ʻO Everest Base Camp Trek 14 lā

Hoʻomaka kāu palapala ʻāina kikoʻī no ka hele ʻana i ke kahua mokulele ʻo Everest Base Camp ma hope o kou pae ʻana ma ke kahua mokulele ʻo Tribhuvan International ma ke kapikala o Nepal, ʻo Kathmandu. E hele mua ana kā mākou poʻe hana e kiʻi iā ʻoe a hāʻawi iā ʻoe i kahi hoʻokipa maikaʻi. A laila, e hoʻokele lākou iā ʻoe i kahi hōkele ʻano hōkū 3 ma Thamel, Kathmandu, he 30 a 40 mau minuke ka mamao mai ke kahua mokulele ma ke kaʻa.

Hiki iā ʻoe ke noho ma kou hōkele ke hōʻea ʻoe. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻonui i kou wahi noho i 4 a i ʻole 5 mau hōkū no ka uku hou aku i ka wā e hoʻopaʻa ai i nā pūʻolo huakaʻi kahua hoʻomoana ʻo Everest. E hoʻonohonoho mākou i ka hālāwai i ke ahiahi. Ma kēlā hālāwai, e hāʻawi mākou iā ʻoe i nā kikoʻī e pili ana i ka papa kuhikuhi huakaʻi kahua hoʻomoana ʻo Mount Everest.

Inā he mau nīnau kāu e pili ana i ka hōʻike pōkole, e ʻoluʻolu e nīnau mai iā mākou, a na kā mākou alakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i nā pane kūpono loa i kāu mau nīnau. Ma hope o ka hālāwai, hiki iā ʻoe ke holoholo a puni nā alanui o Thamel a hauʻoli i ka meaʻai ʻono, nā spa, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe, a loaʻa kahi hoʻomaha maikaʻi no ka huakaʻi o ka lā ʻapōpō.

Hoʻomaka ka lā 2 o kāu huakaʻi hele wāwae ma Everest Base Camp Trek no 14 lā me ka ʻaina kakahiaka ʻono ma kou hōkele. Ma hope o kēlā, e lawe kā mākou kaʻa pilikino iā mākou i ke kahua mokulele kūloko o Tribhuvan e holo i kahi mokulele mua i Lukla ma kahi mokulele liʻiliʻi. I ka wā hana nui o ka hele wāwae i ke kahua mokulele ʻo Mount Everest, pono paha ʻoe e lele mai ke kahua mokulele ʻo Manthali ma Ramechhap ma muli o ke kaʻa mokulele, kahi e lawe ai i kahi kokoke i 6 mau hola mai ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Kathmandu.

Ma kēia lele ʻana i nā wahi nani, e ʻike ʻoe i nā hiʻohiʻona kupaianaha o nā piko, nā ʻawāwa hohonu, nā puʻu momona, a me nā ʻāina nani i ka nānā ʻana mai ka manu mai. Ma hope o ka lele ʻana no 35 mau minuke, e pae ʻoe ma ke kahua mokulele ʻo Tenzing-Hillary ma Lukla. Mai ʻaneʻi aku, hoʻomaka kūhelu kāu huakaʻi hoʻomoana ma ka mauna ʻo Everest.

E hoʻomaka mākou i kā mākou huakaʻi ma ka huakaʻi ma ke kahawai ʻo Dudh Koshi ma o Chheplung Hamlet. A laila, e hoʻomau mākou i ka hele wāwae i lalo i kahi noho liʻiliʻi o Thado Koshi, kahi e ʻike ai ʻoe i ka hiʻohiʻona kupaianaha o Kusum Kangraru Peak. Ma hope o ka hele wāwae ʻana no ʻehā a ʻelima mau hola, e hōʻea mākou i ke kauhale ʻo Phakding, i hoʻopuni ʻia e nā mauna kiʻekiʻe, kahi e noho ai mākou no ka pō.

Ma hope o ka hoʻolilo ʻana i hoʻokahi pō ma ke kauhale ʻo Phakding, ʻo ke kahua huakaʻi huakaʻi kahua hoʻomoana ʻo Everest i kēia lā e kū ma Namche Bazaar, ke ala komo i ka mauna ʻo Everest, aia ma ke kiʻekiʻe o 3440 mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai. Pono mākou e hele a puni kahi mamao he ʻumi a ʻumikūmālua kilomita mai Phakding e hiki ai i Namche Bazaar.

E huakaʻi mākou ma ke kahawai ʻo Dudh Koshi, e hele ana ma nā alahaka kau he nui ma ko mākou ala e hele ai i Namche Bazaar. Ke hiki ʻoe i ke kauhale ʻo Monjo, e noi ʻia ʻoe no kahi palapala ʻae e komo i ka Pāka Lahui ʻo Sagarmatha. Ma hope o kēlā, e hele mākou ma kekahi alahaka kau ʻē aʻe a kū ma Jorsale no ka ʻaina awakea a me ka hoʻomaha.

Ma hope o ka ʻaina awakea, e hoʻomau mākou i kā mākou hele wāwae i ka ʻāpana piʻi, kahi i kapa ʻia ʻo Namche Ukalo. I ko mākou piʻi ʻana i Namche Bazaar, e ʻike mua mākou i ka mauna ʻo Everest ponoʻī a me nā piko kupaianaha ʻē aʻe mai ka nānā ʻana o Tope Danda i kēia lā 3 o ka huakaʻi kahua hoʻomoana ʻo Everest he 14 lā.

Ma kēia lā ʻehā o ka huakaʻi kikoʻī o ke kahua hoʻomoana Everest, e hoʻolilo mākou i hoʻokahi lā hou aʻe ma Namche Bazaar no ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana e kōkua i kou kino e hoʻomaʻamaʻa pono i ka wā e piʻi ana i ke kiʻekiʻe koʻikoʻi. Ma kahi o ka hoʻolilo ʻana i ka lā holoʻokoʻa ma Namche Bazaar, e hele mākou no ka hele wāwae māmā i nā wahi kokoke.

E hele mākou i kahi huakaʻi kakahiaka i ka Everest View Hotel e ʻike i ke ao gula ma luna o nā mauna nani o Ama Dablam, Everest, Lhotse, a me nā piko ʻē aʻe e pili ana. A laila, ma hope o ka hauʻoli ʻana i nā hiʻohiʻona nani o ka hōkele, e kipa aku mākou i ke Kauhale ʻo Khumjung, ke kahua mokulele ʻo Syangboche, a me ke Kauhale ʻo Kunde.

I ko mākou hoʻi ʻana i Namche Bazaar, e nānā mākou a puni ke Kula ʻo Hillary a me ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike Moʻomeheu Sherpa, kahi e hāʻawi ai i ka nui o ka ʻike mōʻaukala. A laila, e hoʻi mākou i ka hale hoʻokipa e hoʻomaha ai. E hoʻohui mua ʻia ke kumukūʻai o ka noho ʻana a me ka meaʻai ma Namche Bazaar no ke kumukūʻai o ka huakaʻi hele ma ke kahua hoʻomoana ʻo Everest i ka pūʻolo, no laila ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e hopohopo. E hoʻomaha wale a hoʻomaha no ka lā nui aʻe.

Ua hiki i ka manawa e hoʻomaka hou ai i kā mākou huakaʻi hele wāwae ma hope o kahi lā o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana ma kēia kahua hoʻomoana Everest me ka paʻakikī o ka hele wāwae. E hele mākou i kahi kauhale nani ʻē aʻe i kapa ʻia ʻo Tengboche. Holoholo mākou ma waena o nā ululāʻau rhododendron a me juniper i ka hui ʻana o ka zig-zag, nā iho ʻana, a me nā piʻi ʻana i kahi e hele ai mākou.

E hōʻea mākou i Lausasa ma hope o 2 mau hola o ka hele wāwae ʻana, kahi e māhele ai ke ala i ʻelua mau wahi, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻo kekahi he ala iho e lawe iā mākou i ke Kauhale ʻo Tengboche, a ʻo kekahi he ala piʻi e lawe iā mākou i ke awāwa ʻo Gokyo Lake. A laila, e hōʻea mākou i Phunki Tenga ma hope o hoʻokahi hola o ka iho ʻana mai Lausasa mai. A laila, hoʻomau mākou i kā mākou huakaʻi ma hope o ka ʻaina kakahiaka.

E hele mākou ma ke alahaka kau a piʻi i luna no kahi o 2 mau hola e hōʻea ai i ke kauhale ʻo Tengboche, kahi e ʻike ai ʻoe i nā hiʻohiʻona kupaianaha o Kwangde, Tawache, Everest, a me nā Himalayas ʻē aʻe. E ʻike pū ʻoe i ka Hale Mōneka ʻo Tengboche, ka hale mōneka nui loa ma ka ʻāina ʻo Everest. I kēia pō, e noho mākou i ka pō ma kēia kauhale ma kēia huakaʻi huakaʻi kahua hoʻomoana ʻo Everest he 14 lā.

I kēia lā, e haʻalele mākou i Dingboche mai Tengboche i ka lā 6 o ka huakaʻi ma ke kahua hoʻomoana ʻo Mount Everest ma ke alanui. E hele pū mākou i loko o ka Hale Mōneka ʻo Tengboche a hauʻoli i kona wahi maluhia i ke kakahiaka ma mua o ko mākou hoʻomau ʻana i ka hele wāwae. A laila, e ʻai mākou i ka ʻaina kakahiaka nui a hele wāwae i lalo i Imja Khola.

A laila, e hele mākou ma ke kahawai ma o ke alahaka kila a hele i ke ala o ke kauhale ʻo Pangboche. Ma ke ala, e hele ʻoe ma waena o nā paia mani, nā kauhale Sherpa liʻiliʻi nani, nā chortens, a me nā mea hou aku, ka mea e ʻoi aku ka leʻaleʻa o ka hele wāwae. E hōʻea mākou i ke kauhale ʻo Dingboche ma hope o ka hele wāwae ʻana no ʻehā a ʻelima mau hola.

He nui nā hale kūʻai tī ma Dingboche a me nā kamaʻāina ʻoluʻolu. Pale ʻia kēia kaiāulu e nā pā pōhaku, e pale ana i nā mea kanu mai nā holoholona e ʻai ana a me nā makani ikaika. E hiki iā ʻoe ke hauʻoli i nā hiʻohiʻona kupaianaha o Ama Dablam a me Island Peak. E noho mākou ma kēia kauhale no 2 pō ma kēia huakaʻi 14 lā o ka Mount Everest Base Camp Trek.

ʻO Dingboche ka lua o kahi e hoʻomaʻamaʻa ai ʻoe no ka hele ʻana i Everest Base Camp. E kōkua kēia hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka hōʻemi ʻana i nā pilikia o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka maʻi mauna koʻikoʻi ma muli o ka paʻakikī o ka hele ʻana ma ke kahua hoʻomoana ʻo Everest i ka wā e hele wāwae ana i nā piʻi kiʻekiʻe ma nā wahi kiʻekiʻe.

Pēlā nō, e hele mākou i kahi huakaʻi hele wāwae i ka piko o Nangkartshang (5170 m), ʻo ia ke ala maikaʻi loa e hoʻolilo ai i ka lā kaʻawale a hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ke aniau. E hoʻomau mākou i mua a hiki i ka puʻu piʻi ma hope o ka ʻai ʻana i ka ʻaina kakahiaka ʻono ma ka hale kī. E hala ʻelua hola a me ka hapa e hiki ai i ka piko o Nangkartshang.

Mai kēia wahi aku, e ʻike ʻia ʻoe e nā hiʻohiʻona kupaianaha o nā Himalayas i uhi ʻia i ka hau e like me Nuptse, Island Peak, Mt. Makalu, Ama Dablam, Lhotse, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe he nui. E hoʻolilo mākou i kekahi manawa e kaomi i nā kiʻi. A laila, hoʻi mākou i ko mākou wahi noho ma Dingboche e hoʻolilo i hoʻokahi pō hou ma mua o ka hoʻomau ʻana i kā mākou huakaʻi ma kēia palapala huakaʻi kikoʻī no ke kahua hoʻomoana ʻo Everest.

Ma hope o ka hoʻolilo ʻana i ʻelua pō ma ke Kauhale ʻo Dingboche ma kēia huakaʻi kahua hoʻomoana ʻo Everest he 14 lā ma ke alanui, e hoʻomaka hou mākou i kā mākou huakaʻi hele wāwae i ke Kauhale nani ʻo Lobuche. E hele wāwae mākou ma hope o ke awāwa ʻo Khumbu a me ka muliwai a laila e hele wāwae ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka Hau ʻo Khumbu nani. Ma hope o hoʻokahi hola a me ka hapa o ka hele wāwae ʻana, e hōʻea mākou i kahi noho ʻo Thukla, aia ma 4600 mika.

Ke hoʻomau nei mākou i kā mākou huakaʻi, e hōʻea mākou i Thukla Pass ma hope o kekahi manawa, kahi home o kahi kahua hoʻomanaʻo e hoʻohanohano ana i nā mea piʻi i make i ka huakaʻi piko ʻo Everest. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā hiʻohiʻona kokoke o nā mauna ʻo Pumori a me Nuptse ma ke ala. Ke hoʻokokoke aku ʻoe i ke Kauhale ʻo Lobuche, e ʻike ʻoe i nā ʻūlū a me ka hoʻoikaika e hoʻopau i kāu huakaʻi.

A laila, i kou hōʻea ʻana i ke kauhale ʻo Lobuche, e ʻike ʻoe i ka hoʻokipa maikaʻi ʻana o nā Sherpa. He kakaikahi nā hale kī ma kēia kauhale me nā pono kumu. ʻO kou lā ʻewalu o ka lanakila ʻana i ka pilikia o ka hele wāwae ma ke kahua hoʻomoana ʻo Everest e pau me nā kīʻaha kuʻuna ʻono ma ka hale kī o ke kauhale ʻo Lobuche.

ʻO kou lā ʻeiwa o ka huakaʻi i ke kahua hoʻomoana ʻo Mount Everest e hōʻea ana i ke kahua hoʻomoana ʻo Everest (EBC), ʻo ia ka piko o kāu huakaʻi. E ala mākou i kakahiaka nui i ka hola 4 e hoʻomaka i kā mākou huakaʻi ma hope o ka ʻai ʻana i ka ʻaina kakahiaka maikaʻi loa. E maʻalahi kā mākou huakaʻi hola mua, a ma hope o kēlā, pono mākou e piʻi i ka puʻu paʻakikī i Lobuche Pass ma ke kiʻekiʻe o 5110 mika.

Ma hope o ka hele wāwae ʻana no kekahi hola ʻē aʻe, e hōʻea mākou i Gorakshep, e noho ana ma kahi kiʻekiʻe o 5140 mika. Akā, e uku mai ka piʻi ʻana me ka nui o nā hiʻohiʻona kupaianaha. Ma hope o ka hoʻoluʻu ʻana i ka nani a me ka waiho ʻana i kā mākou mau waiwai i loko o ka hale kī o Gorakshep, a laila e hoʻomau mākou i kā mākou huakaʻi i ka piko o Everest Base Camp.

Pono mākou e hele ma ke ala i hana ʻia me nā hau i hoʻoheheʻe ʻia, no laila e hoʻomau me ke akahele. Ma hope o ka hele wāwae ʻana no hoʻokahi hola a me ka hapa mai Gorakshep, e hōʻea mākou i EBC. Ua kūkulu ka poʻe piʻi mauna i nā halelewa he nui ma ʻaneʻi ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kā lākou huakaʻi e lanakila ai i ka mauna ʻo Everest. Mai ʻaneʻi aku, e ʻike ʻoe i nā hiʻohiʻona ʻōlinolino o Mt. Everest, Khumbuste, Nuptse, a me nā piko nui ʻē aʻe.

E hoʻolilo mākou i ka manawa kūpono ma ʻaneʻi i hiki iā ʻoe ke leʻaleʻa i nā nani a pau o ka ʻāina ma EBC. Hiki iā ʻoe ke paʻi wikiō, kaomi i nā kiʻi, a pāʻani paha me ka hau ma ka hauʻoli piha ʻana. Ma hope iho, e hoʻi mākou i ko mākou mau kapuaʻi i Gorak Shep, kahi a mākou i waiho ai i kā mākou mau waiwai e hoʻolilo i ka pō ma ka huakaʻi hele wāwae 14 lā ma ke kahua hoʻomoana ʻo Mt. Everest.

Ma hope o ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka huakaʻi e piʻi i luna o Everest Base Camp, ʻo kāu hiʻohiʻona nui aʻe o ka palapala huakaʻi kikoʻī o Everest Base Camp e hōʻea i kahi kiʻekiʻe loa o ka piʻi ʻana, ʻo Kala Patthar, ma 5545 m. E ala mākou i kakahiaka nui ma mua o ka wanaʻao. Ma hope o ko mākou hiki ʻana i Kala Patthar, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā hiʻohiʻona panoramic 360° o Pumori, Nuptse, Lhotse, a me Everest e ʻālohilohi nani ana ma luna o nā kukuna o ka lā.

A laila, e hoʻi hou mākou i ko mākou mau kapuaʻi i Gorak Shep no ka ʻai mua o ka lā. E hele wāwae mākou ma hope o ke ala pololei e hele ana ma Lobuche lāua ʻo Thukla Village. Ma hope o kēlā, e hele mākou ma ke kahawai a lawe i nā ala hema e lawe iā mākou i Pheriche Village. ʻO ke ala ʻākau e lawe iā ʻoe i Dingboche.

E iho ana mākou i lalo i kēia manawa, no laila e emi mau ana ko mākou kiʻekiʻe i ko mākou hoʻi ʻana i Lukla, kahi a mākou i hoʻomaka ai i kā mākou piʻi ʻana. Ma hope o ka hele wāwae ʻana no 4 a 5 mau hola, e hōʻea mākou i ke Kauhale ʻo Pheriche. He wahi noho Sherpa nani ʻo Pheriche ma kahi kiʻekiʻe o 4371 mika.

Ua hoʻokumu ʻia nā haukapila o kēia kauhale no ka mālama ʻana i nā mea lawe ukana a me nā alakaʻi. I ka lā ʻapōpō e hoʻi mākou i Namche Bazaar ma kēia huakaʻi hele i ke kahua hoʻomoana ʻo Mount Everest.

Ma kēia lā ʻumikūmākahi o ka huakaʻi hele wāwae ma ke kahua hoʻomoana ʻo Everest, he huakaʻi kupaianaha ia, e hoʻomaka mākou i kahi huakaʻi lōʻihi i Namche Bazaar. E hoʻomaka mākou e hele wāwae no 30 mau minuke i Pheriche Pass ma 4470 mika a piʻi i lalo i kahi kiʻekiʻe haʻahaʻa. E lawe ke ala iho iā mākou i nā kauhale ʻo Somare, Pangboche, a me Orsho.

A laila, e hele mākou ma ke kahawai ʻo Imja Khola a hele wāwae ma waena o Milingo lāua ʻo Deboche a piʻi iki a hiki i ke kauhale ʻo Tengboche. Mai ʻaneʻi, e hoʻomau hou mākou i kā mākou huakaʻi hele wāwae i Phunki Tenga ma 3250 mika, kahi a mākou e kū ai e ʻai i ka ʻaina awakea ma kahi hale hoʻokipa. Ma hope iho, pono mākou e hele i luna i Lausasa no hoʻokahi hola.

He pālahalaha ke ala mai Lausasa a alakaʻi i Namche Bazaar ma hope o ka huakaʻi ʻelua hola. Ma hope o ka hoʻolilo ʻana i nā lā he nui ma nā hale kī mamao ma nā wahi kiʻekiʻe, e loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi ʻoluʻolu o kēia au. No laila, e hauʻoli i ka ʻauʻau wela a hoʻoulu hou iā ʻoe iho ma hope o ka kū ʻana i ka paʻakikī o ka hele wāwae ma ke kahua hoʻomoana ʻo Everest ma kēia huakaʻi.

E hele wāwae ʻoe no ka lā hope loa ma kēia huakaʻi kahua hoʻomoana ʻo Mt. Everest ma ke alanui huakaʻi i Lukla mai Namche Bazaar. E hoʻomaka mākou i kā mākou hele wāwae ma hope koke o ka ʻaina kakahiaka nui ma Namche Bazaar. E iho mākou i lalo o Namche Ukalo a hele wāwae i ke kauhale ʻo Jorsale.

Pēlā nō, e puka mākou mai ka Pāka Lahui ʻo Sagarmatha a laila e hele ma waena o ke Kauhale ʻo Monjo, kahi a mākou e nānā mua ai i kā mākou mau palapala ʻae e komo i ka paka. Ma hope o kēlā, e hele wāwae mākou ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka muliwai ʻo Dudh Koshi. A laila, e hala hou mākou i ke kauhale ʻo Phakding, ʻo ia kahi e noho ai i ka pō ma kā mākou huakaʻi hele wāwae i kahi hoʻomoana kumu ʻo Everest no 14 mau lā.

Ma hope o ka hele wāwae ʻana no 3 a 4 mau hola e uhi ana i kahi mamao o 10 a 19 km, e hōʻea mākou iā Lukla. ʻO kēia ka pō hope loa ma ka ʻāina ʻo Khumbu ma kēia huakaʻi huakaʻi kahua hoʻomoana ʻo Mount Everest. No laila, e hauʻoli i ka lewa mālie o ke kuahiwi a e mālama i ka hoʻomanaʻo āu e ʻike ai i kēlā me kēia ʻanuʻu i kēia huakaʻi paʻakikī kupaianaha o kahi huakaʻi waena.

E holo ana mākou i kahi mokulele wanaʻao i Kathmandu mai Lukla. E haʻalele ka mokulele ma Kathmandu ma kahi o 35 mau minuke, e hāʻawi ana i kahi lele nani. I ka wā o ka lele ʻana, hiki iā ʻoe ke komo i loko o ka hiʻohiʻona o ka ʻāina ʻo Khumbu no ka manawa hope loa ma kēia huakaʻi i ke kahua hoʻomoana ʻo Everest he 14 lā ka lōʻihi o ka huakaʻi.

Hiki iā ʻoe ke koho i kahi mokulele helikopter i Kathmandu mai Lukla e kiʻi i ka ʻike maka manu maikaʻi loa mai ka lewa. Ma hope o ka hōʻea ʻana i ke kahua mokulele ma Kathmandu, e kiʻi mai kā mākou kaʻa hui iā mākou a lawe iā ʻoe i kou lumi hōkele. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomaha i ka hōkele a hoʻomaha no ka lā holoʻokoʻa ma mua o ka haʻalele ʻana mai Nepal mai ma ka mokulele lōʻihi o ka lā ʻapōpō.

Ma hope o ke awakea, e ʻākoakoa pū kākou a pau e hoʻolauleʻa ai i kā kākou huakaʻi huakaʻi holomua a kikoʻī hoʻi ma ke kahua kahua ʻo Everest a hāʻawi iā ʻoe i nā palapala hōʻoia ma ke ʻano he hōʻailona o ke aloha. ʻO kēia kou hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i nā hoʻokō nui o kou ola. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻimi i ke ola pō ola o Thamel e hoʻopau i kou lā ma Nepal.

Ma kēia lā 14, e pau ana kāu mau pūʻolo huakaʻi hoʻomoana kahua ʻo Everest. E hoʻokuʻu aku kā mākou limahana keʻena iā ʻoe i ke kahua mokulele ʻelua a ʻekolu paha hola ma mua o kou manawa lele ma kahi kaʻa hui a kōkua i kāu mau ukana kaumaha. Inā ʻo kou manawa lele i ke ahiahi, hiki iā mākou ke lawe iā ʻoe i ka mākaʻikaʻi ma ke awāwa ʻo Kathmandu. Lana ko mākou manaʻo e hauʻoli piha ʻoe i kāu palapala huakaʻi hoʻomoana kahua ʻo Mount Everest.