Mt. Everest Base Camp Trek 2005

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Here we are on Sunday the 2nd of October in the hot and sticky capitol of Nepal, Kathmandu. During the last few days all the trekkers have arrived and we've been going over our trekking schedule, gear and what (not) to do on the zopkyo and yak filled trail through the Kumbu Valley.

Unanimously Patty Burrit, Frank Hainke, Rob Ram, David Ronald and Neil Charlwood decided not to visit Ama Dablam BC, but to use those extra few days futher up the valley, to -if all goes well- visit Chukung, Everest Base Camp and climb Kala Pattar (5545m)! A shopping expedition into Thamel, lead by the only female member on this trip -thanx for accompanying me amongst all the guys Patty!- provided everybody with the last needed goods and it looks like we're ready to take off tomorrow. For the first part of our trek, up to the highest year round settlement of Pangboche, we'll join the Summitclimb International Ama Dablam 2005 expedition. After that we'll leave them  guys to climb the mountain and continue our way up the valley to Dingboche. Here w'll take a rest- and acclimatization day, where the fit and eager can walk up to Chukung to take a closer look at Island Peak and the south face's of Lhotse and Nuptse. We'll then keep on going through Lobuche to the last settlement of Gorak Shep, where we plan on staying for two nights. This should give us a chance to both walk up the glacier towards the Kumbu Icefall and visit the actual Everest Base Camp spot as well as climbing Kala Pattar for a hopefully stunning view at Nuptse, Lhotse and Everest!  

We'll then retrace our steps down the valley going through Pheriche,

Tyangboche -where we'll have time to visit the famous monestary- and Namche Bazar all the way back to Lukla. I'm already looking forward to go up into the mountains again and it looks like the trekkers are at least as motivated to visit this beautiful valley in the Sagarmatha National Park! So, fingers crossed for good weather in the morning...

All the best for now and we'll try to keep you informed about our

progress. Thank you very much from all of us at Summitclimb.

Elselien te Hennepe.

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