65Days Mt. Everest Expeditions 8848m
Overview
65Days Mt. Everest Expeditions 8848m
Highlights
- The “Mt. Everest” TOP of the world 8.848m / 29,028ft. It is a famous mountain in the world. Nepalese name, Sagarmatha, meaning “head touching the sky” and in Sherpa, Chomolungma, meaning “Mother Goddess of the world.
- There are two famous routes to Everest Expedition: 1. Northeast ridge from China Tibet and South Col route on the Nepalese side of Mt. Everest is the way taken by late Sir Edmund Hillary and Late Tenzing Norgay Sherpa while Everest Expedition, who successfully climbed the top in 29 May 1953 registering their names as a Heroes of the adventure world. Climbing Everest expedition has been successfully organized and climbed many times since then.
- Camp I: 6400m. – 20000ft:After base Camp, the camp 1st is located at the flat area of snow endless snow deep crevasses and mountain walls. Because of the Sun’s reflection from this place we get warm and hitting ambience at this place. In the night we listen the deep murmuring cracking sounds of crevasses beneath our tent. These are the areas where we have to walk through to reach camp 2nd.
- Camp II: 6750m. – 21000ft.: Camp 2nd is situated at the height of 6750m. – 21000ft. It is located at the foot of the icy mount Lhotse wall though where we have to go ahead. Hear bad clouds roll-in from the low range of the Himalayan valleys to the bottom of our camp 2nd. Some time we may experience strong wind here
- Camp III: 7100m. – 22300ft.: Camp 3rd is located at the height of 7100m. – 22300ft, adjoining to mount Lhotse wall. After climbing 4000ft. Lhotse wall by using fixed rope and with prior acclimatization it leads us to camp IV. Also on the way we have to ascend the steep allow bands (lose, down -slopping and rotten limestone). From their crossing short snowfield the route moves ahead up the Geneva Spur to the east before finishing the flats of the south col. (Another wells name meaning Saddle of pass). Oxygen should probably be used above base camp III incase of needed.
- Camp IV: 8400m. – 26000ft.: Camp 4 is located at height of 8400m. – 26000ft. It is the last camp of the Expedition. From here summit is only about 500 m distance far. This is the final and dangerous part of the climbing. This place is besieged by ferocious and violent winds. The normal best way to reach to summit is via the narrow South – East Ridge and it precedes the South Summits 28710ft.