been started. Sponsor T-shirts have been designed, several tailors are running their sewing machines full time to finish in time the required kit bags, down suits, sleeping bags and any other personal stuff that contains stiches. Oxygen supply has been ordered, permits are pending and insurances are covered (thanks to again a valuable sponsor).
Have you always been curious about the logistics behind a professional expedition…? Monitor this blog carefully; a lot will happen in the coming weeks…!
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