Etapa 7 - 2ª Parte - Paseo de Aclimatación Chukhung - Camino Campo Base Island Peak
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- Distance
- 1.58 mi
- Elevation gain
- 486 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 486 ft
- Max elevation
- 16,002 ft
- TrailRank
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80
5
- Min elevation
- 15,541 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- one hour 15 minutes
- Coordinates
- 450
- Uploaded
- January 17, 2020
- Recorded
- November 2019
near Dhusum, Province 1 (Nepal)
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Seventh Stage (2nd Part) of the Trekking of the 3 Steps of Everest.
November 23, 2019.
Stage 7 - Part 2 - Chukhung (4,730 m) - Island Peak Base Camp.
This second part of the stage is an acclimatization tour.
We only climbed about 150 meters of unevenness. The objective is to climb a few meters to sleep lower. It is a walk between glaciers and with views of peaks of more than 7,000 m
Technical data :
• Distance: 3 km.
• Difficulty: Easy.
• Moving time: 45m.
• Total time with stops: 1h, 15m.
• Type of pavement: dirt path.
• Climb difference: 150 m.
• Descent of descent: 150m.
• Minimum height: 4,730 m. (Dingboche).
• Maximum height: 4,877 m. (Half way to CB Island Peak).
• Signaling: Easy.
Description of the route:
I have little to comment on this second part of stage 7.
It is a very pleasant acclimatization process, at 4,700 m, taking advantage of the last hours of light.
After eating, we left the lodge and took the path on the left.
Several signs show us the way to Island Peak.
It is a marked path that passes between the Ama Dablam, Chukhung and Lhotse Glaciers , towards the CB of Island Peak .
Eric Shipton in 1952 named the mountain Imja Tse (6,189 m) , with the name of Island Peak , for its appearance to an island in the middle of a sea of ice.
We got to where the path descended towards the lake. We did not want to continue to save strength for the next day. Being surrounded by these mountains is an amazing but indescribable feeling, that's why, I leave you some photos.
Ama Dablam and Ombigaichen (Puma Dablam).
Nuptse, Hillary Peak, Lhotse, Shartse and Island Peak.
Island Peak, Cho Polu, Num Ri and Baruntse.
Lerwa partridges accustomed to the presence of man, approach without fear, in case some food falls.
After the photo shoot, we went back the way we had come.
As we went down to Chukhung , we could see the KongMa La Pass at 5,535 m , the first of the 3 scheduled steps of the Trekking that we did the next day. This is located between the Pokhalde Mountains and Khongma Tse .
My good friend Alejandro approached Base Camp where there were still tents and people climbing. I leave you some great photos of that part of the route that we did not take, and which has kindly happened to me for me to upload.
Island Peak, Lhotse and Island Peak.
Island Peak Base Camp.
View of Island Peak from Base Camp.
Imja Tsho Lake.
Beautiful photo from the rooftops of Chukhung towards Dingboche .
Night chat with our friends in the heat of the stove.
After dinner as usual, they turned off the stove at around 7:30, and forced us to go to our rooms. The cold in the rooms was below freezing.
We left the backpacks ready, the water and we got into the wonderful feather bag. The next day they would wake us up at 4:30. The hardest route of the entire trekking awaited us. We would go up to 5,535 m and cross the 1 km wide Khumbu Glacier until we reached Lobuche, where we would spend the next night.
As our friends say, "A ruton".
But that is the next stage.
Continue to Stage 8 - Chukhung - Kongma La Pass - Lobuche
..
Return to Stage 7 - Part 1 Dingboche to Chukhung
..
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November 23, 2019.
Stage 7 - Part 2 - Chukhung (4,730 m) - Island Peak Base Camp.
This second part of the stage is an acclimatization tour.
We only climbed about 150 meters of unevenness. The objective is to climb a few meters to sleep lower. It is a walk between glaciers and with views of peaks of more than 7,000 m
Technical data :
• Distance: 3 km.
• Difficulty: Easy.
• Moving time: 45m.
• Total time with stops: 1h, 15m.
• Type of pavement: dirt path.
• Climb difference: 150 m.
• Descent of descent: 150m.
• Minimum height: 4,730 m. (Dingboche).
• Maximum height: 4,877 m. (Half way to CB Island Peak).
• Signaling: Easy.
Description of the route:
I have little to comment on this second part of stage 7.
It is a very pleasant acclimatization process, at 4,700 m, taking advantage of the last hours of light.
After eating, we left the lodge and took the path on the left.
Several signs show us the way to Island Peak.
It is a marked path that passes between the Ama Dablam, Chukhung and Lhotse Glaciers , towards the CB of Island Peak .
Eric Shipton in 1952 named the mountain Imja Tse (6,189 m) , with the name of Island Peak , for its appearance to an island in the middle of a sea of ice.
We got to where the path descended towards the lake. We did not want to continue to save strength for the next day. Being surrounded by these mountains is an amazing but indescribable feeling, that's why, I leave you some photos.
Ama Dablam and Ombigaichen (Puma Dablam).
Nuptse, Hillary Peak, Lhotse, Shartse and Island Peak.
Island Peak, Cho Polu, Num Ri and Baruntse.
Lerwa partridges accustomed to the presence of man, approach without fear, in case some food falls.
After the photo shoot, we went back the way we had come.
As we went down to Chukhung , we could see the KongMa La Pass at 5,535 m , the first of the 3 scheduled steps of the Trekking that we did the next day. This is located between the Pokhalde Mountains and Khongma Tse .
My good friend Alejandro approached Base Camp where there were still tents and people climbing. I leave you some great photos of that part of the route that we did not take, and which has kindly happened to me for me to upload.
Island Peak, Lhotse and Island Peak.
Island Peak Base Camp.
View of Island Peak from Base Camp.
Imja Tsho Lake.
Beautiful photo from the rooftops of Chukhung towards Dingboche .
Night chat with our friends in the heat of the stove.
After dinner as usual, they turned off the stove at around 7:30, and forced us to go to our rooms. The cold in the rooms was below freezing.
We left the backpacks ready, the water and we got into the wonderful feather bag. The next day they would wake us up at 4:30. The hardest route of the entire trekking awaited us. We would go up to 5,535 m and cross the 1 km wide Khumbu Glacier until we reached Lobuche, where we would spend the next night.
As our friends say, "A ruton".
But that is the next stage.
Continue to Stage 8 - Chukhung - Kongma La Pass - Lobuche
..
Return to Stage 7 - Part 1 Dingboche to Chukhung
..
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Estupenda ruta de aclimatación.
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Tras alcanzar Chunkhung temprano, dejamos el material en el lodge y decidimos comer pronto. Tras la comida, venciendo un poco la pereza, salimos a caminar unos kilómetros más para aclimatar mejor. Para ello, ascendimos unos 150 metros más, como comenta Juan, hacia unas lomas que teníamos hacia el este con objeto de disfrutar de preciosas vistas al glaciar y montañas como Ama Dablam o Island Peak. Paseo muy cómodo y realmente reconfortante por las diferentes perspectivas de las que pudimos disfrutar. Ahora a descansar un poco en el lodge, preparar agua y material para el día siguiente, cenar y tratar de descansar. Al día siguiente nos esperaba una de las rutas más duras de todo el trekking, el Kongma La Pass hacia Lobuche, ya a 5500 metros de altura. Eso ya en la siguiente entrega de Juan. ;-)
La aclimatación siempre es importante.
Os quedásteis cerca del Campo Base del Island Peak.
Me hubiera gustado acercarme al CB Island Peak, pero teníamos que estar descansados para la siguiente etapa que era de las más duras del Trekking.
Gracias Carlos.