Trip Overview
Everest has the most common Tibetan name, Chomolungma, meaning “Goddess Mother of the World” or “Goddess of the Valley.” The Sanskrit or Nepali name “Sagarmatha” literally means “Peak of Heaven.” Its identity as the highest point on the Earth’s surface was not recognized until 1852. The fact was revealed by the governmental Survey of India in 1852. In 1865, the mountain referred to as Peak XV was renamed as Mount Everest in honour of Sir George Everest, the British surveyor general of India from 1830 to 1843. Mount Everest is part of the longest Himalayan range, Mahalangur range, of the Nepal Himalayas. Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa were the first to ascent the highest peak on May 29, 1953. The total distance of the caravan route through Pheriche is 51.2 km. The total climbing route is 11.2 km. The nearest settlement to Sagarmatha is Lobuche at a distance of 8.3 km. The nearest police post and army post are at Namche at a distance of 34.1 km. The nearest health post is located at Pheriche which is 51.2 km from Sagarmatha. The nearest tourist post to the peak is situated at Lukla which is 51.2 km away.
Climbing Routes
Camp I 20,000ft. (6,400m)
This camp 1 is situated at the flat area of endless snow deep crevasses and mountain walls. Because of the Sun's reflection from this place we get warm and heating 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 to reach camp 2.
Camp II 21,000ft. (6,750m)
This camp 2 is situated at the height of the 21,000ft, which is located at the foot of the icy mount Lhotse wall though where we have to go ahead. Weather is here is good but bad clouds roll in from the low range of the Himalayan valleys to the bottom of our camp two. But wind here sometimes seems very violent enough to destroy our tents. After climbing these palaces we reach camp 3.
Camp III 22,300ft. (7,100m)
Camp 3 is located at the height of 22,300ft, adjoining to mount Lhotse wall. After climbing the 4,000ft. Lhotse wall by using fixed rope and with prior acclimatization it leads us to camp 4. 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 use above base camp 3 in case of needed to the climbers.
Camp IV 26,000ft. (8,400m)
Now we are on camp 4 which located at the height of 26,000ft; it is the last camp of the Expedition. From here summit is about 500m, 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 the summit is via the narrow South - East Ridge and it precedes the South Summits 28710ft.