Trekking basics

Altitude acclimatization for trekking – 10 golden rules

May 26, 2012
Altitude acclimatization

→ 1st acclimatization rule: increase altitude gradually → 2nd acclimatization rule: consume lots of liquids → 3rd acclimatization rule: avoid alcohol, smoking and using sleeping tablets → 4th acclimatization rule: use preventive medicines → Acetazolamide or Diamox® → Ginkgo biloba extract → Garlic soup → 5th acclimatization rule: avoid overexertion → 6th acclimatization rule: don’t […]

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Foods to be enjoyed on an Everest Base Camp trek

May 25, 2012
Foods to be enjoyed on an Everest Base Camp trek

What is definitely worth tasting on the Everest Base Camp Trek? At some point during the Everest trek and during your time in Nepal, I definitely recommend tasting the traditional Nepalese food Dal Bhaat which is made from boiled rice with a special sauce and vegetable. There are many variations on the Dal Bhaat filling […]

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Eating during an Everest Base Camp Trek

May 23, 2012
Eating during an Everest Base Camp Trek

Eating while trekking in the Nepalese Himalayas When planning a trekking route in the Nepalese Himalayas, it is important to know how you can get a regular meal. And just as importantly to know how to eat in accordance with your body’s needs in mountain conditions. If you’re heading off on one of the most […]

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Trekking lodge food during an Everest Base Camp trek

May 21, 2012
Trekking lodge food - Daal Bhaat

Trekking lodge food: Breakfast When staying overnight at trekking lodges, we have an early breakfast at around 8:00-9:00 so that we can resume our trek by about 10:00. Breakfast starts with a large intake of fluids. Usually this is tea which helps you to wake up and your voice to return to normal if it […]

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Trekking Accommodation

December 11, 2011
Trekking lodge Everest Base camp trek

Camping If you’re used to carrying your own gear in a backpack, you’ll be amazed at the apparent luxury of a trekking camp in Nepal. Although you’ll be sleeping on foam mattresses placed on the ground, you’ll be assigned a roomy A-frame or dome tent that comfortably accommodates two people and their gear. Meals are […]

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Drinking water on an Everest Base Camp Trek

September 21, 2011
Drinking water on an Everest Base Camp Trek

Drinking water during a trek At the start of the trek, even though the altitude in the mountains is quite low – 1,600-2,000 metres (Annapurna Circuit trek), it is important to get used to consuming fluids and water regularly and in large quantities. This is necessary to ensure a successful acclimatisation process, in order to […]

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High Altitude Sickness

October 29, 2010
High Altitude Sickness

→ What is High Altitude Sickness → Forms of High Altitude Sickness → High Altitude Sickness Symptoms → High Altitude Pulmonary Edema (HAPE) Symptoms → High Altitude Cerebral Edema (HACE) Symptoms → Information about treating HACE → Dexamethasone Use and Dosage → Altitude Oxygen → Hyperbaric Chamber (Gamow Bag) No matter how fantastic trekking in […]

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Trekking Lodges

October 23, 2010
Trekking lodge on Everest base camp trek

Trekking Lodges on popular Treks in Nepal Himalaya It is a bit pretentious to call some village establishments hotels, but the most common word in Nepali for restaurant or eating place is hotel. Since the word hotel has, therefore, been pre-empted, Nepalis use the word lodge for a sleeping place or inn. Thus in the […]

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What kind of Trekking in Nepal?

October 21, 2010
On Everest Base Camp trek

What kind of Trekking in Nepal do you prefer? There are numerous ways to structure a trek because of two major factors. Firstly, you can almost always find supplies and accommodation locally because there are people living in even the most remote trekking areas. Secondly, there is inexpensive professional and nonprofessional labour available to carry […]

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Organized Treks in Nepal Himalaya

October 21, 2010
Everest Base camp

Organized treks in Nepal When Jimmy Roberts organized the first trek in Nepal, independent trekking was a logistical nightmare – no lodges, email, fax or direct-dial telephones. Most trekkers, therefore, joined group camping treks organized by adventure travel companies abroad, a tradition that has carried over to the present day. Many trekkers still travel on […]

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