What do you guys think of the Everest Base Camp trek? Would you do it? Do you want to do it? Have you ever had altitude sickness (AMS) before? What did you do to deal with it? We slowed our pace and changed up our elevation but I also drank SO much hot fresh ginger and lemon tea and survived off Pringles and mango juice (everything else made me feel nauseous.) What were your home remedies? Tell me, tell me :)
That's a great tip! I was trying to drink as much as I could but I think it was also hard because it was hot hiking during the day so I could have been losing water by sweating as well.
Simon S, Todd Hata, Matthew Taylor and Roger Karmacharya - when I reuploaded the video, I lost your comments/ questions. Would you guys mind commenting/ asking your question again on this video so I can see what they are? Thank you!
Ugh! Just realized that - thanks so much for letting me know Rachit. It sounded fine in my edit but it's SO loud here on TH-cam. Totally wouldn't have noticed if you wouldn't have said something so thank you very much! I will add captions to this video so hopefully that will help a bit.
Thank you! I hope you do go sometime. You have plenty of time to start saving money and making plans only being 16, you could also look into Study Abroad and/or Student Ambassadors :)
There is a much more impressive high trail across the valley looking from Tengboche, which goes via Mong La - Phortse - Pangpoche. Everybody should go up that way and visit Tengboche on the way down.
great video...but for example in Romania you don't even have 30$ (maybe more like 10-12 at most) a day for living...and this is only for staying...and walking at 200m altitude :)))
Wow, never thought about no guides! So was it easy to book accommodation along the track? No guides no Porters would save you a lot of coin. Great video. Good work
Thanks again for the great video! I'm planning on doing a long trip next year so will be in the same boat as you (not having much hiking clothes/no sleeping bag) just wondering a rough ball park on what I should budget for this trek.
YES! So stoked for you Matthew. This trek was WAY less expensive than I was anticipating. For what I bought in Kathmandu, it all came out to just over $200 USD but I really shopped around for the best deal and negotiated pretty well (I had just come from India after all.) The most expensive thing I bought was the sleeping bag that was a "North Face" 40- Below and it was only $40! Keep in mind though, I am super minimal so I didn't buy every little thing people/books said I needed. Don't buy new shoes (they will kill your feet) just make what ever footwear you have work or buy shoes months beforehand while you're traveling and break them in. The tea houses are dirt cheap - anywhere from $3 - $5 dollars a night. Food is pretty cheap, $5 to $6 dollars a meal plus more for hot lemon water (buy ginger root at the market and bring it with you on the trek - I cut up fresh ginger and had lemon ginger tea every night, it helped settle my stomach.) You can get snacks for a few bucks. Honestly, I was so sick from the altitude, I couldn't eat much so I probably saved money there but even so, budget maybe $15 - $20 dollars in for food per day. Other than that, there is really nothing else to spend money on. You shouldn't drink much booze (not good for you while trekking) and there is not much to do besides hike/trek. Books are free as in you can take trade books from guesthouse to guesthouse so as long as you start with one, you can keep trading for free. Permits for the Everest region and your TIMS card (you need both) will be about $50 and the flight is $150 each way I think? I took a flight one way and then hiked and took a van back which was cheap but I wouldn't recommend it (you'll hear about it in my next video, lol.) I think for the 3 weeks on the trail, I spent around $400 NOT including permits, flight and gear/ clothes. So excited for you - happy travels!!!!
I really don't understand why you have only 1900 subs.. You are amazing! Your video's are so much fun, informative and inspiring, and just really professional. I love them 😊❤️
Thank you so much! It's been a really fun process learning this whole TH-cam thing. So thankful for the TH-cam community :) Happy travels girl and thanks for watching!
LINDSEY! I recently booked a one way ticket to Lima in November, two friends and I are planning on backpacking South America for as long as possible. Vaccinations, gear and all that pre travel stuff are taken care of. But we are still working on the budget. If we stay at cheap hostels, eat cheap and travel by bus. How far do you think we get on $5500 each? Would that be enough for at least 4 months? Btw, I found your channel just yesterday and have already watched your every video. Love it!
Hi Samuel, thanks so much and happy travels to you guys! It sounds like you all have an epic trip planned. I absolutely think $5,500 will last you guys 4 months easily. By staying in hostels and taking local transit, you'll be able to keep it at or around $1,000 a month, no problem. Peru and Bolivia will be cheaper, Chile and Brazil will be more expensive so balance out your budget by spending less when you can and splurging when you need to. I think for $5,500 you can get by easily for 4 months, 5 months if you wanted to cut it close and if you wanted to really shoe-string it and/or you're super money savvy you could even maybe swing 6 months as well. I would say the sweet spot for making mistakes (we all do!) and factoring in one or two fun expensive things (a night or two at a decent hotel, a few rowdy nights out at bar or things like SCUBA diving, sky diving, etc) between 4 - 5 months is a good bet. Excited to see where you guys end up!
I just absolutely love your videos. Your style of editing is so nice and fresh. I would like to know how big your's backpack was in this adventure :) Love from Finland. :)
Hi Riika, thanks so much - so happy you like them! So, I used a Targus laptop backpack for my entire trip (which is what I used on this trek as well.) I wouldn't necessarily recommend it (there are no hip supports) but it's what I had so I used it. I only trekked with what I needed and left the rest of my stuff in a common room at a guesthouse in Kathmandu. I was worried about leaving my stuff in the room because I had to leave my Mac laptop and hard drive with them and everything was unlocked so they could have been easily stolen but they weren't and everything was totally fine. This is literally the exact backpack I had but any backpack will work. Thanks for watching :) www.amazon.com/Targus-Drifter-Backpack-16-Inch-TSB238US/dp/B004YIFKRM/ref=sr_1_1?s=apparel&ie=UTF8&qid=1475091976&sr=1-1&nodeID=9479199011&keywords=targus+laptop+backpack
Wonderful content but I have a question would you happen to have a map of the route you took while travelling the world because I'm also saving up to travel around the world. Cheers from Belgium :)
Ehtisham Khokhar hi Ehtisham, I don't have a specific map but you can kind of pull it together from my series. I started a blog (lindsaymc.com) where I just started to write some details from the destinations and videos - it's still not necessarily a How To but hopefully helpful a little bit at least. Thanks for watching and hope you have so much fun on your trip!!!
I can't not belive i discovery your chanel just right now!! I've been watching in your videos and you're really an ispiration for all of us. please keep it up!!
Lindsay. Im loving the content you are putting up on your channel. I have done a lot of travelling myself and your videos are giving me the travel bug feeling.
Hey Connor, thanks so much! It's been quite the learning process with these videos so that means a lot :) Hope you're off to somewhere far-flung soon and happy travels!
Hey. I'm quite curious to how much you guys had to pay for the permits to get on the mountain. I was seriously considering going to climb the mountain but I heard that it's ridiculously expensive. Thank you :)
Hey Kareen, so to climb the mountain is different than just trekking to base camp (which is what I did.) The Everest Base Camp trek (or EBC) takes about 2 weeks but you just trek from Lukla to base camp and back to Lukla. It costs $30 for the park permit and then another $20 for a TIMS card (so about $50 total) for permits and then you pay for food and accommodation along the way. If you want to climb to the top of Mount Everest that's a totally different thing. For that you still trek from Lukla to base camp but you then live at base camp for about two to three months, preparing for the climb. I haven't done that but from what I hear, it costs around $100K. I would love to climb Mt Everest one day. I fell in love with the area when I was there but it's worth doing the trek even if you're not going to climb. It's epic. Happy travels!
Wow, this is one pretty epic trip. How did you find being vegetarian whilst travelling? Especially those 8 months in S.E Asia, when you wandered away from the main tourist spots and here on the Everest trek where your options are limited.
Thanks Leanne! It was easy to be vegetarian on the Everest Base Camp trek because the mountain is a "no kill" zone so meat is hard to find anyway. In SE Asia, it's a little trickier because fish sauce is in EVERYTHING but if you learn the words for Vegetarian and No Fish Sauce (I forgot or I would tell you) it's not so bad. I ate a lot of street food so it's made to order in front of you so you can watch what they put in which is helpful if you don't know the language. Hope this helps and happy travels!
It does, thank you :) Everest and SE Asia are on my huge list of places to go. I only became vegetarian last year and in the trips I have managed so far I found Prague was really easy for veggies, Gdansk was pretty good too but Italy was harder than I expected and required more planning and translating menus as I like to eat away from tourist hotspots. Dublin, Berlin and Slovenia are next so they should be pretty simple :) Thanks again :D
I covered what I packed really quickly at the end of the video below and yes, I left the rest of my stuff at a guesthouse in Kathmandu. I wish I remembered the name but they were so nice. They let us leave our stuff there for free the entire time we were trekking. I left my laptop, hard drive and a lot of expensive stuff in addition to my extra clothes and it was all still there when we got back (phew!) Happy travels! th-cam.com/video/DQgkWXJAJf4/w-d-xo.html
Hello pretty! In what period of the year you have made the trekk? From where you have bought the tickets to Lukla and how much they were? TIMS cards and permits to the park can be made in Lukla or where you have made them, KTM? You are a frequent hiker? How hard is the three passes route?
Hi Exo - I did the trek in end of April / beginning of May. I bought my tickets from the airport in Lukla (thru the airline at a tourist desk, I believe.) I think I flew Yeti Air but there are quite a few options. It's $140 each way to fly. I bought my TIMS and permits on the trail, I think you can still do that. Otherwise you have to get them in Kathmandu. I'm a frequent hiker but my friend is not and she was fine. The 3 Passes Trek is the hardest option but as I said, we planned on doing it but couldn't end up actually doing it. We just did the straight trek, it was lovely! Happy travels!
Corey Zoe yes it is okay, you just have to be sure you have the correct paperwork (Tims card and permit) and register with the park service. It's totally okay to trek without a guide and I actually preferred it! :) happy trekking!
Ah thank you so much for the video. Planning on this exact trip early next year without a guide and glad I can watch you do it first, too many people seems to load up on porters and a guide. Didn't know about the 3 passes route until now so you've just changed my trip!
Mother Chimp strongly suggest purchase Lonely planet Trekking In Nepal Himalayam, study it,all routes ,maps,elevations,etc all information you need. Give you credit and Lindsay for planning to do independently.No need for guide or porter.Another recommendation instead of f.y in walk in
So for this, I only had my iPhone and a little HDFlip Cam (do you remember those cameras from forever ago? They don't even make them anymore!) That's it!
Beth Leigh I'm back in LA now. I'm going through all of the footage from my trip and filming the "sit down" part and editing it now. I didn't really edit on the road at all
Yes! Totally. That's why I just took it all on a GoPro then and then sorted it out once I was home. It definitely takes a long time but I'd rather not take time out of my trip to do it... I hope you have the best time on your trip!
What do you guys think of the Everest Base Camp trek? Would you do it? Do you want to do it? Have you ever had altitude sickness (AMS) before? What did you do to deal with it? We slowed our pace and changed up our elevation but I also drank SO much hot fresh ginger and lemon tea and survived off Pringles and mango juice (everything else made me feel nauseous.) What were your home remedies? Tell me, tell me :)
plastic bag
LOL! To throw up in?
yup,moreover i should say "bags"
When I was ladakh told to drink lots of water (2-3 lit/day). It really helped me in acclimatization.
That's a great tip! I was trying to drink as much as I could but I think it was also hard because it was hot hiking during the day so I could have been losing water by sweating as well.
Simon S, Todd Hata, Matthew Taylor and Roger Karmacharya - when I reuploaded the video, I lost your comments/ questions. Would you guys mind commenting/ asking your question again on this video so I can see what they are? Thank you!
hey Lindsay towards the end the background score is taking over the narration part, just wanted to let you know
Ugh! Just realized that - thanks so much for letting me know Rachit. It sounded fine in my edit but it's SO loud here on TH-cam. Totally wouldn't have noticed if you wouldn't have said something so thank you very much! I will add captions to this video so hopefully that will help a bit.
so....how much did it cost,?
USD 1299 , go this link for details besttrekkinginnepal.com/travel-nepal/110/ebc-everest-base-camp-trek.html
AddaGirl www.himalayanguiding.com
I really love this video! Your videos are really inspirational. I want to go there, but I'm only 16.
Thank you! I hope you do go sometime. You have plenty of time to start saving money and making plans only being 16, you could also look into Study Abroad and/or Student Ambassadors :)
Akshit Sanghavi when you are 19 and want to go to everest base camp keep on touch
There is a much more impressive high trail across the valley looking from Tengboche, which goes via Mong La - Phortse - Pangpoche. Everybody should go up that way and visit Tengboche on the way down.
Good to see your clips and recently I was there
buddha born Nepal
Yep
great video...but for example in Romania you don't even have 30$ (maybe more like 10-12 at most) a day for living...and this is only for staying...and walking at 200m altitude :)))
Wow, never thought about no guides! So was it easy to book accommodation along the track? No guides no Porters would save you a lot of coin. Great video. Good work
Hey, I would like to welcome you to do the K2 base camp trek the most challanging as well.
So spent some time looking for part two before realising it's not there haha.
Mountain Springs lol, oh no! I'm uploading the second part tonight so you won't have to wait too long :)
Good to know. I'm subscribed so will keep an eye out for it. Thanks for the reply!
Thanks again for the great video! I'm planning on doing a long trip next year so will be in the same boat as you (not having much hiking clothes/no sleeping bag) just wondering a rough ball park on what I should budget for this trek.
YES! So stoked for you Matthew. This trek was WAY less expensive than I was anticipating. For what I bought in Kathmandu, it all came out to just over $200 USD but I really shopped around for the best deal and negotiated pretty well (I had just come from India after all.) The most expensive thing I bought was the sleeping bag that was a "North Face" 40- Below and it was only $40! Keep in mind though, I am super minimal so I didn't buy every little thing people/books said I needed. Don't buy new shoes (they will kill your feet) just make what ever footwear you have work or buy shoes months beforehand while you're traveling and break them in. The tea houses are dirt cheap - anywhere from $3 - $5 dollars a night. Food is pretty cheap, $5 to $6 dollars a meal plus more for hot lemon water (buy ginger root at the market and bring it with you on the trek - I cut up fresh ginger and had lemon ginger tea every night, it helped settle my stomach.) You can get snacks for a few bucks. Honestly, I was so sick from the altitude, I couldn't eat much so I probably saved money there but even so, budget maybe $15 - $20 dollars in for food per day. Other than that, there is really nothing else to spend money on. You shouldn't drink much booze (not good for you while trekking) and there is not much to do besides hike/trek. Books are free as in you can take trade books from guesthouse to guesthouse so as long as you start with one, you can keep trading for free. Permits for the Everest region and your TIMS card (you need both) will be about $50 and the flight is $150 each way I think? I took a flight one way and then hiked and took a van back which was cheap but I wouldn't recommend it (you'll hear about it in my next video, lol.) I think for the 3 weeks on the trail, I spent around $400 NOT including permits, flight and gear/ clothes. So excited for you - happy travels!!!!
good to hear you been Nepal
I really don't understand why you have only 1900 subs.. You are amazing! Your video's are so much fun, informative and inspiring, and just really professional. I love them 😊❤️
Thank you so much! It's been a really fun process learning this whole TH-cam thing. So thankful for the TH-cam community :) Happy travels girl and thanks for watching!
LINDSEY! I recently booked a one way ticket to Lima in November, two friends and I are planning on backpacking South America for as long as possible. Vaccinations, gear and all that pre travel stuff are taken care of. But we are still working on the budget.
If we stay at cheap hostels, eat cheap and travel by bus. How far do you think we get on $5500 each? Would that be enough for at least 4 months?
Btw, I found your channel just yesterday and have already watched your every video. Love it!
Hi Samuel, thanks so much and happy travels to you guys! It sounds like you all have an epic trip planned. I absolutely think $5,500 will last you guys 4 months easily. By staying in hostels and taking local transit, you'll be able to keep it at or around $1,000 a month, no problem. Peru and Bolivia will be cheaper, Chile and Brazil will be more expensive so balance out your budget by spending less when you can and splurging when you need to. I think for $5,500 you can get by easily for 4 months, 5 months if you wanted to cut it close and if you wanted to really shoe-string it and/or you're super money savvy you could even maybe swing 6 months as well. I would say the sweet spot for making mistakes (we all do!) and factoring in one or two fun expensive things (a night or two at a decent hotel, a few rowdy nights out at bar or things like SCUBA diving, sky diving, etc) between 4 - 5 months is a good bet. Excited to see where you guys end up!
I just absolutely love your videos. Your style of editing is so nice and fresh. I would like to know how big your's backpack was in this adventure :) Love from Finland. :)
Hi Riika, thanks so much - so happy you like them! So, I used a Targus laptop backpack for my entire trip (which is what I used on this trek as well.) I wouldn't necessarily recommend it (there are no hip supports) but it's what I had so I used it. I only trekked with what I needed and left the rest of my stuff in a common room at a guesthouse in Kathmandu. I was worried about leaving my stuff in the room because I had to leave my Mac laptop and hard drive with them and everything was unlocked so they could have been easily stolen but they weren't and everything was totally fine. This is literally the exact backpack I had but any backpack will work. Thanks for watching :)
www.amazon.com/Targus-Drifter-Backpack-16-Inch-TSB238US/dp/B004YIFKRM/ref=sr_1_1?s=apparel&ie=UTF8&qid=1475091976&sr=1-1&nodeID=9479199011&keywords=targus+laptop+backpack
Wonderful content but I have a question would you happen to have a map of the route you took while travelling the world because I'm also saving up to travel around the world. Cheers from Belgium :)
Ehtisham Khokhar hi Ehtisham, I don't have a specific map but you can kind of pull it together from my series. I started a blog (lindsaymc.com) where I just started to write some details from the destinations and videos - it's still not necessarily a How To but hopefully helpful a little bit at least. Thanks for watching and hope you have so much fun on your trip!!!
I can't not belive i discovery your chanel just right now!! I've been watching in your videos and you're really an ispiration for all of us. please keep it up!!
Hi Rafael, thanks so much! :)
Lindsay. Im loving the content you are putting up on your channel. I have done a lot of travelling myself and your videos are giving me the travel bug feeling.
Hey Connor, thanks so much! It's been quite the learning process with these videos so that means a lot :) Hope you're off to somewhere far-flung soon and happy travels!
How many countries have you travelled to?
Hm, I think around 45 or 46? I need to sit down and count it out one day lol
The music is louder than your voice - what a shame.
I know, it's such a bummer. I didn't realize until too late. I'm new to editing so I'm still learning all the time :)
thanks 4r coming nepal sis
Gurung Lx love Nepal!
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Yeaaah! First comment, Chris - you even beat me! I love it :)
Views are as beautiful as u r..😆✌
;) Thanks Common!
your channel is a treasure.
Thank you so much, Ahamd!
Hey. I'm quite curious to how much you guys had to pay for the permits to get on the mountain. I was seriously considering going to climb the mountain but I heard that it's ridiculously expensive. Thank you :)
Hey Kareen, so to climb the mountain is different than just trekking to base camp (which is what I did.) The Everest Base Camp trek (or EBC) takes about 2 weeks but you just trek from Lukla to base camp and back to Lukla. It costs $30 for the park permit and then another $20 for a TIMS card (so about $50 total) for permits and then you pay for food and accommodation along the way. If you want to climb to the top of Mount Everest that's a totally different thing. For that you still trek from Lukla to base camp but you then live at base camp for about two to three months, preparing for the climb. I haven't done that but from what I hear, it costs around $100K. I would love to climb Mt Everest one day. I fell in love with the area when I was there but it's worth doing the trek even if you're not going to climb. It's epic. Happy travels!
Lindsay Mc perfect, thank you and keep it up. I love your videos btw!
Wow, this is one pretty epic trip. How did you find being vegetarian whilst travelling? Especially those 8 months in S.E Asia, when you wandered away from the main tourist spots and here on the Everest trek where your options are limited.
Thanks Leanne! It was easy to be vegetarian on the Everest Base Camp trek because the mountain is a "no kill" zone so meat is hard to find anyway. In SE Asia, it's a little trickier because fish sauce is in EVERYTHING but if you learn the words for Vegetarian and No Fish Sauce (I forgot or I would tell you) it's not so bad. I ate a lot of street food so it's made to order in front of you so you can watch what they put in which is helpful if you don't know the language. Hope this helps and happy travels!
It does, thank you :) Everest and SE Asia are on my huge list of places to go. I only became vegetarian last year and in the trips I have managed so far I found Prague was really easy for veggies, Gdansk was pretty good too but Italy was harder than I expected and required more planning and translating menus as I like to eat away from tourist hotspots. Dublin, Berlin and Slovenia are next so they should be pretty simple :)
Thanks again :D
Do you have a video on what you packed in your backpack? And did you leave some items at a hotel in Kathmandu for pickup on your departure?
I covered what I packed really quickly at the end of the video below and yes, I left the rest of my stuff at a guesthouse in Kathmandu. I wish I remembered the name but they were so nice. They let us leave our stuff there for free the entire time we were trekking. I left my laptop, hard drive and a lot of expensive stuff in addition to my extra clothes and it was all still there when we got back (phew!) Happy travels! th-cam.com/video/DQgkWXJAJf4/w-d-xo.html
Thank you!
Hello pretty! In what period of the year you have made the trekk? From where you have bought the tickets to Lukla and how much they were? TIMS cards and permits to the park can be made in Lukla or where you have made them, KTM? You are a frequent hiker? How hard is the three passes route?
Hi Exo - I did the trek in end of April / beginning of May. I bought my tickets from the airport in Lukla (thru the airline at a tourist desk, I believe.) I think I flew Yeti Air but there are quite a few options. It's $140 each way to fly. I bought my TIMS and permits on the trail, I think you can still do that. Otherwise you have to get them in Kathmandu. I'm a frequent hiker but my friend is not and she was fine. The 3 Passes Trek is the hardest option but as I said, we planned on doing it but couldn't end up actually doing it. We just did the straight trek, it was lovely! Happy travels!
Lindsay Mc Thanks for the info, much appreciate it.
Of course! Thanks for watching and hope you have a wonderful time!
is it ok to trek ebc without guide?planning to do it without tour agency just wondering is it okay..
Corey Zoe yes it is okay, you just have to be sure you have the correct paperwork (Tims card and permit) and register with the park service. It's totally okay to trek without a guide and I actually preferred it! :) happy trekking!
Thanks...do you have range of how much it cost food,lodging etc to finish the trek?
your world travels are awesome, do you plan on going back out
Thank you! And yes, I am going back to India in December and traveling around the US as well. Thanks for watching!
Lindsay Mc not in Nepal?
Ah thank you so much for the video. Planning on this exact trip early next year without a guide and glad I can watch you do it first, too many people seems to load up on porters and a guide. Didn't know about the 3 passes route until now so you've just changed my trip!
Yes! So happy to hear Austin, you will love it! If you have any questions, I'm here to help :)
Mother Chimp strongly suggest purchase Lonely planet Trekking In Nepal Himalayam, study it,all routes ,maps,elevations,etc all information you need. Give you credit and Lindsay for planning to do independently.No need for guide or porter.Another recommendation instead of f.y in walk in
Walk out.Start Jiri or Bhandar finish Phaplu. Enjoy!
I would love to know what gear you brought
meaning what cameras
So for this, I only had my iPhone and a little HDFlip Cam (do you remember those cameras from forever ago? They don't even make them anymore!) That's it!
Hey Lindsay thanks for posting this. In which month did you do this trek?
Hi Harish, we started this trek at the very end of April and finished in May.
Thanks Lindsay. I'm planning for the same month next year. Using your video to convince a friend to do it without a guide :).
Yesss! I totally recommend going at it on your own :) Good luck talking to your friend!
what was the travel agency name?
nevermind
:)
I love your videos ! finding out you are veggie I love you evenmore :) ever considered going vegan ?
Beth Leigh hi beth! Thanks so much! I'm vegan at home but follow a vegetarian diet when I'm traveling. Thanks for watching ☺️
Thats amazing ! are you still travelling now or is everything pre recorded ?!
Beth Leigh I'm back in LA now. I'm going through all of the footage from my trip and filming the "sit down" part and editing it now. I didn't really edit on the road at all
Ahhh fair enough ! I'm planning on travelling next year. I have a youtube channel but dont think I would want to be editing on the road either !
Yes! Totally. That's why I just took it all on a GoPro then and then sorted it out once I was home. It definitely takes a long time but I'd rather not take time out of my trip to do it... I hope you have the best time on your trip!