How hard is the trek to Everest Base Camp?
The Mount Everest Base Camp Trek is a high altitude adventure journey in the Everest region and the base camp situated at 5364 m from sea level. Full information for interested traveler and trekkers on how hard is the trek to Everest Base Camp, the answer and curiosity lie on the fitness and health of trekkers. As Everest base camp is a high altitude around Nepal Himalaya and probably in the world, where you reach at the height of 5,380 m /17,600 feet high at base camp.
With an overnight stop in Gorakshep at 5,180 m / 17,092 feet, and maximum altitude on a top rocky hill at Kalapathar which is above 5, 643 m and 18, 514 feet high, which is a newly revised height from previous 5,545 m the top of Kalapathar. The toughness and how hard walk to Everest base camp, entirely depends upon trekkers physically fitness and stamina to tackle high altitude, includes some steep climb in few areas of trekking.
How hard is the trek to Everest Base Camp?
There are a few days where trekkers have to take it slowly and listen to your leader or guide advice, where you might find a hard and tiring.
01: Second day on route to Namche Bazaar after the first-day walk from Lukla with an overnight stop at Phakding. The first half is easy on the gradual trail with few short ups and downs, but from mid-day after Jorsalle onward on crossing the last high bridge, where an hour and half hours can be strenuous for some people on winding ups to reach at Namche Bazaar for an overnight halt.
02: Next from Namche to Tengboche Monastery, the first-morning walk leads on a gentle winding trail with short descend to the bottom of Tengboche hill. Afternoon walk on having lunch where two hours climb can be hard for some trekkers, as altitude gains slowly.
03: On the walk to Lobuche from Dingboche or Pheriche, a short steep climb for an hour or less to reach at Thugla pass, the rest of the walk is pleasant except for gain in altitude.
04: On the walk to Everest base camp, actually it is not that hard that one imagines where some trekkers might find hard due to rough terrain walking on glacier and moraine section, and rise in altitude.
05: Next tough and hard morning only for a few hours a steep climb to the top of Kalapathar from Gorakshep start at the height of 5,180 m to reach 5, 643 m at Kalapathar view top. A climb 463 m high that takes nearly two hours.
Rest is easy only depending upon the itinerary days, where some people choose a short duration of time to reach Everest base camp and to be back at Lukla and Kathmandu. Covering long distance in a day walk like from Pangboche to Namche Bazaar, and back to Lukla in a day from Namche taking more than 6 hours walks.
Actually, Everest Base Camp Trek is not that hard or strenuous as long one takes it slowly with enough short rest on route to overnight stops. Making the itinerary flexible with short hours of walks of a maximum of 6 hours. The only hard and tough trek where long hours of walks in a day involves reaching designated overnight stops.
