Just found your video. Very nice work!! Great job all. I was at Mera 3 weeks after you guys left. Much less snow on the trail but much colder and a lot more wind! Didn't make it to the top due to wind and cold!
What an amazing trip! And editing of the footage. Trips like these would make you friends for life. Do most peoples attitudes change in the way back down, as in excitement and starting to think the trip is almost over? Or do you find a tea house? Have a few beers and reminisce about what has just happened. Thanks
Thanks for your message. Yes, adventures like this definitely change you. For many though it can take a few months after getting home for the experience and what has just been achieved to really resonate. But celebratory beers are a must when you get back to Lukla - especially in recognition of the incredible efforts by your porter and sherpa guide team who are the reason these trips are successful.
Go team! Well done on breaking the trail. I was with summitclimb a few days earlier with another Australian was around minus 25 at the central summit with winds of around 60 clicks and looks like similar conditions too :-) Congrats again to all of you. Great video! Cho oyu now? ;)
Fantastic video thank you. I'll be doing this trip in September. Any tips, hidden gems or essential gear you recommend (outside of the normal trekking gear)??
***** thanks Nick, unfortunately already booked though it is the last couple of days of September then though October.....best go check my waterproofs...
what route did you take? there are a few shots of you guys at Namche.... i thought that you needed to go the opposite direction from Lukla than the trek to Everest. I'm planning this trek for later next year having been to EBC a few years back and a few summits in the Alps this year.
G'day mate, yeah well spotted. We usually head up to Namche for a couple of nights to get a solid acclimatisation going. Makes it possible to come back through Lukla and go straight over the Zawtra La safely in one day (after a night at Chutanga).
This doco was filmed in October. Be good to have you join us on our Mera trip running in April/ May 2018: trekclimbskinepal.com.au/nepal-tours/mera-peak/#highlights . Feel free to register your interest via our site. Cheers - Nick
Yes Lindsay, on this occasion we climbed Mera Central not Mera North. And you are right, for our group of clients attempting their first 6000m peak it was a great effort!
The mountain has three peaks: southern, central, and northern. The two higher peaks were climbed earlier but the central peak is the hardest. (which is the one they climb in the documentary.)
I didn't use it on Kilimanjaro a couple of weeks ago and after getting dehydrated 150m from the top I got really sick and had to go down. Everyone else who used it breezed it
We see that a lot of Kili trips ascend pretty quick. We take at least 8 - 9 days to get to the 5000m mark and then proceed higher from there. We don't use Kili as an accurate guide for the likelihood of being able to acclimatise properly in Nepal. Diamox definitely helps, but it's no substitute for a safe rate of ascent with the right food and hydration.
I did the 7 day Lemosho route and was absolutely fine until I ran out of water at about 5,500m and then by 5,700 I was starting to get really sick. I was bit dehydrated from sleeping during the day before summit night and not hydrating properly before we set off. A lesson learned!
Trek Climb Ski Nepal It must be me,it's as safe as crossing a four lane motorway at peak time on a friday..Thanx for the reply the one word explain's it well awesome enjoy guy's.
