Major Expeditions
Mount Everest
Mount Everest lie in Nepal. Other seven are namely Kanchenjunga, Lhotse, Makalu, Cho Oyu, Dhaulagiri, Manaslu and Annapurna.
Mount Everest is the
highest mountain in the world measuring 8,848m (29,028 feet) in height. It was first climbed on May 29, 1953 by a New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal. Mount Everest is also known by the Tibetan name Chomolangma (goddess mother of the snows), and by the Nepali name Sagarmatha (Mother of the Universe).
Everest had been attempted many times before the important expeditions being that of 1922, 1923 and 1924.The body of George H.L. Mallory who died in an earlier attempt (1924), was discovered on the mountain in 1999.
More than 600 climbers from 20 countries have climbed the summit by various routes from both north and south. Climbers' ages have ranged from nineteen years to sixty. Climbing on Everest is very strictly regulated by both the Nepalese and Chinese governments.
Climbing Everest are becoming increasingly popular on both the north and south sides of the mountain. On the north side, a Buddhist monastery is one of two whose locations were selected specifically to allow religious contemplation of the great peak. The other side is the Thyangboche Monastery in Nepal.
The once active Rongbuk monastery in Tibet has required much rejuvenation from the destruction it experienced following China's invasion of Tibet.
Mt. Everest Accent route Itinerary from Nepal Side
Day 1: Arrival in Kathmandu meet and transfer to hote.
Day 2-5: Expedition preparation
Day 6-7: Fly to Lukla and trek Namchebazzar
Day 8: Rest for Acclimatization.
Day 9-12: Trek to Everest Base Camp via Tengbuchy Monastry
Day 13-15 Base Camp set up.
Day 16-66: Climbing period.
Day 67: Base Camp cleaning.
Day 68-72: Rerun trek to Lukla.
Day 73-74 Return flight to Kathmandu
Day 75: Free day in Kathmandu
Day 76-80: Final departure
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