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Baruntse Expedition (7129 Meter)
Trip Overview
Trip Facts
- Country: Nepal
- Trip grade: Strenuous
- Destination: Mount Baruntse
- Activities: Trekking and Climbing
- Accommodation: Hotel, Guesthouse & Camping
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
- Maximum altitude: 7129 meter
- Group size: Min - 1
- Best Season: Spring & Autumn
Mount Baruntse lies in the South-East corner of the Everest National Park, between the 8000m pinnacles of Lhotse and Makalu. At 7129m (23,390ft), Baruntse is viewed as a technical mountain and an incredible choice to encounter the adventure of life in the Himalaya. Ascended for the very first time by Colin Todd and Geoff Harrow in 30 May, 1954 from the South-East ridge, many climbers have successfully summited Mt. Baruntse ever since. Baruntse is in many regards the ideal expedition. A major leapfrog from Nepal's trekking tops, but with the dedication and sacrifice required on much higher mountains, it is perceived as one of the world's most ascendable 7000m mountains.
Despite the fact that its elevation is not as much as neighboring mountains, you will be in the very heart of the compelling Himalayan mountain before you enjoy the Lhotse South face and not far away the staggering Makalu west column. Participation in the Baruntse expedition includes utilizing a significant number of skills required for climbing any 8000 meter peak, thus it is a perfect preparation climb for other peaks higher than 8000m. Throughout the years, the climbers have succeeded the mountain generally in the spring season because of better climatic conditions in this season which guarantees wellbeing of the climbers. On occasion, climbers have summited this peak even in the fall season. This Baruntse expedition package has been in effect deliberately, so that all enthusiastic individuals have appropriate acclimatization and have adequate stamina and expertise to adapt to the changing atmosphere from and back to the base camp before setting out for our Baruntse summit.
We likewise provide climbing practice session at the base camp where all the expedition individuals can practice and sharpen their abilities to guarantee a successful climb. We set up our base camp at 5300 meters where our undertaking cooks set up all the important top notch and delicious suppers. Our professional climbing guides set up higher camps at 6400 meters and 6800 meters and settle ropes to make the summit ascent secure and organized.
So, we extremely recommend you to book this expedition as it is a preliminary experience for those who desire to summit the Everest or other higher peaks in the future as the trails and geography of them are basically similar. Our package can be a fine match to your needs. So we dare you to dream for we are always there to help you achieve it.
Detail Itinerary
Day 01: Arrival in Kathmandu
After you arrive in the airport, you will be received by our representatives and taken to a hotel. After you check in, you will meet your travelling companions and a welcome dinner will be organized in the evening where you will be served with original Nepali cuisine and introduced to Nepali culture.
Accommodation: Hotel
Day 02: Sightseeing in Kathmandu and preparation for the trip
After having breakfast, you will be briefed about the composition of your team, travel equipment and nature and strategy of the climb. All official procedures will be finalized and necessary arrangements will be made. Then there will be a guided tour of the major landmarks and UNESCO world heritage sites of Kathmandu valley like Kathmandu Durbar Square, Pashupatinath, Swoyambhunath and Bouddhanath. In the afternoon, there will be a pre discussion before the expedition and the final preparation like checking the equipment will be done.
Accommodation: Hotel
Meal: Breakfast
Day 03: Flight to Lukla and trek to Chhuthang
Our early morning flight to Lukla, one of the world's most beautiful and highest airports in the world, takes about 30 minutes. We will be seeing the likes of Everest mountain range and dense snowcovered forests and beautiful landscape. As we land at the Tenzing and Hillary Airport, we will start our trek to Chhuthang after breakfast. We will walk through severall forested areas. As we trek below the Kalo Himal aka. Black Mountain, we will trek towards open pasture ground at Chhuthang. Overnight in a camping tent.
Accommodation: Guesthouse
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 04: Trek to Thuli Kharka via Zatrala Pass
After breakfast, we leave Chhuthang and take after the trail that is a step by step rise at first and after that much more extreme climb towards the crossover of Zatrala Pass. Our tiring move to the highest point of the pass is remunerated with staggering perspectives of Numbur Himal, Kongde Ri, Karyolang Peak and other attractive high crests of the region. From the top our trail deviates towards Thuli Kharka.
Accommodation: Guesthouse
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 05: Trek to Kothe
Today we begin a delightful trail that takes us down to Hinku River. We will make a fairly long climb through thick rhododendron filled forest to reach Kothe. Kothe is situated at the west side of Hinku valley and is popular for thick rhododendron forest. In spring, the slopes are loaded with red rhododendron blossoms that make this place one of the best in the most captivating spot on earth.
Accommodation: Guesthouse
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 06: Trek to Thangnak
From Kothe we proceed with our trek on the trail that goes along the edge of Hinku River. As we approach the settlement of Gondishung, we go through Lungsumgba Gompa which was built around 200 years back. From here we can see Mera Peak with its route carved with rocks which is a perfect work of art. A lovely and simple trek will lead us to Thangnak where we remain for the night.
Accommodation: Guesthouse
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 07: Trek to Khare
After breakfast we leave Thangnak and trek over the trail that goes over the icy way towards Kharka with mesmerizing sight of snow topped mountains. We proceed with our climbing that leads us to the beginning of Hinku Nup and Shar Glaciers. From that point, our trail is a lofty climb to Khare. From Khare we will get the opportunity to see dazzling perspective of Northern Face of Mera Peak. We spend our overnight at Khare.
Accommodation: Guesthouse
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 08: Acclimatization at Khare
We will have a day to adapt ourselves to the varying altitude and climatic conditions to ensure ourselves for the summit of Mt. Baruntse. Hence, we will take a rest at Khare for acclimatization and visit around the area. Also, Khare offers short hikes to its guests which are surprisingly best places for acclimatization and preparation for the journey onwards.
Accommodation: Guesthouse
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 09: Trek to Mera La Pass
Heading for the days trip, we walk along the rocky trails above the western ridge of Mera glacier. There is a steep way onwards as we head towards Mera La Pass at 5,400m. From the very top of the pass, we will see the overwhelming view of the snow covered peaks of Khumbu region. We will descend down all the way towards our camping site.
Accommodation: Camping
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 10: Trek to Seto Pokhari
Today we will take after the trail that heads higher into the yak field of the remote valley. Our trail leads straightforwardly into the epicenter of world's towering mountains with amazing views of highly elevated valleys. After some season of trekking, we will achieve our campground close Seto Pokhari which signifies 'White Lake' in Nepali. Overnight in campsite.
Accommodation: Camping
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 11: Trek to Baruntse Base Camp
Leaving our campsite at Seto Pokhari, we head onwards through the remote area. We will meet Honku valley on the way which leads us to our campsite in the base camp of Mt. Baruntse. The Sherpa will build our tent and do the necessary preparations for the rest of the trip as we comfort ourselves enjoying the views around.
Accommodation: Camping
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 12 - 23: Summit of Mt. Baruntse and back to the Base Camp
As the climb is done per the experience and ability of the climber themselves, there is no need of day to day itinerary. Our guides will adopt a strategy keeping in their mind what best fits the climbers and their progress. Generally, the group will spend a couple days at the base camp practicing rope climbing and acclimatizing before moving over the base camp.After all the climbing we have done till now, no further notable problems are expected. To make the climb effective, we build up two camps above Baruntse base camp. Two camps are set up over the base camp for climbing purposes. Camp 1 is set up just beneath the East Col. at a height of 5700m, and the Baruntse Camp 2 is on the southeast edge at an elevation of 6420m.
Above Camp 1, we ascend snow slopes at a 50 degree edge, past a backup summit (6745m). From here the course turns out to be more unpredictable. A progression of short, steep trails of snow and ice are folllowed until we pass onto the west side of the edge. This takes us an ice cliff after which we have entry to the less demanding, more extensive slopes above which finally leads us to the summit at 7129m. The trek takes roughly ten hours. After accomplishing the summit of Baruntse, we descend down along the same course.
Accommodation: Camping
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 24: Cleaning of Base camp and descent to Seto Pokhari
Finally achieving our passion to reach the summit of Mt. baruntse and gaining a lifetime experience of Mountain climbing, we look forward to completing our trip. As the base camp has been a place to stay for us, we will leave the place clear, as it was before respecting the motive of responsible ecotourism. We will descend down and retrace our path once again through the Honku valley to finally reach Seto Pokhari for the night stay.
Accommodation: Camping
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 25: Trek to Mera La Pass
We continue our way back as we leave our camp and descend down through the alpine valley. After some time, we again walk uphill towards Mera La pass where we will camp for the coming night.
Accommodation: Camping
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 26: Trek to Thagnak
From our camp, we start our trek by taking after the trail that trip steeply towards Mera La Pass. We will walk downhill for 6-7 hours all the way to reach Thagnak passing through khare for overnight stay.
Accommodation: Guesthouse
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 27: Trek to Kothe
We leave Thagnak after breakfast and continue our trek downwards to reach Kothe around which we can enjoy the rhododendron, oaks and pine forests. We will stay overnight at a lodge.
Accommodation: Guesthouse
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 28: Trek to Thuli Kharka
After breakfast in the morning, we proceed ahead through the dense rhododendron forest and pass through the western section of the Hinku valley to get to Tuli Kharka. Overnight at a lodge in Tulikharka.
Accommodation: Guesthouse
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 29: Tuli Kharka to Lukla
As we come to the last day of our trek, we want to finish it with the same encouragement as the very first day and continue downwards. We will ascend to cross the Zatrawala pass and again descend to reach Lukla which is our destination for the remaining of the day and night stay.
Accommodation: Guesthouse
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 30: Fly to Kathmandu
We take an early morning flight from Tenzing and Hillary Airport to Tribhuvan International Airport. Watching and enjoying the beautiful scenery of the amazing Khumbu region for the last time of the trip, we will have a short flight of about 40 minutes and back to Kthmandu. After reaching the hotel and refreshing, you can take a stroll around the Thamel area and buy souvenirs for your friends abroad. We will serve you with a farewell dinner later in the evening.
Accommodation: Hotel
Meal: Breakfast
Day 31: Rest at Kathmandu & Debriefing
Today, you will be visiting the Departmnet Of Tourism for debriefing of the expedition and receive the certificate of accomplishment.
Accommodation: Hotel
Meal: Breakfast
Day 32: Departure
Our airport representative will drop you off and make the necessary arrangements for the flight. Waving goodbye and exchanging wishes, you will finally leave Nepal after a memorable trip of your lifetime.
Meal: Breakfast
Cost Details
What is included?
- All types of organizational requirements
- All trekking and climbing paper works and permits
- All airport and hotel transfers
- Welcome and farewell dinner
- Accommodation and meals during the whole of the expedition
- Flight from Kathmandu to Lukla and back
- Government and local taxes
- Reference notes to plan your trip
- An experienced English speaking climbing guide, assistant climbing guide, Sherpa porters including their salary, insurance, food, lodging and all equipment
- A comprehensive medical kit
- Facilities of Email and satellite phones in base camp
- Necessary oxygen bottles
- Written and photo internet dispatches to send your progress to your family
What is not included?
- Nepal Visa fee(bring small denomination cash USD and two passport photographs)
- International airfare
- Excess baggage charges
- Extra night accommodation apart from the schedule due to any reasons
- Lunch and evening meals in case of early return than the scheduled itinerary
- Travel and rescue insurance
- Charges of Email and satellite phones
- Charge for extra Sherpa porter (if required)
- Personal expenses
- Tips for climbing guide and Sherpa


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You GO! girl! New directions for the AMA YRC, with GO! Run Club
March 27, 2018
Contributed by: Vanda Killeen | AMA Public Affairs
GO! Run Club promo video (hosted on YouTube)
Ever Active Schools
With the start of its 2017-18 season last October, the AMA YRC expanded its scope by undertaking a new program aimed at encouraging girls to participate in physical activity and to decrease the significant gap that exists in the athletic participation rates of girls and boys, one that starts at an early age and continues through high school.*
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In its fifth year, the AMA YRC has consistently grown and proven to be popular with Alberta schools and teachers. From 233 schools and 17,000 student participants in 2013-14 to last fall's 450-plus schools and 24,000 participants, word of the good organization, the comprehensive hands-on support and the web-based resources provided by Ever Active Schools (EAS), AMA's partner in the YRC, has spread among the province's teachers.
From facilitated Coach's Workshops to the video library, warm-up poster, Running Log, Coach's and Runner's Handbooks and Finisher Prizes, the YRC and GO! Run Club resources are based on current research and need, as communicated to EAS during their engagements with schools and clubs. For some time, EAS has been aware of the Canadian data supporting the discrepancy in male-female youth participation in athletics. According to the Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women: "If a girl does not participate in sports by age 10, there is only a 10% chance she will be physically active at 25."
The GO! Run Club steps in to fill the physical activity void that too many young girls fall into for many reasons. It's an exciting program, particularly for the teachers and coaches who've observed the predominance of boys in YRCs.
St. Brigid School teacher Maria Verbonac speaks on behalf of herself and her coaching partner, Assistant Principal Marilyn Nasse, about their experience managing their school's RunHers Club: "We savour every, single minute and notice a difference in the girls, already … (not just) physically but their confidence level … The girls tell us how they feel like they belong … like this is their very own, special thing they can do … without pressure from boys, without pressure from older kids … We consistently have over 20 girls show up to run club at 8 a.m. twice a week … The girls love the run club, and we sure get plenty of hugs at the end of the class."
The positives don't end there. Maria continues: "To top it off, this has now trickled down to our female staff members as well. We have five to six additional staff members coming to our club, too … It's amazing how something so small – such a small vision – has created a healthy environment for the females in the building."
And from the mouths of RunHers Club participants:
- "Thank you for making me feel healthy and happy." Sanduni
- "I wish we had Run Club every day." Audrey
- "I get up all by myself just to make it to Run Club." Bailey
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Over the past five years of the AMA YRC, a number of AMA member physicians, residents and medical students have been involved with YRC events and/or have visited YRC schools to give School Health Advocacy Talks. Without fail, they too find the experience highly rewarding.
In October 2017, Dr. Dianne Brox, a family physician and "do-it-to-stay-sane" runner, attended the GO! Run Club Fun Run hosted by Delton School. Along with visiting Lauderdale School's GO! Run Club members, Dr. Brox and Ever Active Schools' staff joined about 40 girls, who laughed, exercised and celebrated the sisterhood of running together outside.
Commenting on her involvement in Delton and Lauderdale's official launch event of their GO! Run Clubs, Dr. Brox said, "This generation of children are the most anxious we've seen. They can use running to relieve some of the stress in their lives."
As Dr. Brox spoke to the girls before the run, she invited them to reflect on their feelings. To help them "think about putting words to their stress," she asked, "Are you ever sad? Worried? Angry?" Then, to a resounding display of exuberance, she advised them: "Go running! For sure, you'll feel better!"
Judging from the smiles and rosy cheeks all around, the doctor's activity prescription worked!
* Canadian Tire's Jumpstart® charity has funded the first 18 GO! Run Clubs and will fund the addition of 18 additional schools in spring, 2018.


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text: VCU researchers receive $2.5M to develop vaccines against tick-borne illnesses Tick-borne diseases are a growing public health threat through much of North America and Europe. VCU researchers have received a $2.5 million grant for the development of vaccines to prevent the two most common tick-borne infections in the United States. (Getty Images) By Dedrain Davis University Public Affairs (804) 828-0563 firstname.lastname@example.com Monday, Sept. 9, 2019 Researchers at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine have received a $2.54 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for the development of vaccines to prevent Lyme disease and human granulocytic anaplasmosis, the two most common tick-borne infections in the United States. The four-year award was granted to a research team co-led by Richard T. Marconi, Ph.D., and Jason Carlyon, Ph.D., professors in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology. The Marconi lab previously developed a canine Lyme disease vaccine that entered the U.S. veterinary market in 2016. More recently, the researchers developed a prototype vaccine antigen for anaplasmosis in canines. The vaccine is currently undergoing testing. "The goal of the NIH funding is to redesign the canine Lyme disease and Anaplasma vaccines for use in humans," Marconi said. Lyme disease and anaplasmosis are caused by the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi and Anaplasma phagocytophilum, respectively. Both diseases are transmitted to humans and animals through the bite of an infected Ixodes tick (commonly referred to as the blacklegged tick or deer tick). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates over 300,000 new cases of Lyme disease each year in the U.S. and approximately 100,000 cases in Europe. While approximately 5,700 cases of anaplasmosis are reported each year in the U.S., due to misdiagnosis and underreporting its true incidence is thought to be much higher. Because of the expanding geographic range of the blacklegged tick, the incidence of Lyme disease and anaplasmosis is increasing. Tick-borne diseases are a growing public health threat through much of North America and Europe. The new grant, along with funding from the Stephen & Alexandra Cohen Foundation, The National Christian Foundation and existing NIH awards, will support the team's work to develop a combination Lyme disease/anaplasmosis vaccine. "The advantage of this approach," Carlyon said, "is that a single vaccine formulation, as opposed to two separate vaccines, can be used to protect against these potentially debilitating diseases." Lyme disease and Anaplasma vaccines for use in humans are not currently available. A vaccine for human Lyme disease called LYMErix, available from 1998 to 2002, was discontinued because of declining sales due to perceived concerns about possible adverse effects. The generally nondescript clinical manifestations of early-stage Lyme disease and anaplasmosis (rash, fever, headache, chills and muscle aches) means cases often go undiagnosed. In the absence of early intervention, Lyme disease can become a chronic infection with symptoms that persist indefinitely. "There is an urgent need to develop new preventative strategies, as well as therapeutics and diagnostics, for these important diseases," said Marconi, who developed a screening tool in 2017 to detect Lyme disease in humans. "The research being conducted by our laboratories occupies an important niche. The development of effective vaccines for tick-borne diseases is considered a high priority by the NIH and the CDC." About VCU and VCU Health Virginia Commonwealth University is a major, urban public research university with national and international rankings in sponsored research. Located in downtown Richmond, VCU enrolls more than 30,000 students in 233 degree and certificate programs in the arts, sciences and humanities. Twenty-two of the programs are unique in Virginia, many of them crossing the disciplines of VCU's 11 schools and three colleges. The VCU Health brand represents the VCU health sciences academic programs, the VCU Massey Cancer Center and the VCU Health System, which comprises VCU Medical Center (the only academic medical center in the region), Community Memorial Hospital, Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU, MCV Physicians and Virginia Premier Health Plan. For more, please visit www.vcu.edu and vcuhealth.org.


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The term 'confine space' has very wide application in industry. Some situations are clearly confined spaces such as a closed tank, reactor vessels and large ducts. Other situations are less obvious but can be equally hazardous – e.g. open-topped tanks, particularly heavier than air vapours are processed, furnaces, ovens, tunnels and unventilated spaces where an accumulation of hazardous gas can build up because inadequate of air circulation.
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- Is at atmospheric pressure during occupancy.
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It is important to understand that some gasses or vapours are heavier than air and will settle to the bottom of the confined space.
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Willie Richards is an endurance runner who first fell in love with long distance running in 2008 during his first multistage race – the Cape Odyssey. In 2015 he completed his first multi-day challenge from Mosselbaai to Franshoek and learnt how important planning nutrition and figuring out what works for your body is. "I learned that having a quick sugar snack in the last 3km might [help] get you home; but have it before and it will cause a sugar spike followed by an energy crash. The same sweet snack after a couple of days may also become nauseating when you are hot and tired".
On September 10 Willie will be embarking on his first solo challenge. It will take him along the Cape Cross route which extends from Stellenbosch to Plettenberg Bay. It's a route he's had on his bucket list to do and he plans on biking the 750km one way, turning around and running the same route back. Effectively completing an ultra-marathon, a day.
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"If it does not resemble something looking like food then it won't go into my backpack. Anything close to their purist form is great for me. This is one of the reasons why I am such a huge fan of Nakd bars (made from just real fruits and nuts smooshed together in an easy to carry, easy to eat way)."
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Mera Peak rising at the altitude of 6,476 m is located at the Mahalangur section in the Himalaya of Nepal. For the non-experienced climbers, Mera Peak is a favorable option reason being it is an easy climb despite one interesting fact that it is the highest trekking peak in Nepal.
One of the major attractions of Mera Peak climbing according to the climbers is the panoramic view of five eight- thousanders viz. Mt. Everest (8,848 m), Mt. Lhotse (8,516 m), Mt. Cho Oyu (8,201 m), Mt. Makalu (8,643 m) and Mt. Kanchenjunga (8,586 m) from its summit.
The peak was first ascent by a Jimmy Roberts and his Sherpa Sen Tenzing in 1953. Peak consists of three major summits: Mera South (6,065 m), Mera Central (6,461 m) and Mera North (6,476 m).
The journey of Mera peak climbing begins with a flight from Kathmandu to Lukla taking you through some remote villages in the mountains. This pristine territory of the Everest region is rich both naturally and culturally. The dense pine forests, fields of green and sparkling rivers running down the mountains all surrounded by white snowcapped mountains, the highest ones of the world. The old Sherpa culture adds to this lifetime experience.
Their warm nature makes trekkers feel at home at every stop during the whole 2-3 weeks of expedition. Mera peak is said to be a straightforward climbing as the snow inclines less than 40 degrees and at the final fifty meters of the mountain requires skills like ice pick, ropes and crampons.
For the new and unprofessional climbers, they will be provided with trainings on necessary skills and techniques under experts' guidance prior to the trekking. It is better to take the whole trip in a slow and constant pace as it helps acclimatize the body.
Picture video of Mera peak climbing
There are several routes of Mera peak climbing . There is one where you can skip going past the Zatra La pass that saves you from steep climbing above the pass. Almost 50 per cent of the trekkers choose this option. Another popular Mera Peak climbing trail is through Zatra La pass as it is faster in comparison to other routes. After a flight to Lukla, the next day you cross Zatra La pass covering a total distance of 1,790 m in one day. Less time for acclimatization is a drawback because of the quick gain in altitude which is why this route happens to be the best choice for veteran climbers.
The longest route is the trek of 23 days which unlike the rest heads directly to the southeast to Surke La from Lukla leading you to some remote and unspoiled villages and valleys to Panch Pokhari. Whichever trail you choose to follow, there will always be a professional guide to give you instructions and information to ensure trekkers' safety and comfort.
Mountain climbing in Nepal is mostly seasonal. The three months of spring (March, April and May) and autumn (September, October and November) are considered as the best seasons for the climb. Some expert climbers think winter to be their favorite season as there will be fewer crowds.
Trip Highlights of Mera peak climbing.
Panoramic views of Mt. Everest, Makalu, Chamlang, Baruntse, Melungtse, Amadablam, Thamserku, Pumori, Tower Peak, Kusum Kanggru, Kanchanjunga from summit. Different Community with majority of Sherpa, Tamang, Chhetri, Brahamn, Newar. Great Himalayan Landscape.
Elevation and altitude profile for Meera peak climbing
Normal gears for Mera peak climbing:
Personal Climbing Gears:
- Ice axe
- Crampons
- Harness
- Tape slings (2)
- Screw-gate karabiners (2 lock, 2 unlock)
- Descender/eight figure
- Plastic mountaineering boots
- Ascender/Jhumar
- Helmet
Group Climbing Gears:
- Snow bar
- Ropes ( main / Fix )
- Ice hammer
- Ice screw
Day 01: Arrival and Transfer to the hotel.
Day 02: Rest and arrangement day.
Day 03:Kathmandu-Lulka-Puyan. 2,820 m.
Day 04:Puyan- Pangum. 3,100m.
Day 05:Pangum -Ningsow. 3,100m.
Day 06:Ningsow -Chhetra Thanga. 3,300m.
Day 07:Chhetra Thanga -Kothe (Mosom Kharka) 3,691m.
Day 08:Kothe (Mosom Kharka) -Thangnak. 4,200m.
Day 09:Thangnak - Khare. 4,900m
Day 10:Khare -Mera La (5,415m) and back to Khare. Acclimatization
Day 11:Khare -Mera La -Climb To High Camp (5,800m) - Down to Base Camp.
Day 12:Base Camp- High Camp. (5,800m)
Day 13:Summit Day (6,461m) and back to khare.
Day 14: Reserve Day for Contingency
Day 15 :Khare to Kothe (3600m/11808ft): 4-5 hours.
Day 16:Kothe to Thuli Kharka (4,300 m/14,107ft): 5-6 hours.
Day 17:Thuli Kharla to Lukla via Zatrwa La pass: 6-7 hours.
Day 18: Fly to Kathmandu.
Day 01: Arrival and Transfer to the hotel.
We will pick up from the airport and transfer to the hotel in Kathmandu.
Day 2: Rest and arrangement day.
This day is for the arrangement day, such as check equipment and documents for the climbing with introducing your guide / porter staff. As an option we can also do the Kathmandu sightseeing.
Day 03:Kathmandu-Lulka-Puyan. 2,820 m.
An early morning stunning flight to the gateway to the region of the legendary Sherpas. We descend steeply towards the Dudh Koshi (the torrent that thunders from the flanks of Everest), climb steeply up from the far side of the valley to where there are spectacular views both upwards to Cho Oyu and down into the plummeting canyon to the river below. continue through rhododendron forest that in the pre-monsoon is awash with reds and pinks. The huge Magnolia trees add their large white flowers to the canvas as we enjoy a level walk to our night stop in Puyan.
Day 04:Puyan- Pangum. 3,100m.
We set off on a gentle 1.5 hour climb to the Khari La pass (2,860m), with today destination already visible in the distance as we pass through dense forest with occasional glimpses of the white peaks emerging above the clouds. A gradual hour-long descent to lunch is followed by a steady climb for 2 ½ hours to Pangum.
Day 05:Pangum -Ningsow. 3,100m.
A short climb brings us to the Pangum La (3,010m) where we cross over into the fabled, awesome and empty Inkhu Valley and we pass through the village of Bhusme (approx. 1hr on), which is the last permanent habitation we shall see. It is another 3 hour walk to our night stop at Ningsow.
Day 06:Ningsow -Chhetra Thanga. 3,300m.
climbing and descending the steep and rugged spurs that line the Inkhu Khola valley; the glimpses through the dense forest of the torrent below us are truly dramatic. This is the Himalayan river torrent of steepest descent cutting a jagged incision through this ancient glacial valley while the trail encounters landslides as it clings to the V-shaped valleys precipitous western edge. The finale to the raw, natural feel of todays trek is our camp in the only suitable location.
Day 07:Chhetra Thanga -Kothe (Mosom Kharka) 3,691m.
A short but steep 500m climb after breakfast offers interesting views; South to the rolling foothills of a few days before, North to Mera Peak itself and our first sight of its dramatic southwest face. The forest is untouched, beautiful, tall pine and moss, lichen and rhododendron creating a peaceful soulful feel during todays walk as we descend to the upper Inkhu Khola and arrive at a few huts and the summer yak pastures that is Kothe.
Day 08:Kothe (Mosom Kharka) -Thangnak. 4,200m.
The scenery is taking on a very different character now - Peak 43 sits at the head of the valley and to our right in the east and in morning shadow is the dark west face of Mera. At lunch, with Mera as a backdrop, the reality of it all arrives like a doubtful guest - one you are not sure you should have invited! This guest then accompanies us into camp and will be with us for the next seven days.
Day 09:Thangnak - Khare. 4,900m.
Trail to Khare takes us eastwards across the moraine of the Dig Glacier. Though the climb up the moraine is not steep, you will feel the effects of the altitude and it will be a couple hours before we reach open pasture at Dig Kharka. There the trail levels out before crossing a stream and climbing for another hour to Khare. We have trekked in a northerly arc and are now rewarded by stunning views of the north face of Mera.
Day 10:Khare -Mera La (5,415m) and back to Khare. Acclimatization.
A second day for acclimatization. Here we use the moraine and scree slopes of the base of the Mera Glacier to familiarize ourselves with high altitude gear, with safety practices, with climbing techniques. And so we climb - towards the Mera La, our route winding its way between the crevasses on the glacier's lower eastern flank. After half an hour, the gradient eases and we emerge onto the wide plateau that leads up to the Pass. A further hour's climbing and we see the prayer flags marking our arrival at the Mera La (5,415m). In the afternoon, we descend to Khare. altitude 4,900m. Acclimatization and Kit familiarization
Day 11:Khare -Mera La -Climb To High Camp (5,800m)
Down to Base Camp. Other expeditions are known to opt to go straight to High Camp from Khare and then attempt the summit the following day. This is a risk we don't take, preferring instead further acclimatization which can, often does, make the critical difference. So we climb with high altitude support staff who establish a Base Camp at 5,100m near the foot of the glacier, The views of Everest, Makalu, Lhotse and Kanchanjunga are what we came here to see - stunning! Today however we then descend to Base Camp for what anyway is our first night above 5,000m
Day 12:Base Camp- High Camp.(5,800m)
Following the now familiar route back up the glacier we should find todays climb easier than yesterday. Our team consists now of the summit party supported by a cook plus any others needed to porter but who will then descend to wait at Khare for our return. Arriving at High Camp mid-afternoon, we spend the rest of the day resting and eating in preparation for a pre-dawn start.
Day 13:Summit Day (6,461m) then descend to Khare.
Emerging from tents around 2 a.m. for the arduous climb to the summit. Navigating up a snow covered mountain under Himalayan star light is a very unworldly feeling. Sunrise means gaining the first of the false summits and a few hours later our goal will be close, with the final test a number of crevasses that line our trail before the gradient steepens dramatically. We rope up and painstakingly ascend the final steep hurdle to the summit of Mera (6,461m). The panorama of peaks that greets us from the summit will blow all notions of tiredness from our limbs. The view from here has to be one of the finest in the Himalaya,down the Mera Glacier, past High Camp and back down to Khare. It's been grueling but topped by an incredible sense of utter elation, achievement and fulfillment.
Day 14:Reserve Day for Contingency
This day is set aside as a contingency in case we are unable to summit the Mera on the desired day due to bad weather conditions or any other unanticipated reason. However, If the weather is favorable we do not need an extra day.
Day 15: Khare to Kothe (3600m/11808ft): 4-5 hours
We trek from Khare to Kothe along the same trail used previously. we celebrate our success at Kothe.
Climb up and descend, cross several tributaries of the Inkhu Khola before reaching a forked trail nearby Taktho. Trail passes by a Chorten after which we walk downhill on a steep trail, ascend to Thuli Kharka and pass by another Chorten on the way.
Day 17:Thuli Kharla to Lukla via Zatrwa La pass: 6-7 hours
We cross the Zatrwa-La pass at 4,600. From Zatrwa La pass we walk all the way down to Chutang and then straight forward to the Lukla village.
We catch an early morning flight to Kathmandu and transfer to your hotel in Kathmandu.
Trip Cost US$ 2125 Per person
Cost Includes:
- Two night Deluxe hotel in Kathmandu on B/B
- Flight from Kathmandu- Lukla- Kathmandu for the member and crews.
- Climbing peak permit and one climbing guide (Sherpa)
- National Park entrance permit
- All Ground transport as per the itinerary.
- All three Meals ( Breakfast , Lunch during the trek and camping).
- Accommodation in lodge during the trek, basic camping arrangement during climbing.
- Porters to carry member baggage 15 to 18 kg per person.
- Accident insurance for staffs.
- A Trekking and climbing map
- Emergency rescue arrangement if incase , pay by your travel insurance. in worst case only.
- Sleeping ,bag down jackets if you do not have your own, to be returned after the trip.
- medical kit box with normal medicine.
- Seasonal Fruits.
- Medical supplies, first aid kit box, including Oximeter and pulse meter checker.
- An arrangement of Emergency Helicopter service (paid by your Travel Insurance company). If in case. Worst case only.
- Sleeping bag, down Jacket, Duffel bag and walking Poles (if you don't have your own, to be returned after trip completed).
- Route map.
- All our government taxes.
- Official expanse.
Cost Excludes:
- Personal clothing.
- personal climbing equipment ( 150 USD ) per person
- Personal accident insurance, emergency evacuation cost, oxygen, medical box.
- Alcoholic beverage, laundry and tips.
- Extra night Hotel accommodation and sightseeing tour in Kathmandu (available as per your choice)
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What kinds of gear and clothing do I need?
Good hiking boots and proper mountaineering boots. You need good gloves to keep your hands warm on summit night and gloves that you can use when climbing using ropes, carbines, adjusting figure of 8 and adjust all mountaineering equipment. Depending on the month it can be as low as -20c you need to wear a warm hat with buff to cover your mouth. A buff keep moisture, A down jacket is a great piece of kit, you can wear at night while relaxing and you can use for your summit bid.
wide range of cloths. 15kg is your weight limit for our yaks to carry. You will carry rain gear (for the many days on the trek), fleece, or down jacket, camera and 3 liters of water (depending on the day) You can wear shorts for the right number of days, but most people prefer trekking pant. Higher up you will use gortex shell and thermal underwear for summit night. You will need sock liners, wool socks and a couple of light layers heading into Island peak base camp. Wicking layers (merino wool), mid weight fleece layer. Make sure you have trainers to change into once you reach the camp each day. Merino wool from Smart-wool or Icebreaker are great layering products.
What is the best season for peak climbing in Nepal ?
March to May, September to November Is the best season for peak climbing in Nepal.
How difficult is peak climbing in Nepal ?
It depends on the peak you choose to climb, there are easy peaks as well as difficult peaks, and we recommend peak climbing according to your need and your expertise.
What is the Normal success rate of peak climbing?
It depends the peak you choose, climate, weather, health and the peak grade: roughly the success rate of peak climbing is above 95% from our company.
What equipment does company provide and can we rent some?
You can hire or buy personal equipment needed for peak climbing, Normal gear like Sleeping bags and down jackets will be provided by, Exciting Nepal treks. If you like you can also hire from our own company.
What problems occur in high altitude?
Lack of oxygen in a body might occur in high altitude which may result in nausea, vomiting, drowsiness, hypothermia even death.
Can I charge my device while peak climbing?
Yes you can charge your device like mobile, camera and chargeable device during the trekking Area only, but during the camping we can not.
Who will be my guide and what is their qualification and experience?
Our Company provides veteran, qualified peak climbing and mountaineering guides.
What kind food and accommodation you provide?
We provide healthy food, comfortable accommodation during the trek but basic camping accmodation during the climbing
Does your company give certificate after successful peak climbing?
Exciting Nepal Treks and Expedition will provide certificate which is provided by NMA.
How you rescue if I become sick?
Depending on the seriousness of the accident we provide first aid if not then company can arrange the evacuation operation to the nearest medical facility and in case of any emergency, company could bring you to Kathmandu Hospital.
Do I get refund if I become sick before peak climbing or after the trip departure?
If you become sick before the departure informed us before 35 days 80 % of amount will be refunded, after that we deduct the cost of permit and flight as well as 33% trip cost will be chargeable, No refund will be provided after a week as well after the trip departure.
What permit do I need for peak climbing?
Nepal Mountaineering Association: issue permits which is needed for peak climbing and our company will assist you on getting the permit.
https://excitingnepal.com/nepal-peak-permit-fees/ please check the information.
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For Iowa County, one of 99 counties in the largely rural US state of Iowa, a recent upgrade to digital radio has delivered a spectacular boost in communications performance. Where previously it took many minutes to contact all the emergency forces needed to cover an incident, today the whole alerting process can be completed in seconds.
In preparing for its digital rollout, which went live in August 2018, the county chose a hybrid system which combines Project 25 radio for voice communications with a POCSAG paging system from Swissphone for alerting crews. Alongside the improvement in speed, the combination delivers reliable coverage of this largely rural area at far lower cost than an all-P25 system.
The Swissphone network replaces an old tone-voice paging system which could be tricky for the dispatchers to handle. "Previously our infrastructure consisted of two tower sites for paging and the radio," explains Josh Humphrey, Emergency Management Director for Iowa County. "They had to guess: 'Do I page off the south tower or off the north one, for whichever agency is related to the event?'"
The tone-voice paging system allowed only one agency to be paged at a time. "We had a policy setting for which agency had priority over others," he adds. "So if we wanted to page the whole county, it might take us 20–25 minutes to page everyone — whereas now it takes only seconds to page everyone. So, alerting-wise, it's a huge, huge time-saver."
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"We have eight paging sites now," Humphrey continues. "And the infrastructure is a lot beefier: reliability and coverage are exponentially better. We were having a lot of issues with tone-voice paging where we would get phantom pages at 3 a.m. We don't get any of that any more!"
The new system is the outcome of three years' work by a five-member radio committee, now the county's radio governance board. The supplier chosen to provide the paging network was Iowa-based RACOM Corporation, which has provided a similar Swissphone alerting system to nearby Blackhawk County.
Among the alternatives evaluated by the committee was to use the Project 25 800MHz network for paging as well as voice. This looked promising — but only one company was offering pagers at that time, and they were expensive. "Most of our agencies here are volunteer fire, volunteer EMS people," comments Josh Humphrey. "They are reliant on fund-raisers like pancakes breakfasts. So the communications committee basically said there's no way that we can go to these fire departments and say one pager is going to cost you $1000. How many pancake breakfasts does it take to buy one fireman his equipment?"
A further drawback of the P25 paging option was that extra radio sites would have been needed to achieve adequate radio coverage across the county. While a DiCal site costs less than USD 20,000, a new P25 site can cost half a million dollars, and three of the towers which today carry DiCal paging transmitters would not have been suitable for P25. "Those towers wouldn't be able to support the microwave backhaul," explains Steve Holmes, Senior Project Manager at RACOM. "So that would have been an additional big expense, to install a bigger tower that would support the backhaul. That in itself is a huge saving."
Stewards' decision
Yet another possibility was to convert the existing network to simulcast paging, retaining its tone-voice pagers. However, simply to add the simulcast controller could have cost as much as $1 million.
Swissphone's network plus more than 300 brandnew digital s.QUAD pagers for the county's volunteers worked out USD500,000 (AUD 700,000) cheaper than just upgrading the old analog network and keeping the old analog pagers. "It was pretty much no question that this was the best solution," Humphrey declares. "As a steward of taxpayer money, how would you justify not [choosing the new system], knowing that with simulcast tone-voice paging we were still going to get those phantom pages in the middle of the night, we'd still have reliability issues with the pagers such as battery issues.
"Now we are seeing anywhere from six to eight weeks on a battery without charging it, and I'm getting every page on my pager."
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A key feature of the Swissphone technology is that its sites do not all require a direct IP connection, either microwave or wired. Instead they can link one to another over the air, via the paging frequency. "So we have three sites now that aren't on microwave — they are a secondary ring," says Josh Humphrey. And he reflects: "The cost which it was going to take to add new towers and expensive P25 sites, and then to buy all those pagers — a $200 pager versus a $950 pager. Which one would you want to buy?"
The ability of Swissphone's system to communicate over the air-interface also means that all DiCal base stations can still be reached even if one or several IP connections should fail in a blackout. In that case, the network automatically detects the connection failure and sets off all base stations over the air-interface. This is one of the fallback levels of Swissphone's System, which is set up completely redundantly.
As a supplementary alerting system, to back up the paging network, the county has been using a commercial service which communicates with smartphones via a mobile app. But this will be soon replaced by Swissphone's s.ONE software, an application for alerting, monitoring and resource management, in conjunction with the s.QUAD pagers connected to the smartphones of firefighters. This hybrid option of the s.QUAD allows the firefighter to let the dispatcher know his availability and to acknowledge an alert.
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The paging system went live after 30 days of shadow operation, having been integrated smoothly with the county's existing CAD system. Training was provided for operators and the users, including the county's many volunteer responders — who now carry Swissphone's simple-to-use s.QUAD message pagers — to make certain that they were comfortable with the new system.
For the dispatchers, the biggest improvement is in being able to target their messages, Humphrey believes. "They have the ability to select however many agencies are involved in that incident, select them all, give them the same message, send it once, not have to repeat that message multiple times over several minutes.... That speeds up the alerting process, which is the whole point of an alerting system.
"In the end, it works just like it was promised, and it's reliable and it's resilient and it cost less than everything else. It is exactly what we asked for, it does what it does and people now can see that there was no smoke and mirrors. That's exactly what it is."
The options for Iowa County
|Option 1: Upgrade analog infrastructure
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P-25 Paging
|Approx USD 1 M (AUD 1.4 M) for new simulcast controller.
Approx USD 1.5 M (AUD 2.1 M) for three new P25 sites (additional microwave backhaul required)
|USD 400,000 (AUD 560,000) for turnkey infrastructure including web interfaces for fire chiefs and s.ONE
|319 Pagers
(keep old analog pagers)
(USD 950/pager) (AUD 1330/pager)
DiCal digital paging is the most cost-effective solution for alerting and fully compliant with NFPA 1221.
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