Holo ʻo Everest Base Camp Trek & Helicopter i Lukla

Ma Tribhuvan International Airport, e kali ana ko mākou luna e hoʻokipa iā ʻoe a kiʻi iā ʻoe. A laila e lawe ʻia ʻoe i kou hōkele e like me ka itinerary i hoʻomākaukau ʻia. Inā lawa kou manawa i koe, hiki iā ʻoe ke kaʻahele a puni ke awāwa ʻo Kathmandu e hoʻokipa iā ʻoe iho. I ka hopena o ka lā, e hoʻokipa mākou iā ʻoe i ka meaʻai Nepali ʻono i kahi hale ʻaina Nepali maʻamau.

Loaʻa mākou i kahi lele kakahiaka i Lukla - kekahi o nā wahi nani loa ma ka ʻāina ʻo Everest. He 30-45 mau minuke o ka manawa ma ka lewa. Ke hiki aku ʻoe a me kāu alakaʻi iā Lukla, e ʻike ʻoe i kāu mea lawe puka e kali ana iā ʻoe e hōʻea.

A laila ma hope o ka ʻaina kakahiaka/ʻaina awakea i ka hale kīʻaha ma Lukla i ka manawa like, e hoʻokele ka porter i kāu ʻeke e lawe. ʻO Lukla ka ʻanuʻu mua a me ka ʻīpuka i ka ʻāina Khumbu/Everest. A laila e hele mākou i Phakding.

Ma kahi o 3-4 mau hola e hele ai a hiki i ke kauhale ʻo Phakding. ʻO Sherpa kauhale kēia a hiki ke loaʻa kā lākou mau mahiʻai kuʻuna ma ke ala. Hāʻawi ʻo Phakding iā ʻoe i ka ʻike mua loa o ka mauna Kusum Kangaru. He kauhale liʻiliʻi ʻo Phakding me ka liʻiliʻi o nā lako a me nā hale hoʻokipa no ka poʻe huakaʻi.

I kēia lā e hoʻonohonoho mākou i ko mākou ala e hele ai i ka Namche Bazaar. ʻO Namche Bazaar ke kūlanakauhale nani a hoʻomohala ma ka ʻāina ʻo Everest. Ma ke ala i Namche, e hahai mākou i nā ala o ka muliwai ʻo Dudh Koshi a hele ma luna o ke alahaka kaulana loa ʻo Hillary.

Ma hope o ko mākou hele ʻana i ke kauhale ʻo Monjo, aia mākou i mua o ka kahua hoʻoilina honua o UNESCO - Sagarmatha National Park. Ke hana ikaika nei ka paka no ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻāina ʻo Everest a puni. Ke hoʻomau nei i Namche Bazaar, e ʻike mua mākou i ka piko kiʻekiʻe loa o ka honua, ʻo Mt. Everest [8848 M]. ʻO ka ʻike o nā mauna e like me Thamserku, Kusum Kangaru, Lhotse, Tawache etc. ʻO ka mea hope loa, ma hope o kahi ala piʻi lōʻihi, e ʻike mākou i ke kauhale kala ʻo Namche.

I kēia lā, ʻo ka lā piha no kou olakino e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ke kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe a e ʻimi i ka mākeke. E hele mākou ma ke kauhale ʻo Namche a me Syanboche ke kahua mokulele kiʻekiʻe loa o ka honua a hoʻomau i ka kipa ʻana i Everest View Hotel. Hāʻawi mākou iā ʻoe i ka ʻaina kakahiaka Everest View Hotel ma ka hōkele me nā hiʻohiʻona kupaianaha o nā mauna e like me Mt. Everest, Lhotse, Thamserku, Kusum Kangaru & & Amadablam. Inā nui kou manawa, a laila hiki iā ʻoe ke kipa i ka hale hōʻikeʻike Sherpa kūloko e ʻike e pili ana i nā moʻolelo o Sherpa.

E ʻai mākou i kā mākou kakahiaka kakahiaka a neʻe i Tengboche. He wahi kaulana loa ʻo Tengboche ma ka ʻāina ʻo Everest a ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia ka wahi maikaʻi loa e noho ai. Ma Tengboche, e ʻike ʻoe i nā monasteries Buddhist kahiko kahi i hele mai ai ka hapa nui o ka poʻe e ʻike i ke kūlana maluhia o ka noʻonoʻo ma o ka yoga a me ka noʻonoʻo ʻana. Ma kahi o 5-6 mau hola e hele ai a hiki i Tengboche. Mai Tengboche, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā mauna e like me Mt. Everest, Mt. Lhotse, Mt. Nuptse, Mt. Amadablam, etc.

ʻIke ʻia ʻo Dingboche ma ke ʻano he ʻīpuka i ke kiʻekiʻe o ka mokupuni, ʻo ia kekahi wahi huakaʻi kaulana i loaʻa ma ka ʻāina ʻo Everest. Hoʻopuni ʻia ʻo Dingboche e ka puʻu ma kēlā me kēia ʻaoʻao. ʻO ke ala e hele aku ai i Dingboche he mālie a ʻaʻole paʻakikī loa. Ma kahi o 5-6 mau hola o ka huakaʻi a hiki i Dingboche. He wahi maikaʻi ʻo Dingboche kahi e nui ai nā hale hoʻokipa maʻamau i ka maʻamau. E noho mākou i ko mākou pō ma Dingboche.

I kēia lā ma hope o ka ʻaina kakahiaka e hoʻomaka mākou e hele a puni ke kauhale ʻo Dingboche a piʻi i ka lae ʻo Nagarjuna e like me kā mākou hiki. He ʻuʻuku kēia, akā nani nā hiʻohiʻona mai ke ala. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā piko he nui a puni. Hiki iā mākou ke ʻike, Amadablam, Lhotse, Island peak, Makalu, Cholatse, Taboche, a me nā mea hou aku. Ma kahi o 3/4 hola ka holo ʻana a hoʻi i ka hale hoʻokipa no ka ʻaina awakea a me ke koena o ka lā e noho mālie a hoʻomaha.

Mai kēia huakaʻi, paʻakikī a paʻakikī kā mākou huakaʻi. Akā ʻo ka hapa mua o kēia huakaʻi he hele mālie, maʻalahi a nani. Ma hope o Thukla, e piʻi ana ka hapa nui o ke ala me ke kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe a me ka ea lahilahi. Nui nā hale kupapaʻu ma ke ala i Lobuche. ʻO kēia mau lua kupapaʻu nā mea hoʻomanaʻo o ka poʻe i make i ko lākou huakaʻi e lanakila i nā mauna ma Everest. Hoʻohana nui ʻia ka wahi ʻo Lobuche e ka poʻe piʻi o Everest Base Camp a me Kalapatthar e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ko lākou kino no ke ala e hiki mai ana.

E ʻai mākou i kā mākou ʻaina kakahiaka i ke kakahiaka a hele mākou i Gorakshep a laila i ka Everest Base Camp. No kēia ala, pono mākou e hele i ke ala o nā moraines mai ka glacier ma ka ʻāina ʻo Khumbu. ʻO ka glacier kekahi o nā glacier nunui o ka honua. ʻO ka hana mua mākou e hōʻea ai i ka Gorakshep a ʻai i ka ʻaina awakea a haʻalele mākou i kā mākou waiwai a hoʻomau i ka Everest Base Camp.

Ke hiki mākou i ka Everest Base Camp, hiki iā mākou ke ʻike i ke kūkulu ʻana o nā hale kupapaʻu e hoʻohanohano i ka poʻe piʻi hiki ʻole ke hoʻopau i kā lākou huakaʻi e lanakila ai i nā mauna o ka ʻāina ʻo Everest. Mai Everest Base Camp e loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi manawa kupanaha e noho ai ma kēia wahi a ʻike iā Khumbu Icefall a me ka glacier. Hōʻike ʻia ka nui o nā mea i make ma kēia wahi ma muli o ke ala wahaheʻe e ka neʻe ʻana o nā glaciers a me nā hau hau. Ke loaʻa iā mākou ko mākou manawa ma ka ʻāina ʻo Everest, e neʻe ana mākou i lalo i ke ala e hiki ai i Gorakshep

ʻO ka ʻike kakahiaka mai Kala Patthar he mea kupaianaha wale nō. ʻO ia ke kumu e neʻe aku ai mākou i ke kakahiaka nui e ʻike i ka nani o nā mauna kālā. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka inoa ʻo Kalapatthar no ka mea he pōhaku ʻeleʻele wale nō a ʻaʻohe hau. I ke kakahiaka, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka nani o ka lā ma luna o nā mauna o ka ʻāina ʻo Khumbu.

Mai ʻaneʻi, kupanaha ka ʻike o ka mauna ʻo Everest, a aia kekahi i ka Panoramic capture. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike, ʻo ka mauna ʻo Everest, ʻo Nuptse, a me Pumori kahi kokoke i kou maka, a e ʻike ʻoe iā Lhotse, Amadablam, a me nā piko he nui. Ma hope o ka leʻaleʻa i kā mākou manawa ma Kalapatthar e hoʻi i Gorakshep a loaʻa kā mākou ʻaina kakahiaka maikaʻi. Mai Gorakshep, e holo pololei mākou i Lukla ma o ka helikopa.

ʻO kēia kou lā hope loa ma ka ʻāina mauna. E haʻi aku ʻoe i kou kiaʻi puka a me nā mauna a puni o ka Himalayas. A laila e lele hoʻi ʻoe i Kathmandu ma ka lele mau. Mai ke kahua mokulele, e kiʻi ko mākou ʻelele iā ʻoe a hoʻihoʻi iā ʻoe i ka hōkele.

I kēia lā, e hoʻi ana ʻoe i kou wahi ponoʻī me nā manawa Himalaya a pau e hoʻomanaʻo ai no kou ola a pau.

Akā inā makemake ʻoe e hoʻonui i kou noho ʻana ma Nepal, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻokaʻaʻike mai iā mākou.