The Everest Base Camp Trek is achievable for most reasonably fit people, but it is not an easy walk. The altitude, long walking days, and several days on the trail make it harder than a normal hike. You do not need mountaineering experience, but you do need to prepare your legs and get used to walking for several hours a day.<\/p>\n
I’ve trekked to Everest Base Camp and the nearby routes, including Gokyo Lakes and the high passes, more than 100 times. I started there as a porter in my teens. Today, I am a licensed guide and founder of Mountain World Treks and Expedition, with more than three decades of experience on these trails.<\/p>\n
People ask me the same things at the start of every season: How hard is it really? How fit do I need to be? What happens if I get sick up there? What should I take with me?<\/p>\n
I wrote this guide to answer those questions from what I have learned on the trail. I explain what makes the trek difficult, how I would prepare for it, what to expect from the 14-day route, and the things I tell trekkers before we leave Kathmandu. If you’re already thinking about booking, our Everest Base Camp Trek package<\/strong> has the 14-day itinerary, price, inclusions, and arrangements from arrival to departure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Everest Base Camp Trek is achievable for most reasonably fit people, but it is not an easy walk. The altitude, long walking days, and several days on the trail make it harder than a normal hike. You do not need mountaineering experience, but you do need to prepare your legs and get used to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs","category-everest-trek-guide"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/project.webcreationnepal.com\/mountain_world_treks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/project.webcreationnepal.com\/mountain_world_treks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/project.webcreationnepal.com\/mountain_world_treks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/project.webcreationnepal.com\/mountain_world_treks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/project.webcreationnepal.com\/mountain_world_treks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1594"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/project.webcreationnepal.com\/mountain_world_treks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1751,"href":"https:\/\/project.webcreationnepal.com\/mountain_world_treks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1594\/revisions\/1751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/project.webcreationnepal.com\/mountain_world_treks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/project.webcreationnepal.com\/mountain_world_treks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/project.webcreationnepal.com\/mountain_world_treks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}