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 Everest
North col is one of the challenging trips in Himalaya. It
is not for technical, but this is high altitude. Trip
start from Himalaya kingdom of Nepal Rich about Buddhist
and Hinduism history and culture. Flights to Lhasa over
Himalayan's views include Mt.Everest and more..then
reached Lhasa Buddhist history and culture.
Sightseeing in Lhasa drive to Namtso Lake which is highest
salt lake in the world 4720m, back to Lhasa drive to
shigatse, shegar, Ronbuk and Everest Base camp.
from Base Camp The trail descents over the gravel hills,
always staying above the west edge of the ice. Interim
camp is a good place to spend a night acclimatizing before
trekking to Camp two.
The Rongbuk Glacier is an impressive frozen ocean of ice
waves; the views of the glacier and the Himalayan peaks
are some of the most dramatic in Tibet. Along the middle
moraine of the glacier is the trail that expeditions use
to begin their climbs of Everest and this is the trail we
are taking. About two hours above the Interim camp the
central ridgeline leads in to a confused of ice at the
confluence with the Changtse glacier.
The ABC for the North Col route up Mount Everest is
situated within a group of flattened gravel mounds beside
the glacier. The pinnacles, the frightening group of rock
palisades that kept the Northeast Ridge unclimbed for so
long, are just another 1500 meters up from ABC. Most
amazing of all is the ridge extending above the Pinnacles
to the southwest: the striated rock summit of Everest. The
top of this mountain appears phenomenally close; it is
little more than 2400 meters higher than camp 3. This is
the closest non-climbers can get to the top of Everest. |
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