16 October 2011 : KATHMANDU
12.05 Touch down Kathmandu-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 then checking equipment
Rent (Boot, Crampon, Harnes, Ice Axe) & purchase equipment at Kalapahatar shop Thamel (Sunglasess, Kenmartel )
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 a very 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( 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 -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). Strike by AMS, can not go to BCE. Setelah 2 jam trying hard akhirnya memutuskan untuk turun kembali ke Lobuche , berpisah dengan rekan yang melanjutkan ke BCE
Suhu udara diluar sangat dingin -10 s/d -15 derajat Celcius. Sehingga jari tangan dan kaki harus selalu digerakan karena jika tidak akan terasa beku dan sakit.
Day 8/24 Oktober 2011
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 Oktober 2011
DINGBOCHE 4.410 mdpl – CHUKKUNG 4.800 mdpl
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 Oktober 2011
CHUKUNG 4.800 mdpl – ISLAND PEAK
BASE CAMP 5.080 mdpl
07:30 am Sarapan, pudding coklat ,pancake, telor rebus & coklat panas
08:30 am Chukung menuju BaseCamp Island Peak (3jam) Ayung, Pema guide & Padam porter. Sepanjang perjalanan menuju base camp Ayung lebih banyak berjalan sendiri, sehingga jarak antara Ayung & Pema bisa mencapai 3–5 km. Jalur ini memang terbuka karena melintasi Lhotse Glasier yang merupakan kaki dari gunung Lhotse dan Lhotse Shar.
12:15 pm Tiba di BaseCamp Island Peak 5.080 mdpl
Base Camp ini merupakan dataran berbatu dari kaki Island Peak
Ada sekitar 50 tenda yang telah berdiri dan terbagi menjadi 2 wilayah dikarenakan ada dataran yang menyempit.
01:00 pm Makan siang, chiken soup, hot lemon & snikers
02:00 pm Rencana latihan penggunaan alat pendakian : (double boots, crampons & axe ice) tidak terlaksana karena cuaca yang sangat dingin dan berangin.
Suhu udara pada siang hari kurang lebih -10 derajat Celcius
05:00 pm Packing, untuk pendakian tengah malam.
05:30 pm Makan malam, nasi putih dan tuna, hot lemon & mineral water.
06:30 pm Waktu untuk tidur dengan maksud bisa bangun tengahmalam.
( gelisah & tegang tidak dapat tidur )
11:30 pm Pema bangun dan melihat Ayung seperti sudah bangun lebih awal.
“Ow.. you wake up early..?! “katanya.
Day 11 /27 Oktober 2011
ISLAND PEAK BASE CAMP 5.080 mdpl – ISLAND
PEAK SUMMIT 6.189 mdpl – BASE CAMP – CHUKUNG – DINGBOCHE
00:00 am Minum coklat panas & snickers
Minum tablet pereda rasa sakit (ponstan) karena sakit kepala akibat tidak bisa tidur.setelah
bertanya sebelumnya pada climber Guide.
00:30 am Keluar tenda menuju Island Peak Summit (6-9 jam)
Langit cerah dan banyak bintang tapi suhu udara sangat dingin sehingga jari tangan & kaki terasa beku dan sakit ( padahal prosedur untuk penggunaan pakaian Summit Attact telah diikuti bahkan penggunaan Grabber Warmers di telapak kaki dan tangan seolah tidak berfungsi)
Suhu udara sekitar -15 s/d-20 derajat Celcius.
02:30am Tiba di High Camp Island Peak, tidak ada tenda terlihat, artinya memang tidak ada yang bermalam di High Camp Island Peak. Setelah bertanya pada Climber Guide, jawabnya
“Untuk cuaca seperti ini kami tidak menyarankan para klien untuk bermalam di highcamp karena suhunya bisa sangat ekstrim/sangat dingin.”
Sepanjang perjalanan kami menghitung kurang lebih ada sekitar 30-35 orang yang menuju Puncak Island Peak, ini bisa dilihat dari sorotan cahaya head lamp baik yang masih dibawah atau yang sudah diatas lebih dulu.
04:45 am Tiba di ice cramp tempat yang berbatasan antara jalur pendakian yang berbatu dengan jalur yang bersalju (salju abadi).
Ice cramp ini juga merupakan tempat para pendaki mengganti sepatu treeking dengan double boots dan mengenakan semua perlengkapan pendakian gunung es ( harness, carabiner, ascender, descender, axe ice & cernmantel )
Suhu udara -20 s/d -25 derajat Celcius
Air mineral menjadi es batu, sama hal nya dengan air yang ada di botol Nalgen, kecuali botol SIGG yang berisi air coklat pahit, hanya menjadi pecahan es kecil-kecil dan masih bisa diminum. Makan coklat snickers seperti menggigit sebuah hand phone/remote tv.
05:10 am Langkah pertama berjalan menggunakan crampons, axe ice dsb. Moving together dengan tali cernmantel yang disimpulkan pada harness masing-masing dan berjarak 7-8 m.
08:10 am Tiba di First Ascend, merupakan tempat mulai pendakian dengan ascender/jumar dan axe ice dengan lintasan tali kurang lebih 40-45 m.
09:10 am Summit. Foto-foto hanya dapat 5-6 shoot, dikarenakan problem batere camera.
09:25 am Turun menuju base camp dikarenakan sakit dan pegal di seluruh kaki, sangat ngantuk, sakit kepala, sesak nafas dan sangat lemas/tidak bertenaga alias gejala AMS (Altitude Mountain Sicknes)
Kondisi fisik saat turun menuju basecamp Island Peak sama persis dengan kondisi fisik ketika berjalan turun dari Gorak Shep menuju Lobuche (pengalaman yang paling tidak mengenakan selama bepergian).
11:45 am Tiba di Tenda Base camp dan langsung tidur
12:45 pm Bangun tidur, makan siang, chiken soup & hot lemon
02:30pm Tiba di Chukung, makan Snicker & cocacola
04:45 pm Tiba di Dingboche
08:00 pm Makan malam
Day 12/ 28 Oktober 2011 DINGBOCHE – NAMCHE BAZAR
07:30 am Sarapan, havermut, telor rebus & kopi
08:30 am Dingboche menuju Debuche (3.820m dpl)
11:20 am Makan siang, kentang goreng & hot lemon
12:10 pm Debuche menuju Namche Bazar
05:30 pm Tiba di Namche Bazar, Himalayan Logde
06:30 pm Makan malam, pudding coklat, pancake & hot lemon
Day 13 / 29 Oktober 2011
NAMCHE BAZAR – LUKLA
07:15 am Sarapan, kentang goreng, omelet dan kopi
09:10am Namche menuju Phakding (3jam)
12:30 pm Tiba di Phakding, makan siang, Nasi goreng, telur dadar & hotlemon
01:15pm PhakdingmenujuLukla(3jam30menit)
04:45 pm Tiba di Lukla menginap di Khumbu Resort Logde
06:30 pm Makan malam, cake chocolate & coffee
Day 14 / 30 Oktober 2011
LUKLA – KATHMANDU
07:30 am Sarapan, Pancake, telor rebus & kopi
11:00 am Chek inn Bandara Lukla
12:30 pm PenerbanganAgniAirLukla–Kathmandu
01:30 pm Tiba di Bandara Kathmandu Tribuvan
02:15 pm Chek in Treeking Inn. Thamel
Day 15 /31 Oktober 2011
KATHMANDU
Jalan-jalan di sekitar Thamel, Kathmandu.
Makan malam di Sisha Restaurant & Bar, Thamel
kontributor : Wahyu Supriyanto (Ayung)