Everest Base Camp...

[chummer]

Has anyone here done it?

Did Kilimanjaro last year and the same group wants to climb to EBC next year.

Appreciate any input.

[Kybosh]

I haven't done it but it is one of my life goals. I'm also interested in any responses.

[mots]

Yes. Did the Tibet side. About 3-4 days drive up. And then hike up from the monestary.

I think the Nepal side is the one you cant get to with a 4x4, so it might take days.

Which side you thinking of doing?

[SportsJunky]

A guy I work with did it a few years back for his 50th birthday. I don't have anything more to add but I was frigging impressed with him. He called it "advanced base camp". I'm not sure if that is the same thing?

[chummer]

Originally Posted by mots

Yes. Did the Tibet side. About 3-4 days drive up. And then hike up from the monestary.

I think the Nepal side is the one you cant get to with a 4x4, so it might take days.

Which side you thinking of doing?

Not really sure.I know we fly from Kathmandu into Lukla.


Here is our itenerary-

http://www.tusker.com/tuskertrips_Ev...Camp_route.cfm

[Bigtime]

A real good friend of mine just did the trip this year, he stopped one step short of base camp because his sister came down with altitude sickness. This is from the Nepal side. Some pics of his:

5290 meters up (17,355 feet):




Everest:


All his pics can be seen here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/joeleun...7622587329963/

[mots]

Yeah you are climbing it via the Nepal side.

I will post some pictures when i get home in a couple weeks from the Tibet side.

Best part is, is that at the monastery by the base camp, when looking out the window at Mt.Everest, was a calgary flames sticker. Pretty sweet

[tete]

A girl I know did an around-the-world ticket with her husband - Nepal and Tibet were their first stops. They did Everest Base Camp from the Tibet side. Here's a link to her entry on her blog:
http://loveandchopsticks.blogspot.co...andbasket.html

[drewboy12]

Originally Posted by mots

Yeah you are climbing it via the Nepal side.

I will post some pictures when i get home in a couple weeks from the Tibet side.

Best part is, is that at the monastery by the base camp, when looking out the window at Mt.Everest, was a calgary flames sticker. Pretty sweet

That was the best part? Really? Not Mt. Everest in the background? Nah just playing, thats as cool as the African kid in the flames jersey!

[chummer]

Thanks Bigtime,great pics.I had the same concerns re:altitude sickness climbing Kili....headaches,nausea.Diamox helps,I ran out on Kili and will be sure to take more to EBC.

[Cowperson]

Originally Posted by chummer

Thanks Bigtime,great pics.I had the same concerns re:altitude sickness climbing Kili....headaches,nausea.Diamox helps,I ran out on Kili and will be sure to take more to EBC.

On Kilimanjaro last year, aside from Diamox, one of my fellow climbers was passing out Advil, which seemed to work very well.

Two of my clients have done Everest base camp in the last year. One successfully and with little difficulty (although her significant other had to be carted off with a heart condition) and the other not so well.

Cowperson

[chummer]

Originally Posted by Cowperson

On Kilimanjaro last year, aside from Diamox, one of my fellow climbers was passing out Advil, which seemed to work very well.

Two of my clients have done Everest base camp in the last year. One successfully and with little difficulty (although her significant other had to be carted off with a heart condition) and the other not so well.

Cowperson

Advil,thanks Cow,will add to my list.

[Bigtime]

Originally Posted by chummer

Thanks Bigtime,great pics.I had the same concerns re:altitude sickness climbing Kili....headaches,nausea.Diamox helps,I ran out on Kili and will be sure to take more to EBC.

Yeah I can't imagine just how bummed out my buddy must have been with not making it to the base camp, being one stop short of it.

It actually sparked a discussion with my wife about what we would do in that situation, if one of us got altitude sickness one stop short of the goal. We both decided that unless it was life threatening the other person should go all the way.

Heck in India when I got sick (from McDonalds no less) for a day she went off to see some buddhist caves while I rested up in the hostel. I missed a partial solar eclipse!

[Cowperson]

Originally Posted by tete

A girl I know did an around-the-world ticket with her husband - Nepal and Tibet were their first stops. They did Everest Base Camp from the Tibet side. Here's a link to her entry on her blog:
http://loveandchopsticks.blogspot.co...andbasket.html

Worst of all, we just could. not. breathe. We spent the majority of the long, long, LONG night struggling to breathe and fighting to sleep, but we seemed unable to do either of those things. To drift off to sleep was to wake up seconds later wheezing desperately; the minutes ticked by and it never seemed to get easier.

Hahaha . . . . I had a night EXACTLY like that on Kilimanjaro. You'd have to experience it to believe it. A few nights later at the same altitude, I slept like a baby.

It actually sparked a discussion with my wife about what we would do in that situation, if one of us got altitude sickness one stop short of the goal. We both decided that unless it was life threatening the other person should go all the way.

I would agree with that. A couple of other clients of mine did Kilimanjaro the last few years and in both cases, the wives cruised up the mountain with little problem while the husbands struggled mightily, one not making it. On our trek, a couple of 70 year-olds made it and a 21 year-old paratrooper had to turn around with his lungs filling with water. You never know who's going to do well at altitude and shouldn't take it personally but you do have to take it seriously.

I liked that Tusker schedule for Everest base camp posted above. Lots of time to acclimitize and they have a good reputation. I'll bet they bring their own toilets too!! I might try that in a year or two.

Cowperson

[chummer]

Originally Posted by Cowperson

I liked that Tusker schedule for Everest base camp posted above. Lots of time to acclimitize and they have a good reputation. I'll bet they bring their own toilets too!! I might try that in a year or two.

Cowperson

We used Tusker for Kilimanjaro and they were excellent.

You're right,they do bring their own toilets.That was one guys job,to carry the toilet up the mountain, set it and up clean it,all for $5/day.
The porters were amazing, carrying 50 pounds on their head,many wearing just running shoes and light clothes.A big part of the tip was leaving our gear for these guys.

Very poor,I'm sure it's the same in Tibet/Nepal.

[tete]

The same people who did the Tibet trip did Kilimanjaro a year or two earlier - the wife made it to the summit, the husband ended up with pretty bad altitude sickness so stayed back the day she summited. I can't imagine how much it'd suck to do the trip and not make it to the top.

[dj_patm]

Pfft. Gently remove your tampon and make the summit! In a straight shot too, none of that progressive, go up a bit, come back down, go up a bit further B.S.

Unless you're a pregnant women. ARE YOU A PREGNANT WOMEN?

[sclitheroe]

Looks like a great place to visit, the world's highest dump

[Redliner]

Originally Posted by sclitheroe

Looks like a great place to visit, the world's highest dump

I've heard that the area around base camp itself is completely littered with exhausted oxygen bottles as well. Still would be an amazing experience. I'm jealous of those who are able to pull something like this off and would love to do it myself one day.

[4X4]

Originally Posted by sclitheroe

Looks like a great place to visit, the world's highest dump

God that pisses me off. Nothing I hate more than a SOB that goes camping (or mountain climbing) and doesn't hike their trash out. FFS, you're still lighter than when you got there. Why is it so hard?