THREE PASSES TREK + EVEREST BASECAMP | NEPAL | UNGUIDED (Part 1)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ต.ค. 2024
- We start our hike of the Three Passes and Everest Basecamp trek. We go unguided and without any porters. This is part of one of our Three High Passes and EBC Trek series. We start in Kathamandu and then head to Ramchamp, and then fly to Lukla. We then go from Lukla to Phakding. On our second day we hike Phakding to Namche.
We love trekking in the Himalayas in Nepal, and this is our 2nd long trek we have done in Nepal. We hope you enjoy the adventure and beauty of trekking in the beautiful Everest region :)
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Seems to be a lot of people taking helicopters now instead of the normal traditional flight. Nice video so far. Looking forward to watching all of them, on the 3 passes
Thanks! We did see a ton of helicopters come through. It's hard to say for sure whether it was people just visiting for the day or people just skipping a big portion of the trek. Either way, we're glad we hiked it.
That's an epic adventure! Great video guys!
The Adventures of Zoom and Bettie thank you so much! So kind. It was quite the adventure :)
This is on our list! Unguided seems so much better, your own pace and schedule. Did you guys camp between villages at all or is that even allowed?
I saw people camped in Namche bazaar. There are warnings of no lettering, no drone-flying inside the national park. However I see no mention of no-camping. On the other hand, before Dingboche, villages aren't far apart. Even going higher up, the cost for accommodation is still cheap for western standard. So. there isn't much reason to camp. Carrying extra weight is really no fun when in 4000m+, when the low oxygen level really have an impact on your body.
CandE.Adventures thank you for watching and commenting! We are so happy we went unguided! It’s very easy to follow and it allows extra days if one gets sick. If you watch our next videos you’ll see we both did get quite sick 😬 We did not camp between villages and it’s not needed as there are so many villages with places to stay that are super affordable. The weight would not be desirable to carry up. We would not recommend it.
spektrumB totally agree! Thank you for your very informative comment! The drone thing is good to mention. We got asked by a park ranger if we had a drone with us so they seem to take it quite seriously.
Why would having a guide and/or porter mean you can not go at your own pace and schedule? Who pays is the boss and calls the shots. Guide is a consultant and helper. Porter carries.
@@spektrumB There is no point in camping, in most villages you would have to camp at the lodge backyards anyway and pay a room price for it. Wild camping is possible, but then you have to carry cooking gear also, not worth the trouble.
There are still camping treks to EBC available, but they are a romantic anachronism from the seventies-eighties when lodge network was not nearly as good as it is now. Why pay three times more to sleep in a tent and eat outside when using lodges is so much cheaper and more comfortable.
Such a great adventure! How many days in total at the end?
Thanks! I think it was about 16 days including rest days.
Since you trekked independent ,same as me, did same three passes trek pl.us up to base camp, opposite direction from Namche many times .Did you consider walk in from Jiri, walk out from Bandar. .?No need pre book air ticket, purchase bus ticket day before at bus station walking distance from Thamel easy and way less expensive. Enjoy.
We did consider that, sometimes I think it would have been better, but we didn’t have enough time.
Great video. What time our year was your trek.
Thank you
pbr2424 we started in mid-late October and ended in early November!
Love from Nepal 🇳🇵💕
Aww thank you!!! ❤️❤️❤️
I just showed up. Great job
Thank you! ☺️ Welcome!
If doing the 3 Passes trek going though Tengpoche is justified, but if doing just the standard EBC trek people should note that there is a much more impressive trail which should be used on the way up. Namely the Mong La - Phortse - Pangpoche high scening trail. Vastly better views, wildlife and almost no trekkers. Tengpoche can be visited on the way down.
Good to know
Nice vlogs, great acheievement
Thanks!
What were you packing lists? I plan on doing this unguided solo.
Hi! That’s awesome! We actually created a separate video with our packing list: th-cam.com/video/N6DF41hM6VE/w-d-xo.html
Good luck with your trek! It’s so beautiful!
AMAZING
Mahmud Farooque thank you! ☺️We loved that trek so much.
hello! im planing to do exactly the trek which you guy done with my girlfriend. could you please tell me where i can find your itinerary? thank you very much!
I would recommend checking this out: www.weseektravel.com/three-passes-trek-itinerary/. It provides a good itinerary. It helps to be flexible and allow several rest days in case of Illness or acclimatization difficulties. I would also recommend getting a map of the area as well as GPS tracks on your phone. You can use the app Backcountry Navigator or Gaia GPS. Best of luck! Let me know if you have any other questions.
@@PursuingMountains Thank you very much guys!!
@@PursuingMountains good advice there. One note: it is also possible to stay overnight next to the Ama Dablam BC at Mingbo Kharka. Gives good acclimatisation as it is at the same elevation as DIngpoche. Usually 2 nights at 4300m altitude is recommended anyway.
Do you bring your own bedsheet?
We brought cocoon silk liners which are kind of like bedsheets. The beds do have bedsheets on them but we linked the extra layer. You will also need to bring a sleeping bag though.
@@PursuingMountains Good advice, thanks!
I think people actually had a limit on how much a porter should carry in previous expeditions but the porters always wanted to carry more because in their eyes setting a limit (I think it was 50 kilos or something, don't remember) on how much they could carry is 1, a trip wasted, since the more they carry the more money they make and 2, an attack on their abilities because it's like saying "you can't do more than that you might get hurt"... "oh how dare you insult my professional skills I've been doing this all my life, you don't know how much I can carry better than I do" so anyway, in the Western traveler's eyes that's a safety issue but to them it's a livelihood and personal pride issue lol
I could totally understand that.
Hillary Bridge is the tallest suspension bridge of the world. People who suffer from vertigo have to look up but down.
Wow we didn’t know it was the tallest suspension bridge in the world! It was so high up there.
Unless there is fresh snow covering the trails on those three mountain passes and the glaciers. Three passes trek is very doable without guide.
When I did the trek. I had that mixed feeling also. Yes, tourists bring money there, and help creating jobs. But that's back-breaking jobs. Porters of all ages, old men to very young teenagers, even women, all carrying insane amount of weight going up the hills. I don't know if we're doing good or bad for the local people there.
spektrumB thank you for watching and commenting! We were very happy we went unguided and without porters. So doable.
We agree it seems so wrong that the porters are overweighted. There should be regulations for all porters. In a couple episodes from now we talk about this in more detail after talking to a porter. Apparently there are regulations for porters who are part of a trek but not the porters who bring supplies to the villages. However, even with the regulations for the trek tours they are not enforced so people often still carry way to much.
@@PursuingMountains So who determines what is too much, a soft westerner, or a hardened professional who can carry 100+ kg for decades? Commercial porters decide themselves how much to carry, and they know exactly how to maximise their earnings. That is why the average weight is 80 kg. How about asking western professional athletes to dial down their performance by 70 % for safety? They are doing it just for entertainment, commercial porters are actually absolutely necessary in the roadless mountains. Trekking porters carry 70% less and get paid 3 times as much as commercial porters (because tourists are soft hearted). No need to feel bad for them.