Mt. Everest, the highest mountain in the world, has its own significance to climb. It is resulted that Mt Everest is climbed by more people rather than other mountains. After the successful summit of Tenzing Norgay Sherpa and Edmund Hillary in may 1953, there has been many attempt in Mt. Everest, including the people who climbed it two or more times. It is a great achievement for those who climbed it or not. Both of them could face dreadful obstacle – technical, physical, psychological.
Peak Promotion has organized and supported many expeditions for Everest. After then it continuously has been organizing many expeditions for Everest. Besides the expeditions for only climbing to the summit, Peak Promotion has also supported the filming expeditions on Mt. Everest. EVEREST IMAX Film, SURVIVING EVEREST with National Geographic, Working Title Everest Expedition, etc. are the examples.
With the broad experience that we have gained by organizing big groups on Everest, we started to organize full board expedition for individual climbers who want to climb Everest but do not have a group. Our full board expedition started from 2002 and till the date all or our full board expeditions from have been 100 percent success. This is an expedition on which you can join the group made by Peak Promotion and climb Mt. Everest.
1. Qualified and experienced staffs: Those staffs that we engage for the two month Everest Expedition is well trained and experienced in their respective jobs. We normally send the same staff for the same job every year which make them more experienced and confident on their job.
2. Acclimatization trip: Our itinerary before climbing Everest will be a slow and acclimatizing plan on which we will also take you to climb Island Peak (6189 m) before climbing Mt. Everest. This trip to Island Peak will be very helpful for you to climb Mt. Everest as you will be going slowly and adjusting to the thin air.
3. Fresh vegetables, fruits and food: Peak Promotion is highly concerned on the health of the climbers as this is one of the causes that people do not make it to the summit. We buy all foods for Base Camp and High Camps from the reputed supermarkets in Kathmandu. We also send fresh vegetables, fruits and meat from Kathmandu in between the weeks so that the climbers get fresh food and fruits at Base Camp.
4. Personal Climbing Sherpa Guide: Success on a mountain also depends on your climbing partner. A good climbing partner makes your chance of success very high. Thus, we always provide a Personal climbing Sherpa to each climbing members for safety and more chance of success. All of our climbing Sherpas are well trained and have good experience in high altitude climbing.
5. Selected climbers: We only take selected number of climbers for our Everest Expedition. There are some basic criteria on how you can join our Everest Expedition: a. You must be ready for being in the mountain for more than two months b. You must be physically and psychologically fit for climbing Mt. Everest c. You must be experienced and have climbed at least two six thousand meter peaks.
After the arrival of climbers in Kathmandu, the group will meet up with the staffs of Peak Promotion for introduction and briefing about the trip. The next day is the day for sightseeing in Kathmandu. You will be taken around for a tour of Boudhanath, Pashupatinath, Patan and Swoyambhunath - the monkey temple. This tour will help you to understand about the historical and cultural background of Nepal, Kathmandu valley and the people of Nepal. The next couple of days are for checking equipments, final preparations and packing.
Spectacular 30 minutes flight on a small aircraft will take you to Lukla, the gateway to the Everest region. You will then start your trek towards Namche. You will arrive in Namche after 2 days trek and will spend two nights for acclimatization. You will then start your trek towards Island Peak through Thame, Khumjung, Tengboche, Dingboche and Chhukung. After the summit of Island Peak, you will then head towards Everest Base Camp. After spending a night at Gorakshep, you will climb up the Kalapathar for the best view of Everest, Lhotse and the other surrounding peaks. You will trek in to Everest Base Camp the same day where the staffs at base camp will give you a warm welcome and a very nice dinner. This is your home for the next two months.
Puja ceremony will be held at base camp. All of the climbing equipments and Mt. Everest will be worshipped with the presence of a Lama (Monk) and burning junipers. This is the prayer for the permission from the mountain goddess for climbing Everest and also for the success of the expedition. Then the climb on Everest starts. The first part of your climb on Everest will just be the process of acclimatization. You will gradually start climbing to the high camps. Once you climb up to around 7500 m, you will come down to the lower Khumbu valley into the thick air for resting. You will again return back to Everest base camp and start the second part of the climb which will be the attempt to the summit of Everest.
After the summit, you will return to Kathmandu and the farewell dinner will be at the Rum Doodle restaurant where you will sign on the Everest Summiteers list and be part of the Everest Summiteers club.
Day 01 Arrival in Kathmandu, transfer to hotel. Day 02 Kathmandu sight seeing. Day 03 Preparation day Day 04 Final Preparation day Day 05 Fly to Lukla and trek to Phakding Day 06 Namche Day 07 Namche- acclimatization day Day 08 Thame Day 09 Khumjung Day 10 Tengboche Day 11 Dingboche Day 12 Dingboche Day 13 Chhukung Day 14 Hiking to Chhukung Ri and return to Chhukung Day 15 Hiking to Chhukung Ri and return to Chhukung Day 16 Island Peak B.C. Day 17 High Camp Day 18 Summit > Base camp Day 19 Dingboche Day 20 Lobuche Day 21 Gorakshep Day 22 Everest B.C. Day 23-61 Climbing period of Everest Day 62 Base Camp clean up Day 63 B.C. to Lobuche Day 64 Tengboche Day 65 Manjo Day 66 Lukla Day 67 Fly to Kathmandu Day 68 Kathmandu Day 69 Kathmandu - farewell Day 70 Departure from Kathmandu
All members should arrive around the date so that they can head to the mountain together.
Cost includes
- Airport transfers in Kathmandu
- 7 night hotel in Kathmandu including breakfast
- Kathamndu - Lukla - Kathmandu flight for member, staffs and equipments
- Yaks and Porters for transportation of equipments from Lukla to Base Camp and back
- Food and accommodation on tea houses on the way to base camp and back
- Acclimatization climb to Island Peak (6189m) before climbing Everest
- 1 Sirdar for the whole climbing team
- 1 Personal climbing Sherpa to each climber
- Cook and Kitchen Helper at Base Camp
- Cook at Advanced Base Camp
- All kitchen and Dining equipments for Base Camp and ABC
- Food, fuel, fresh vegetables, fruits, and meat at base camp during the expedition
- High altitude food and fuel for ABC and other high camps
- High quality tents for all camps
- All group climbing equipments
- Communication and electrical equipments for the mountain
- 5 bottles of 3 ltr Poisk oxygen for member; 3 each for the Sherpas; regulator and mask
- Everest Climbing Permit,
- Ice fall usage charges
- Liaison officer's equipment allowance, daily wages and other expenses
- Equipment allowance and daily wages for all Nepali staffs
- Insurance for all Nepali staffs and porters including helicopter rescue provision.
Cost doesn't include:
- Meals in Kathmandu
- All personal climbing equipments
- All personal expenses
- Summit bonus and tips for the staffs
- Personal medical and evacuation insurance of climbing members
- Garbage Deposit (US$4000 - refundable after bringing back garbage from mountain)
- All other additional charges for additional services
