ʻEkolu Base Camp Trek

ʻO ka manawa kūpono loa no ka huakaʻi kahua ʻekolu ma Everest e hāʻule ana i nā mahina ma mua pono o nā monsoon kauwela (waena o ʻApelila a hiki i ka hopena o Iune) a ma hope pono o lākou (Kepakemapa a hiki i ka waena o Nowemapa).

I loko o kēia mau manawa, e piha ana ke awāwa ʻo Khumbu me nā mea piʻi a me nā mea hele wāwae. Eia nō naʻe, e lawe pū kā mākou huakaʻi hoʻomoana ʻekolu ma Everest iā ʻoe i loko o kēlā mau ʻāpana o ke awāwa ʻo Khumbu i emi iki ka haunaele, i hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike maoli i ke kilokilo a me ka maluhia o ke awāwa.

E maikaʻi nō hoʻi ke aniau no ka mea e mamao loa ʻoe mai ke kau monsoon. Ma nā kahua hoʻomoana ʻekolu, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i kahi anu iki i ke ahiahi, akā e mau ana ka mahana.

I loko o kēia mau wā, e ʻike wale ʻoe i kahi mau koena o ka hau, no laila hiki iā ʻoe ke noho maoli i kahi i piha i ka nani a me ke kilokilo me ka maluhia loa a me ka mālie.

ʻO ka huakaʻi kahua hoʻomoana ʻekolu ma Everest, inā i hana ʻia ma ke ʻano pākahi, ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ma ke ʻano he mahele II kaulike ʻike hele wāwae. Eia nō naʻe, ua hoʻohui mākou i nā huakaʻi kahua hoʻomoana ʻekolu i hoʻokahi huakaʻi, a me ke keʻa ʻana i kekahi o nā Everest Pass paʻakikī loa.

Hoʻokiʻekiʻe kēia i kā mākou huakaʻi hoʻomoana ʻekolu ma Everest me ka hoʻi ʻana o ka helikopter i kahi ʻike piʻi wāwae mahele III ma ke awāwa ʻo Khumbu. ʻO ka piko kiʻekiʻe loa o kā mākou huakaʻi hoʻomoana ʻekolu ma Everest e hōʻea i 5644 m ma Kala Patthar, akā e kū pū ʻoe i ka pilikia o ka lanakila ʻana i ka Kongma La Pass ma 5535 m a me Chhukung Ri ma 5546 m.

ʻOiai ke hōʻemi nei ka lele helikopter i nā lā hele wāwae hoʻi, pono ʻoe e hoʻoponopono i nā ʻano ʻāina like ʻole o Sagarmatha National Park, hiki ke piʻi a iho i lalo.

Eia hou, ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e hoʻohaʻahaʻa i ka pilikia o ka maʻi kiʻekiʻe. No laila, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kā mākou huakaʻi he 14 mau lā Everest ʻekolu kahua hoʻomoana no ka poʻe i loaʻa kahi ʻike mauna.

ʻOiaʻiʻo, he nui nā pilikia a me nā pilikia o kā mākou huakaʻi hoʻomoana ʻekolu ma Everest. Eia nō naʻe, inā ua mākaukau ʻoe ma ke kino a me ka noʻonoʻo no kēia mau koi o ka huakaʻi, a he pae maikaʻi kou olakino, a laila hiki iā ʻoe ke noʻonoʻo e hui pū me ka huakaʻi hoʻomoana ʻekolu ma Everest he 14 lā ʻoiai inā he mea hoʻomaka ʻoe e hele wāwae.

No kou ʻoluʻolu, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻololi i ka huakaʻi ma ka haʻalele ʻana i ka hike i kekahi o nā kahua hoʻomoana, hiki ke hoʻopakele iā ʻoe mai ka hoʻoikaika ʻana. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke pale aku i ke kaumaha o ka hele wāwae lōʻihi i kēlā me kēia lā a me ka ʻāina mauna ʻo Nepali paʻakikī.

No laila, ma mua o kou komo ʻana i kā mākou huakaʻi hoʻomoana ʻekolu ma Everest, ke paipai nei mākou i nā mea komo hoʻomaka e loaʻa mua ka ʻike ma o ka ʻO Everest Base Camp huakaʻi, ka huakaʻi ma ke kahua hoʻomoana ʻo Ama Dablam, a i ʻole ka huakaʻi ma ke kahua hoʻomoana o ka mokupuni.

E ʻoluʻolu e nīnau i ke kauka inā he mau pilikia kou no ka cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, a i ʻole ka hanu ma mua o kou hui pū ʻana me kā mākou huakaʻi hoʻomoana ʻekolu ma Everest.

He ʻāpana hiki ʻole ke pale ʻia ka AMS o nā huakaʻi hele mauna kiʻekiʻe. Ke kū nei kēia kūlana ma ke ʻano o kekahi mau hōʻike kino ma muli o ka haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa o ke ea a me nā pae oxygen haʻahaʻa ma nā kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe, me ka piʻi ʻana o ka hele wāwae.

Inā hāʻawi mākou i ko mākou kino i ka manawa kūpono e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ke kiʻekiʻe, hiki iā mākou ke pale a mālama pono i ka AMS i kahi kiʻekiʻe. No laila, e ʻoluʻolu e hoʻomaha a hiamoe i kēlā me kēia lā e pau ai kāu huakaʻi.

ʻO ke ala kūpono loa e pale aku ai i ka AMS ʻo ia ka hahai ʻana i ke kumumanaʻo o ka hele wāwae i luna a me ka hiamoe ʻana i lalo, i ʻike ʻia ʻo ke ʻano hana sawtooth.

Ma hope o kēia, ua hoʻokomo mākou i kahi piʻi ʻana o Chhukung Ri i kou wā e noho ai ma Chhukung Village e hōʻoia i kou maʻa pono ʻana ma mua o kou hoʻomaka ʻana i ka Kongma La Pass.

Eia kekahi, ua hoʻopōkole mākou i ka lōʻihi o ka hele wāwae ʻana i nā lā e alakaʻi ana i kekahi kahua hoʻomoana, no laila e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka manawa kūpono e hoʻomaha ai a hoʻomaʻamaʻa. Eia nō naʻe, hiki ke ʻike ʻia kekahi mau hōʻailona liʻiliʻi o ka AMS, e like me ke poʻo ʻeha, ka nausea, ka nalowale o ka makemake, a me ka nalowale o ka hiamoe.

E inu i ka nui o ka wai e like me ke kī, ka wai, ka sopa, ka wai ʻūlū, ka wai huaʻai, a pēlā aku. Inā mau nā hōʻailona, ​​a laila e iho i lalo a hoʻomaha. Hiki iā ʻoe ke koho e lawe iā Diamox inā ʻaʻole e nalowale nā ​​​​hōʻailona.

Hoʻomaopopo mākou ua aʻo maikaʻi ʻia kā mākou mau alakaʻi a ua ʻike lākou i nā hana e pono ai lākou e hana e hōʻemi i ka AMS.

ʻOiai inā he ʻano maikaʻi ʻoe a ua hele mua ʻoe i nā mauna o Nepal, e hoʻomau mau ka ʻāina i nā pilikia hou i kou ala i kēlā me kēia lā.

No laila, ke aʻo aku nei mākou i nā mea a pau e komo ana, inā he mea hoʻomaka ʻoe a he mea akamai paha i ka hele wāwae, e hoʻomākaukau me kahi hana hoʻoikaika kino kūpono e lawelawe ai i nā mea a pau e hiki mai ana mai ka hele wāwae ʻekolu kahua hoʻomoana ʻo Everest.

I ka mua, e hoʻomaka me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa mālie e like me ka hele wāwae, ka holo ʻana ma ka ʻāina palahalaha, a laila e neʻe i ka holo lōʻihi. E koho i nā ʻāina like ʻole, hiki ke lilo i ka ululāʻau, nā puʻu, nā pali, a me nā kua.

Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomākaukau iā ʻoe iho i ke kino me nā squats, planks, a i ʻole push-ups, me kekahi mau paona a i ʻole kekahi mau haʻuki e like me ka pôpeku a me ka basketball. ʻO ka yoga a me ka hanu hohonu e kōkua pū iā ʻoe e hoʻoponopono iā AMS.

A laila, hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe iā ʻoe iho i kahi huakaʻi hele wāwae maoli ma kou kūlanakauhale hānau, no laila hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa i ke aʻo kiʻekiʻe ma mua o kou haʻalele ʻana.

Inā manaʻo ʻoe he paʻakikī loa iā ʻoe ka hele ʻana i ka huakaʻi hoʻomoana ʻekolu ma Everest i ka manawa hoʻokahi, a laila hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻopilikino i kāu huakaʻi ma ka wehe ʻana i kekahi o nā kahua hoʻomoana mai kāu huakaʻi.

Hiki iā ʻoe ke kāpae i ka hele wāwae i ka ʻO Ama Dablam Base Camp or Mokupuni Kiʻekiʻe Mokupuni.

Inā he ʻano huakaʻi kou i loko o kou koko, a laila hiki iā ʻoe ke koho e piʻi i kekahi o nā piko i kāu huakaʻi ʻekolu kahua hoʻomoana ʻo Everest. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻāʻo e piʻi i ka piko o Ama Dablam Peak a i ʻole Island Peak mai ko lākou mau kahua hoʻomoana.

Hiki iā ʻoe ke noʻonoʻo e hoʻokomo i kahi huakaʻi i ʻO Gokyo Lake a e lawe i ka pilikia o Cho La Pass, ʻo ia kekahi ala hele Everest koʻikoʻi ʻē aʻe, me ka Kongma La Pass.

E hoʻolilo ʻoe i ʻekolu pō ma Kathmandu ma kahi hōkele 4-hōkū ʻo Fairfield by Marriott kokoke iā Thamel, kahi e hoʻokipa ai mākou iā ʻoe i nā lumi pālua me ka lawelawe moe a me ka ʻaina kakahiaka.

E loaʻa iā ʻoe ke komo i nā ʻauʻau wela a me ke anu 24-hola, kahi lumi ʻauʻau pilikino kiʻekiʻe i loko o kou lumi, WiFi, a me nā lako hale nani i loaʻa no kou hoʻohana.

I ka wā o ka huakaʻi, e noho ʻoe ma nā hale kī maikaʻi loa e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i nā lumi, nā ʻaina awakea, nā ʻaina ahiahi, a me nā ʻaina kakahiaka. Ma kēia mau hale hoʻokipa, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻouka hou i kāu mau mea hana (nā kāmela, nā kelepona paʻalima, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe), komo i ka WiFi, a hauʻoli i nā ʻauʻau wela.

Eia nō naʻe, e ʻoluʻolu e hoʻomaopopo he pono paha ʻoe e uku i kahi uku hou no kēia mau lawelawe.

No kāu mau pono kaʻa, hāʻawi mākou i nā hoʻoili pilikino āpau a me ka home i ka mokulele, a me ka lele Kathmandu-Lukla-Kathmandu a me kahi lele helikopter mai Gorakshep a i Lukla.

E ʻoluʻolu e ʻike mai ʻApelila 1, 2025, ua kauoha ʻo Nepal i ka ʻinikua huakaʻi no nā mea hele wāwae haole āpau. Wahi a kēia kānāwai hou, pono i nā mea hele wāwae āpau ke loaʻa ka ʻinikua kūpono e uhi ana i nā pilikia olakino, ka maʻi ma ke kiʻekiʻe, a me ka hoʻopakele helikopter ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka palapala ʻae hele wāwae.

No laila, ma hope o kou hoʻopau ʻana i kou noho ma kā mākou huakaʻi kahua hoʻomoana ʻekolu o Everest, e ʻoluʻolu e hoʻouna mai iā mākou i kāu kope ʻinikua me kāu mau palapala.

No kā mākou huakaʻi ma Everest Three Base Camp, e ʻoluʻolu e kuhikuhi i ke kiʻekiʻe loa no ka hoʻopakele helikopter a hiki i 5700 mika.

Eia kekahi, e hōʻoia i loko o kāu hoʻolālā ʻinikua ka uhi huakaʻi maʻamau no nā hoʻopau ʻana a i ʻole nā ​​​​lohi i kāu mau hoʻolālā huakaʻi a i ʻole nā ​​​​lele, a me ka pale ʻana mai ka pohō, nalowale, a i ʻole ka ʻaihue ʻana o kāu mau lako pilikino, a me nā noho keu.

Aia nā kahua hoʻomoana ʻekolu a pau i loko o kā mākou Everest ʻekolu kahua hoʻomoana me ka hoʻi ʻana o ka helikopter i loko o ka Sagarmatha National Park o ke awāwa ʻo Khumbu.

No laila, ʻelua wale nō palapala ʻae e pono ai mākou e hele i nā kahua hoʻomoana ʻekolu, ʻo ia hoʻi:

Palapala ʻae no ka Pāka Lahui ʻo Sagarmatha: NPR 100 no kēlā me kēia mea hele wāwae Nepali, NPR 3000 no kēlā me kēia mea hele wāwae haole, a me NPR 1500 no kēlā me kēia mea hele wāwae SAARC
ʻAe ʻia ʻo Khumbu Local Area: NPR 2000 no kēlā me kēia mea hele wāwae, koe wale nō ka poʻe Nepali

Na Life Himalaya Trekking e hoʻonohonoho i kēia mau ʻae āpau ma ke ʻano he ʻelele nou ma Nepal a e uhi pū i kā lākou uku ma o kā mākou kumukūʻai holoʻokoʻa no ka hele wāwae ʻekolu kahua ma Everest.

ʻO ke ala ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi a me ka hoʻokele waiwai e hoʻomau i ka pili ʻana ma o kāu kelepona hele ʻana i kā mākou mau lā 14 Everest ʻekolu huakaʻi kahua kahua ma o ka pūnaewele Namaste/Nepal Telecom.

E hāʻawi pū ʻo Ncell iā ʻoe i kahi lawelawe maikaʻi a kūpono hoʻi, akā e hāʻawi ʻo NTC iā ʻoe i kahi hōʻailona maikaʻi aʻe ma nā awāwa mauna mamao o Nepal. Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai maʻalahi i ke Kāleka SIM NTC ma Kathmandu, a i ʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke koho e hoʻohana i kāna Kāleka eSIM.

E hāʻawi ia iā ʻoe i ka hōʻailona maikaʻi loa ma Lukla, Phakding, Namche, Phortse, a me Tengboche, akā e kakaikahi ka hōʻailona ma hope o kēlā. E hāʻawi pū ia iā ʻoe i kahi pūnaewele 4G i hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohana i ka pūnaewele ma kāu kelepona paʻalima ma ka wikiwiki nui a me ke kumukūʻai haʻahaʻa.

ʻO kekahi koho e hoʻohana ai i ka pūnaewele ma ka ʻāina ʻo Everest ma o nā kāleka WiFi prepaid mai Everest Link a i ʻole AirLink. Loaʻa paha iā ʻoe ka WiFi manuahi ma Lukla a me ke ala ʻo Namche.

I ka hōʻea ʻana i ke kahua mokulele honua ma Kathmandu, e kiʻi ko mākou ʻelele iā ʻoe mai ka mokulele a nānā iā ʻoe i kāu hōkele. I ka lā aʻe, e kipa aku ʻoe i kekahi o nā wahi hoʻoilina honua kaulana o Nepal e like me Kathmandu Durbar Square, Pashupatinath, Swayambhunath (temple monkey), a me Boudhanath. Ma hope o ke awakea, e hoʻolauna ʻia ʻoe i kā mākou alakaʻi huakaʻi i hāʻawi ʻia i ka wā o ka huakaʻi a me ka luna hoʻokele.

Hāʻawi lākou iā ʻoe i nā mea pono a pau inā pono no ka huakaʻi a me nā ʻike āpau i koi ʻia ma mua o ka hele ʻana i ka huakaʻi.

ʻEkolu Base Camp ala huakaʻi hele

Ma hope o ka ʻaina kakahiaka nui i ke kakahiaka ʻekolu o ka lā, e lawe ʻoe i kahi mokulele 35 min i Lukla. ʻO kēia lele a me ka pae ʻana i Lukla i manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia kekahi o nā mokulele paʻa loa i ka honua. Ma hope o ka hoʻomaha pōkole, e hoʻomaka ʻoe i ka huakaʻi hele lōʻihi ʻo Everest ʻekolu ma ka Himalayas. Hoʻomaka kāu huakaʻi ma ka iho ʻana i ke kahawai ʻo Dudhkoshi a me ka hele ʻana i uka i Phakding. He pōkole kēia lā e like me nā lā ʻē aʻe e pono ai ʻoe e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ke kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe a me ka ʻāina.

Ma hope o ka kakahiaka kakahiaka, hoʻomaka mākou i kā mākou huakaʻi i Namche Bazaar, ka Sherpa Capital. ʻOi aku ka lōʻihi o kēia lā ma mua o ka lā ma mua. I ka wā o ka huakaʻi i Namche Bazaar, e ʻike ʻoe i ka ʻike mua o The Everest ikaika no ka manawa mua ma kahi lā māmā.