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Operating year round, we organise Mont Blanc, Eiger and Matterhorn trips as well as skiing in the winter.
Mountain Experience
 Our sister company based in Kathmandu can organise your personalised trekking trip in Nepal. This is a chance to trek with our experienced Everest Sherpas utilising the same logistical care that we use on expeditions.

  • Mount Everest South Side Expedition 8,848m

    29 March – 07 June 2010 – 71 Days – €40,000

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    Himalayan Experience has traditionally been working on the Tibet (North) side of Everest. However, due to the unreliability of access, we have decided to operate from the Nepal (South) side. Russell Brice, the founder of Himex, first climbed on the West Ridge from the Western Cwm in 1981, so although this route is new for Himex Members, it is not new for Himex. All of our Sherpa Staff come from Khumbu, just a few days’ walk from Base Camp.

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    Fourteen years ago when Himex first started operating on the North Side, there were very few teams and very little infrastructure. Over the years, Himex has continuously been innovative with new ideas, methods and standards, which has lead to a high level of success and safety. Himex brings this same experience and knowledge to the South Side.

    Himex is concerned by the unstable nature of the Khumbu Icefall so we intend to have Members and Sherpas travel through this area as little as possible. Himex Members will spend more time on Lobuche and surrounding peaks during the acclimatisation, so as to avoid at least one trip through the Icefall for Members, and several trips for the Sherpa Staff.

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    The traditional Everest Base Camp is crowded and is on active ice that moves and melts around the tents during the course of the expedition. Himex will camp further down the valley, closer to Pumori where there is more sun and the ice does not move, so that our Sherpa staff will not have to spend so much time maintaining our Base Camp infrastructure, and we will be less crowded.

    Members will be encouraged to use both the Everest and Lobuche Base Camps in order to do long strenuous day and camping trips on surrounding peaks before the first acclimatisation trip through the icefall.

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    The first trip into the Western Cwm will be directly to Camp 2 (6,400m) where members will spend 2 nights before continuing up to Camp 3 (7,200m) on the Lhotse Face. We will spend one night here before descending back down to Camp 2 for another night. The following day we will return to Base Camp.

    There will be practice ladders at Base Camp so that Members will have the chance to become familiar with how to walk across these before travelling through the Icefall for the first time.

    Himex will place an emergency tent and equipment at Camp 1 at the top of the Icefall. However this camp has an inherent avalanche danger, so members are not encouraged to stay in this camp.



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    The summit program will be dependent upon weather and snow conditions, but in general will be a single push on 7 consecutive days from Base Camp as follows: Base Camp – Camp 2: Camp 2 – Camp 3: Camp 3 – Camp 4 (South Col, 7,900m): Camp 4 – Summit – Camp 4: Camp 4 – Camp 2: Camp 2 – Base Camp.
    Because of the dangers of landing helicopters at altitude, Himex does not encourage Members to charter helicopters for the return to Kathmandu and recommends that Members trek back to Lukla.

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  • Itinerary

    29 March    Arrive Kathmandu (1,317m)
    30                Kathmandu
    31                Kathmandu – Lukla (2,840m) – Phakding (2,610m)
    01 April       Phakding – Namche Bazar (3,440m)
    02                Namche Bazar – Khumjung (3,780m)
    03                Khumjung
    04                Khumjung – Tengboche (3,860m)
    05                Tengboche – Dingboche (4,410)
    06                Dingboche – Lobuche (4,910m)
    07                Lobuche
    08                Lobuche
    09                Lobuche – Everest BC (5,140m)
    10                Everest BC

    11 April -     Everest Climbing
    29 May        Everest Climbing

    30 May        Everest BC
    01 June      Everest BC – Lobuche
    02                Lobuche – Pangboche (3,930m)
    03                Pangboche – Namche Bazar
    04                Namche Bazar – Lukla
    05                Lukla – Kathmandu
    06                Kathmandu
    07                Depart Kathmandu