Where is khumbu icefall

Black Diamond Speed One at least 7, cubic inch capacity liters. Must be durable and waterproof. Examples: Patagonia Black Hole. Makes identifying your bags easy at airports or hotels. Full length inflatable. When sleeping on snow make sure to purchase pad rated to do so. Examples: Therm-a-Rest NeoAir. This pad is used in conjunction with the first pad. Examples: Therm-a-rest Ridgerest. Must have adjustable leg loops and fit over all clothing.

Steel pont. Three large, pear-shaped carabiners are best. Examples: Black Diamond HotWire. One full set of ascenders with handles for fixed lines. Examples: Petzl Ascension. Examples: Sterling. A visor hat with a good brim is essential for protection from the sun. Examples: Mountain Madness trucker hat.

Examples: Mountain Madness neck gaiter. A thin balaclava will add significant warmth on that cold summit day. Examples: Outdoor Research, Marmot. Examples: Beko. Examples: Julbo. To fit over glacier glasses in high wind. Rose or amber lenses. Examples: Smith, Oakley. One pair lightweight to spare your climbing while doing camp chores. Insulated, water resistant shell with leather palms. Examples: Black Diamond Guide.

Examples: Outdoor Research Altimitt. Examples: Smartwool or Cool Max. Examples: Smartwool or Thorlo. Synthetic or down to keep feet warm while in tent.

Examples: Sorrel Caribou, Uggs. The route was not fully tested as the earthquake ended that season early but in they used the same path with good results, albeit with some section being steep and difficult. New Icefall route on right Courtesy of Madison Mountaineering.

For foreigners it may take over 6 hours to climb to Camp 1 on the first rotation. Once they are acclimatized, that time can be cut in half but most people still take four to five hours. This means leaving base camp no later than am. However, most teams are on the ice by am. Sherpas will leave as early as or because they make a round trip.

Impressively, they take the same time for a round trip as a foreigner does one way! Most teams will take a few days to review basic skills before entering the Icefall. Sherpas will set up a short course with a couple of ladders and a fixed line running over a large block of ice. But even these steps will not prevent something unexpected from occurring.

The serac realize occurred well before the sun hit the Icefall. It was around am and the sun usually touches the ice around am. Also ice screws that attach the fixed ropes to the ice will melt out removing the safety net provide by the ropes. So the best strategy is to move fast, confident and have extensive experience climbing in crampons on steep snow and ice — the more experience, the safer you will be.

There is a small flock of guides that use any death on the Nepal side to promote their guiding business from Tibet. With this perspective, is the best way to deal with the Icefall is to avoid it altogether and climb from China? According to the Himalayan Database, people westerners and Sherpas have died on Everest from to June The Nepalese side has seen 4, summits with deaths through June or 3.

The Tibet side has seen 2, summits with deaths through June There are advantages to climbing from the north, mainly that is has fewer climbers. But there are also huge risk dealing with the politics of China, the harsh cold winds on the summit push and, now I predict, similar crowds and delays as have been on the south will now occur on the north due to the oversize marketing.

But understand that there are risks climbing any mountain and that is part of the deal. Finally, what is really like to climb thru the Icefall.

I wrote the following narrative a few years ago but based on my experience last year, , it is very valid today. You set your alarm for am knowing it was unnecessary as you have been awake for the last two hours. Over dinner the first climb into the Icefall was announced for today. Immediately, your anxiety level ratcheted up a notch.

The Khumbu Icefall. You have seen so many pictures, a few videos and recently studied it from Kala Patar, Camp 1 on Pumori and your base camp tent, but now it was time for the real thing. Switching on your headlamp, you pull on your real climbing clothes. This is just a trip half way, but it still requires warm layers, gloves, boots, crampons, harness, jumar, cows tail, ice axe — the works. The 3-person tent that seemed so big when you arrived now seems like a closet as you swing your legs off the mattress to pull on your pants.

Your arms hit the sides as your top goes on. Now you would pay the price with ten minutes of close combat — you against your boots. Finally, dressed for action, you stumble outside your tent only to trip over a guy-line.

Standing in the cold, crisp air, you pause. Looking around you see your teammates performing the same circus act. Glancing at the Icefall, you see headlamps, um, someone is already up there. Probably Sherpas carrying a load to Camp 1 or Camp 2.

You hear the low hiss of stoves as the cooks are making breakfast. It is cold, but you are not cold. Looking at your yellow meter boots, the contrast against the white snow is vibrant. Without thinking a smile grows on your face. You are about to enter the Icefall. The Sherpas are gathered by the cook tent eating an unidentifiable concoction of rice, milk, and sugar.

They eat with the enthusiasm of a starving teenager. You walk over and enter the dining tent seeing the cooks have already brought out toast and a boiled egg for each climber. You spread some jam on your toast and stare at the egg. A teammates pushes some coffee your way. A grunt is all you can muster. Without warning the Sherpas enter the tent calling out names.

Not sure if you are being recognized or punished you stand up quickly and follow your personal Sherpa, Dawa. He sets a brisk pace through the maze of paths in base camp. Switching on your headlamp, you follow closely, still unsure of the correct turns to make. Crampon Point is your destination.

With the finesse of a lightweight boxer, Dawa bobs and weaves between the tents. He dodges a yak standing on the trail, careful not to touch the sleeping beast. Tips and gifts for base camp and high altitude trekking and climbing staff.

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