Etapa 9 - 2ª Parte - Gorak Shep ( 5.165 m ) - Everest Base Camp ( 5.364 m) - Trekking 3 pasos Everest
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- Distance
- 3.88 mi
- Elevation gain
- 751 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 751 ft
- Max elevation
- 17,314 ft
- TrailRank
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5
- Min elevation
- 16,913 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- 3 hours 43 minutes
- Coordinates
- 1201
- Uploaded
- January 17, 2020
- Recorded
- November 2019
near Goraksep, Province 1 (Nepal)
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Stage 9 - Part 2 - of the Trekking of the Three Steps of Everest
November 25, 2019.
Stage 9 - 2nd Part - Gorak Shep (5,165 m) - Everest Base Camp (EBC - 5,364 m)
This second part of the stage is a pleasant walk parallel to the Khumbu Glacier to the Everest Base Camp (5,364 m.)
It has no difficulty, except for the height at which we are of more than 5,000 m.
The pity was that the sky was covered with clouds.
Technical data :
• Distance: 6.2 km.
• Difficulty: Easy.
• Time in motion: 3h, 10m.
• Total time with stops: 3h, 45m.
• Type of road surface: Track, dirt and stone path.
• Ascent slope: 229 m.
• Descent slope: 220 m.
• Minimum height: 5,165 m. (Gorak Shep).
• Maximum height: 5,385 m. (EBC viewpoint).
• Signposting: Very marked.
Description of the route:
We finished eating and set off for Everest Base Camp.
Second part of stage 9.
It is a walk without any difficulty, parallel to the Khumbu Glacier.
The road goes around Kala Patthar and Pumori until it deviates onto a path that goes straight down to Everest Base Camp.
In the months of March, April, and May, the stores are spread over a radius of 500 m, very close to the seracs.
We did not get close to the seracs but you can see in the photo how large they are.
From the base camp we did not have the best views, but I was very excited to be at the place from where the ascent to Everest and Lhotse begins on its south face. The pity was that there were many clouds.
We are surrounded by the Pumori, Lingtren, Khumbutse and Nuptse peaks .
The Ice Waterfall is the first climbing section that mountaineers have to overcome to reach Camp I and II in the Valle del Silencio . It is a very dangerous stretch due to the movement of the seracs, and the deep cracks they have to bridge between them. All thanks to the Icefall Doctor, yes . They are Sherpas who trace and maintain the safest path through the Icefall, setting up series of ladders to cross the crevices.
On April 25, 2015, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.9 on the Richter scale shook Nepal, and an avalanche from the hill between Pumori and Lingtren , swept the base camp where 1000 people were. Unfortunately it took the lives of at least 22 people.
A few days later, a new 7.3 earthquake buried the entrances to the field. That spring of 2015, nobody climbed Everest or Lhotse.
Around 9,000 people died across the country.
The city of Kathmandu was badly affected, and a large part of the older buildings collapsed.
After some nice photos we went back the same way to Gorak Shep .
We ate early in the living room near the stoves and went up to the bedrooms. The next day it was time to get up early (4:30). Objective, to see Everest at sunrise from the top of Kala Patthar (5,643m). As long as it's not covered by clouds.
But that, we already tell in the next stage.
Continue Stage 10 - Gorakshep - Lobuche - Memorial - Dzonglha (Road to Cho La Pass).>
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Return to Stage 9 - (1st Part) - Lobuche (4,940 m) - Gorak Shep (5,165 m)
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November 25, 2019.
Stage 9 - 2nd Part - Gorak Shep (5,165 m) - Everest Base Camp (EBC - 5,364 m)
This second part of the stage is a pleasant walk parallel to the Khumbu Glacier to the Everest Base Camp (5,364 m.)
It has no difficulty, except for the height at which we are of more than 5,000 m.
The pity was that the sky was covered with clouds.
Technical data :
• Distance: 6.2 km.
• Difficulty: Easy.
• Time in motion: 3h, 10m.
• Total time with stops: 3h, 45m.
• Type of road surface: Track, dirt and stone path.
• Ascent slope: 229 m.
• Descent slope: 220 m.
• Minimum height: 5,165 m. (Gorak Shep).
• Maximum height: 5,385 m. (EBC viewpoint).
• Signposting: Very marked.
Description of the route:
We finished eating and set off for Everest Base Camp.
Second part of stage 9.
It is a walk without any difficulty, parallel to the Khumbu Glacier.
The road goes around Kala Patthar and Pumori until it deviates onto a path that goes straight down to Everest Base Camp.
In the months of March, April, and May, the stores are spread over a radius of 500 m, very close to the seracs.
We did not get close to the seracs but you can see in the photo how large they are.
From the base camp we did not have the best views, but I was very excited to be at the place from where the ascent to Everest and Lhotse begins on its south face. The pity was that there were many clouds.
We are surrounded by the Pumori, Lingtren, Khumbutse and Nuptse peaks .
The Ice Waterfall is the first climbing section that mountaineers have to overcome to reach Camp I and II in the Valle del Silencio . It is a very dangerous stretch due to the movement of the seracs, and the deep cracks they have to bridge between them. All thanks to the Icefall Doctor, yes . They are Sherpas who trace and maintain the safest path through the Icefall, setting up series of ladders to cross the crevices.
On April 25, 2015, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.9 on the Richter scale shook Nepal, and an avalanche from the hill between Pumori and Lingtren , swept the base camp where 1000 people were. Unfortunately it took the lives of at least 22 people.
A few days later, a new 7.3 earthquake buried the entrances to the field. That spring of 2015, nobody climbed Everest or Lhotse.
Around 9,000 people died across the country.
The city of Kathmandu was badly affected, and a large part of the older buildings collapsed.
After some nice photos we went back the same way to Gorak Shep .
We ate early in the living room near the stoves and went up to the bedrooms. The next day it was time to get up early (4:30). Objective, to see Everest at sunrise from the top of Kala Patthar (5,643m). As long as it's not covered by clouds.
But that, we already tell in the next stage.
Continue Stage 10 - Gorakshep - Lobuche - Memorial - Dzonglha (Road to Cho La Pass).>
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Return to Stage 9 - (1st Part) - Lobuche (4,940 m) - Gorak Shep (5,165 m)
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16,971 ft
Principio camino de Gorak Shep a EBC
Principio camino de Gorak Shep a EBC
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Colosal, preciosa, posiblemente una de las más etapas más bonitas.
Un recorrido corto pero espectacular. No dejo de sorprenderme de la espectacularidad de las fotos, que nos pones Juan.
Parece que lo vivo y estoy con vosotros en el lugar.
Cordillera alucinante y unos picos a cuál más bello, dejando de lado su altura.
La verdad que deben de ser muchas las sensaciones que se tienen cuando te encuentras en el Campo Base del Everest, por donde tantos escaladores han pasado.
Gracias por mostrarnos esos lugares tan sensacionales, y donde tantos alpinistas persiguieron el sueño de coronar el Everest y Lhotse.
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Bueno ya teneis en el bote el Base camp del Mount Everest ,cosa que la mayoría de los mortales no podemos decir.
Un fuerte abrazo Juan.
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Gran día, aunque el día estaba nublado, pero el hecho de estar allí compensaba con creces. Un abrazo.
Gracias compañeros.
Por fin habéis alcanzado uno de los hitos más importantes del viaje, sino el que más. Cuánto daría por poder haber estado ahí con vosotros...
Era uno de los objetivos del Trekking de los Tres Pasos.
Si quieres Alvaro, preparamos viaje para cuando nos dejen, al Annapurna o al del Manaslu.
Se puede estudiar.
Gracias.
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Cuando llegas desde Lobuche a Gorak Shep, con unos 250 metros de desnivel, debes decidir si subir por la tarde a Kala Pattar (otros 500 m más) o continuar al Campo Base del Everest (otros 200 y pico más) y dejar la subida a Kala Pattar para el día siguiente, si pernoctas en Gorak Shep. Nosotros decidimos llegar al EBC ese misma tarde. Aunque diferentes agencias nos indicaron que tal vez no era interesante llegar hasta el EBC, al menos en mi opinión, mereció totalmente la pena alargar esos 6 km más ida y vuelta y llegar a este simbólico lugar. Para mí, fue uno de los momentos más emocionantes del trekking. Un abrazo.
Totalmente de acuerdo.
Gracias
Hola Juan, vamos el martes hacia Nepal para hacer el trekking del campo base. Que tal el tema del frío ennesta etapa? Cuantas capas llevabas? Nos dejan llevar solo 12 kg en la avioneta que va a lukla. Son muy restrictivos a la hora del peso? Gracias
Hola Sara,
Nosotros cuando estuvimos en Gorak Shep camino al Campo Base la temperatura sería de algunos grados bajo cero, pero también era 25 de noviembre que las temperaturas son mucho más bajas que cuando vais vosotros.
Yo llevaría tres capas. Ahora las temperaturas están entre los -5 /5.
Con relación al peso creo recordar que nosotros llevamos algo más de 12 Kg. La ida la hicimos en helicóptero que nos permitían llevar algunos kg de más, y la vuelta en avioneta no tuvimos problema.
Es posible que en estos tres últimos años hayan cambiado las normas.
Os encantará.
Es un viaje que no olvidaréis.
Envidia sana.
Ya me contaréis que tal fue.
Pasadlo bien.
Un saludo,
👏🏻👍🏻
Gracias
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Gracias Yaser