16 October 2011 : KATHMANDU

12.05 Touch down Katmandu-Tribuvan via Changi

00.30 Pm : Meet with guide Mr. Kitap Tamang

01.30 Pm : Check in at Hotel Manang Thamel meet with climbing guide Mr. Pemba

Checking equipment

Rental equipment at Kalapahatar shop Thamel  (Purchased Sunglasess & Kenmartel )

Rent  Equipments : Boot, Crampon, Harnes, Ice Axe

07.00 Pm : Dinner at Rum Doodle Restaurant Thamel

 

DAY 1 /17 October 2011  LUKLA-PHAKDING

06.00 Am : Breakfast : Pancake & Jam & Green Tea & Air Mineral

06.15 Am : Thamel to Tribuvan Airport

07.30 Am : Check in

11.30 Am : Flight to Lukla by Agni Air

00.20 Pm : Tenzing Hillary Airport Lukla/ 2.840 m

Meeting with porter Mr. Padam is Mr. Kitap older brother and Mr. Nima

00.36 Pm : Khumbu Resort

Lunch : Dhal Bhat, Kerupuk Ladaz, Rendang Padang, Mineral Water & Green Tea.

Trekkin’ on de Trail…..just starting…..sometime very fast or too slowly from the standard time wokay….

Lukla /2.840  m to Phakding/2.610 m = 2,5 hours

Description :  The trail from Lukla, leads north from the airstrip & drops steeply for a bit, the descents gently to Phakding.

Stay at Tasik Tagey Guest House USD 3-4/night.

Dinner : Rice, Omellet, Green Tea, Mineral Water

8-5 DC

 

DAY 2 /18 October 2011 PHAKDING-NAMCHE BAZAAR

05.00  Am : Toilet, Praying & Packing

06.30 Am : Breakfast – Pancake Apple Honey, Green Tea, Mineral Water, Pastel Salty & Spicy

Phakding/2.610 m – Monjo/2.835 m = 3 hours

Monjo : Sagarmatha National Park-Entrance Ticket

Monjo-Jorsalle = 30 mnt

Lunch at River Side View Restaurant : Dhal bat, Chicken Curry, Green Tea & Mineral Water

Description :  From Phakding the trail continues north up the Dudh Koshi valley and its comes down from the Everest glacier, all along this part of the trail, there is a magnificent forest of magnolia, rhododendronron and giant firs on the cliffs above the river it is possible to see musk deer and Himalayan Tahr (suspension bridge crossing Dush Kosh River)

Jorsalle-Namche Bazaar/3.440 m = 3 hours

Description : The trail follows the river and crosses Dudh Koshi & makes a steep climb to Namche, is avery colorful Sherpa village where you see vendors.

Stay at Himalayan Lodge , 20 USD/night with attached bathroom.

Dinner : Dhal bat, green tea, mineral water

6-5 DC

 

DAY 3 /19 October 2011 NAMCHE BAZAAR

05.00 Am wake up, Toilet, Internet

Internet NRs 10/minutes

2-3 DC

05.30 Waiting for Sunrise in Namche, photo2

07.00 Am : Breakfast  Steamed Momo, Green Chily Omelet, Green Tea, Milk & Coffe

09.00 Am : Acclimatization at Namche

Visit Army Camp-View : Everest Mt, Ama Dablam Mt, Lhotse Mt, Khunde Mt, Tawache Mt, Thamserku Mt, dll.

Visit The Sherpa Culture Museum : The traditional Sherpa house is built in old design, It has all the old artefacts in its original place resembling the Sherpa way of life in the past, before the tourism began. The house consists of a family living room up stairs with a separate family praying chapel. Downstairs is the cow stable, yak dung, wood and hey store, etc.

Visit The Mt. Everest Documentation Centre : The Mt. Everest Documentation Centre contains, full history and events, that happened in Khumbu region. Complete photo collections of the Sherpa climbers who have reached the summit of Mt. Everest, like the legendary Tenzing Norgay Sherpa, first to climb  Mt. Everest and Ang Rita Sherpa, first to climb 10 times without bottled oxygen. Old days Sherpa climbers with their long history, and other mountainnering related historical events etc are displayed.

Visit Sherpa Culture Photo Gallery :  Photographic exhibition of the Sherpa culture and festivals throughout the year, such as the biggest Sherpa festival Dumjee, Sherpa wedding, Fang nying, (the summer carnival) and so on.

The way of life, people, field and hay work, transportation by yak, carpentry work, house and villages showing the changes in the past decades with an additional Museum display.

Lunch at Himalayan Lodge 2 omelet/ 2 scramblle egg , plain rice , mineral water, green tea

Shopping at Namche : selling antiques and each Saturday there is an important weeklysale or market, there have also big mountain hardware, medicines, restaurant, café, bar, clothing, souvenirs, salon, etc

Afternoon tea at Everest Bakery & Restourant : fresh brewed coffee, hot chocolate, pai apple & crroisant, tuborg beer

Internet & packing

Dinner at Himalayan Lodge : Spaggeti Tomato sauce spicy, mineral water, omelet

 

DAY 4 /20 October 2011 NAMCHE BAZAAR-TENGBOCHE

05.00  Am : Toilet, Praying & Packing

06.30 Am : Breakfast – Chapati & Jam, Green Tea, Mineral Water, Momo fried

Namce Bazaar/3.440 m-Phungi Tanga/ 3.250 m =  3 hours

The trail is follow of slopes big mountains up and down then descent near with river and pines, juniper, edelweiss, rhododrenron trees.

Animal : Yak, Nak, Birds, Pigeon, Crow, etc

Lunch at Sherpa Restaurant-Phungi Thanga : Dhalbat, mint tea, mineral water, fresh fruit orange

Phungi Thanga-Thyangboche/Tengboche (The spiritual Center of Khumbu Region) /3.860 m = 2 hours

There is Thyangboche Monastery, lodge, Monk’s houses, bakery, restaurant, internet, view : Everest Mt, etc

Description :  inside monastery are incredibily ornate wall hanging, a zo-foot scripture of Buddha and the musical instruments and robes of the Lamas. If our group is moky we will see Lama permonce a ceremony and hear mystical chanting and music.

Stay at Himalayan lodge/ 3.967 m is 15 USD/night

Internet NRs 200/minutes

Dinner : Fried noodle, hot chocolate, omelet egg spicy, potatoes chips, rhododeron tea, hot water

-2-5 DC (snowy)

 

DAY 5 /21 October 2011 TENGBOCHE-PHERICHE

05.00  Am : Toilet, Praying & Packing

We can not take any Everest mt view….very cold and misty n snowy…huhuhu….

06.30 Am : Breakfast – Rara Noodles soup, Sunrise breakfast package, green tea, mineral water and hot water

08.00  (Big Snowy) -5 DC

Tengboche-Deboche = 30 minutes

Tengboche-Pangboche/ 3.930 m = 1 hours

Tengboche-Shomare/ 4.040 m = 1 hours

Lunch at Lumbini Restaurant : Dhal bhat, mint tea, mineral water, omelet

Tengboche-Pheriche/ 4.240 m = 3 hours

Description : The trail almost up and down with pines trees, juniper, edelweiss, then relative a bit flat, Ama Dablam Mt view .

(suspension bridge crossing Imja Kola River)

 

Very hungry and freshing cold euy……when we arrived at Pheriche so….2x hot chocolate and order steam momo spicy, hot water

Meeting with HRA/Himalayan Resque Assosiation menu AMS/Acute Mountain Sickness

Stay at Snow Land lodge

Dinner : Fried chicken, kopi susu, prawn, rending, local comring, sramblle egg, hot chocolate,

-5-8 DC (too cold then we cant staying at room just into in dining room with heater)

 

DAY 6 /22 October 2011 PHERICHE-LOBUCHE

05.00  Am : Toilet, Praying & Packing,etc

.06.30 Am : Breakfast – Pancake, Momo, green tea, mineral water and hot water

07.30  Pheriche-Lobuche/ 4.910 =6 hours

Lunch at Thokla/Dugla ;: Yak ode & Restourant : Rara noodles soup, momo steam, green tea.

Views : Mt. Tawachee and Mt. Cholatse

Stay at Mother Earth house 250 USD/night/room

Description : The trail to ascends the broad, gently sloping valley Tholka then climbs higher on the moraine to arrow of stone monuments built in the memory of those who drops abit and follows the western side of the valley to Lobuche

Dinner : prawn, dhal bat, omelet, hot chocolate, hot water, green tea.

-6-10 DC (too cold then we cant staying at room just into in dining room with heater )

 

DAY 7 /23 October 2011 LOBUCHE-GORAKSHEAP-EVEREST BASE CAMP-LOBUCHE

Descirption : The ascent became steepers & rougher as it crosses several side moraine, the trail make a short descent.

03.00 Am Wake up, prepare to EBC, breakfast pancake, ginger tea, black tea, hot water,

03.40 Am Lobuche –Goraksheap =4 hours (standard 2-3 hours)

08.00 Am Gorak Sheap-EBC = 1,5 hours trekking  up and down 3 hrs then back to Lobuche 1,5 hours total 6 hours.

Total today is about trekking 4 hours+6 hours-3 hours (horse)= 7 hours

09.30 Am Everest Base Camp

11.30 Am Stop-at the point of 1,5 hours trek on the trail EBC

Lunch at Gorakshep/5.180 Snow Land Highest Inn

 

DAY 8 /24 October 2011  LOBUCHE-DINGBOCHE= 4 hours

LOBUCHE 4.910 mdpl – DINGBOCHE 4.410 mdpl

07:30 am Sarapan, hotchocolate & pudding coklat

08:30 am Lobuche menuju Thukla (1jam)

10:30 am Thukla menuju Dingboche

Pemandangan selama perjalanan menuju Dingboche adalah Puncak-puncak dari Gunung: Pumo Ri, Ama Dablam, Lhotse, Lhotse Sara, Lobuche, Mera Peak (Kong Ma Tse), Awi Peak, Kong Ma La, Pol Kha De, Nangkar Shang, dsb.

03:45 pm Tiba di Dingboche menginap di Moonlight Lodge & Restaurant.

06:30 pm Makan malam kentang bakar & jeruk panas

SuhuUdara-5s/d-7derajatCelcius

 

 

DAY 9 /25 October 2011 DINGBOCHE-CHUKKUNG= 3 hours

07:30 am Sarapan, pudding coklat & kopi pahit

08:15 am Treking menuju Chukung 4.800 mdpl (3 jam)

Menyusuri sungai Imja Kola dengan banyak batu dan pemandangan Puncak gunung Ampu Gyabjen dan Ama Dablam

01:10 pm Tiba dan menginap di Chukkung Resort

Makan siang omelet & hot lemon

Chek alat untuk pendakian Island Peak

06:30 pm Makan malam, pancake & hot chocolate.

 

DAY 10 /26 October 2011 CHUKKUNG-NAMCHE BAZAAR

Stay at AD Friendship, NRs 200/night/room

 

DAY 11/27 October 2011 NAMCHE BAZAAR-LUKLA

Stay at Himalayan Lodge in Namche then stay at Khumbu Resort : 150 USD/night/room with the attached bathroom

Hindu Festival -DIWALI

 

DAY 12 /29 October 2011 LUKLA-KATHMANDU = 40 minutes by plane

Stay at Yak & Yeti Hotel

 

 

kontributor : Nurlaela Ramli (2011)