Mount Everest Base Camp

Two base camps are located on opposite sides of Mt. Everest (Mount Everest), in southern Nepal and northern Tibet, China. Located at an altitude of 5360 m/17, 600 feet is the South Base Camp in Nepal, and the 5208 m/17, 090 m from the base camp north of Tibet. These fields are primitive campsites on Mount Everest, which are used for rock climbers during the ascent and descent. South Base Camp is used when you climb along the ridge south-east, while the North Base Camp is used when you climb along the crest of the Northeast.

South Base Camp, shipments usually fly to Lukla (2860 m) from Kathmandu and pass through Namche Bazaar. Mountaineers and trekking to base camp, which usually takes six to eight days, allowing for proper acclimatization to prevent altitude sickness (AMS). Climbing equipment and supplies are carried by yaks, dzopkyos (yak hybrids) and human porters to Base Camp on the Khumbu glacier.

North Base Camp has access to vehicles through Lhasa Shigatse (Xigaze). It is located just below the Khumbu glacier (or Rongbuk glacier), where a gravel plain. Climbers usually rest there for several days of acclimatization, reduce risk and severity of altitude sickness. The base camp consists of a long list of stores with food, blankets, bottles of oxygen and light. For most common visitors, who usually arrive by car (but this time, some are crazy for walking and cycling), and what they want is a long view of the mighty and holy mountain Everest.

Visit the North (Tibet side) Base Camp requires a permit from the Chinese government, in addition to the permits required to visit Tibet itself. At this point, these permits can be arranged relatively easily through travel companies / offices in Lhasa, usually as part of a package that included renting a car, driver and translator. Road access to base camp in the North can be obtained from a road junction south of the Friendship Highway.

Trekking to set the fields on both sides of Mount Everest are the most popular trekking routes in Nepal and Tibet, in China and made thousands of hikers every year.