Everest Expedition From Kerung- (8,849m)

Mount Everest expedition begins when you arrive in Kathmandu and meet with the staff of our Monterosa Treks & Expedition in the airport and they transfer you to the hotel. The next day, the introduction section to the members of our crews take place. Since then we make your Tibet visa and other necessary documents for the Everest Expedition. After 3 days, we drive you towards the Nepal-Tibet border on the Pasang Lamu highway where the Friendship Bridge is located through Prithibi and Pasang Lamu Highway; and the Chinese liaison officer and Chinese transportation keep waiting for us there. The expedition gears are taken by truck and we drive you by Land cruiser 4WD to Kerung, which is the first entrance city in Tibet.

We take time to acclimatize one night at Syabrubesi (1450m) and 2 nights at Kerung (2700m), which gives you good refreshment for your journey ahead; and also, there are chances to trek up the hills for acclimatization. The next day we drive to Tingri (4350m) where we spend further two nights acclimatizing. Then we drive Tingri to Base camp 5200m along the rough way with jerking & bouncing through the grassy plain way which leads you to the Everest Base Camp, and it is called the Chinese base camp as well.

We have set up our camp at Chinese Base Camp and stay two nights or more that depends on our members' feeling. We also make schedules of the yaks by that time. Base camp and advance base camp, fixed at the different places are kept there permanently and now it's two days to ABC from there.

After walking 2 days, we reach ABC 6400m along with the Yaks. From ABC, the route goes to the East Rongbuk (Everest Base) glacier and after that there is an easy snow slope to the North Col at 7000m; where camp 1 is situated on snow. After that there are long angled snow slopes to climb 7400m., where we should put camp 2 on the snow. The route from Camp 2 to camp 3 is a series of rocks, which is a little bit difficult. But again, there is a very easy terrain to walk ahead to set up camp 3, This camp 3 is at the height of 7900m on the rock.

The route again goes through a series of rocky climbs, and then there is a median angled snow slope where we have to climb on joint rocks and snow until we reach camp 4 at 8400m. Now this camp is on the rock, but sometimes ago, it was covered by snow. To reach there, we have to fix the ropes on climbing but there are safety lines, which provide you a safe place when you are tired and the wind seems windy there. This route is mostly very windy, especially between Camp 2 to camp 3.

International Everest Expedition Spring 2004 Camp 4 is the last camp for the Everest summit from North East Ridge. Now the route is mixed with rocks and snow steps. This step is quite steep in many places; so you require very considerable care for yourself, to your clothing and oxygen equipment.

After that, the North East Ridge is wide but we have to climb through small steps with a little bit of height until we go ahead where we should fix the rope. Above there the climbing is a little bit exposed, but it is easy again to reach ahead in the second steps. After the second step, the route is in the series of the small nude ridge, which is sometimes seems covered with snow.

After that the route with a large boulder where we should use the ladder to climb ahead, Again after that section of the route, we should fix the rope. Above these steps, the route is relatively easy with the gentle ground until we reach the third step. Now go head it is not the series of the ridge as the previous steps but we should use the fixed rope to the Col before the final summit of snowy slopes. Again, there are quite steep and needed fixed ropes to go ahead to the buttressed rocks from where there is a short section of corniced ridge to reach on the Summit of Everest.