ADAKA Climbing Company
By: April, Katie. Ashley, Adam and David
COME CLIMB MOUNT EVEREST WITH US!
Our Route:
Lukla
ELEVATION: 9,250 feet above sea level
- 6-8 days to hike to Base Camp from here
- This is where you will start acclimatizing
Base Camp
ELEVATION: 17,600 feet
Located at the edge of the Khumbu Glacier
- You will spend several weeks here to help you get used to the lower oxygen
Camp I
Here, you will pass the Khumbu Icefall at 19,500 feet, which has giant chunks of ice also called seracs
It will take 1-3 weeks to set up here
- Most dangerous part of the climb is to get to Camp I, because of shifting seracs and crevasses
Camp II
This is where you will get to pass the valley of silence
You will camp at the base of Lhotse Face which rises up 3,700 feet
- This is also where you will start to use crampons and ropes to attach to the ice
Camp III
You can have a beautiful view of the mountains if it is a sunny day
It is perched on a narrow ledge halfway up the Lhotse Face
- Ascend 500 feet to reach South Col
Camp IV
South Col is a saddle between the Lhotse Face and the Summit at Camp IV
From here, it only takes about 12 hours to get to the summit, which is only 3,000 vertical feet up
Can’t stay longer than 2-3 days, because low oxygen levels make it difficult to breathe
You will have to climb along a knife-edge ridge
Summit
Summit is at 29,035 ft
4-hour climb back to Camp IV
Beautiful view of the mountain range and Tibet in the north and Nepal in the south