TYPICAL EVEREST CLEANUP ITINERARY
The Everest Area due to many well known Everest
Expeditions, has been in the limelight for nearly 30 years, with almost 50,000
to 60,000 trekkers and mountaineers visiting the region every year. The Everest
area does not have the required infrastructure to sustain such tourism in an eco
friendly manner, in spite of having one of the highest per capita incomes in the
region. Waste management is increasingly becoming a major issue with toilets,
garbage dumps all needing to be properly managed and reinforced.
The itinerary combines waste collection, environmental
awareness and protection with a trek in an area that boasts eight of the worlds
ten highest peaks. From Lukla we ascend to a fantastic photographic opportunity
as the peaks of Everest (8,848m), Lhotse (8,511m), Nuptse (7,879m), Arna Dablam
(6,856m) and Taweche (6,542m) come into view for the first time. As we enter
Sagarmatha National Park and its beautiful flora and fauna.
We follow the Dudh Khosi firstly to Namche Bazaar, an
historical Sherpa trading centre of the Khumbu Region and into the Sagarmatha
National Park area. We trek on to Khumjung, the largest village in the Khumbu at
the foot of the sacred peak Khumbila (5,861m). The Khumbu valley is named after
the village.
The region is the home of the Sherpas and an outpost of
Tibetan Buddhism with many fascinating monasteries. With Thyangboche and its
Gompa (Monastery) where the Rimpoche resides (a high ranking Lama reincarnate)
being the most important. We take in some of the best mountain panoramas that
can be seen; Kwangde, Tawoche, Nuptse, Lhotse, Kangtega, AmaDablam and Everest
tower above and to the north. Before we return to Namche Bazaar and retrace our
steps to Lukla and one of the highlights, a day spent in a local school
promoting environmental awareness and sustainable development.
On each day of the trek we will invite local people to our
camps and highlight the need for environmental issues to be addressed. Seminars
will be held on safe waste disposal and how to stop this waste being generated,
as well as highlighting the issue of environmental awareness. As well as full
days spent in villages directly helping to clean up. All waste collected on the
treks will be brought back to Kathmandu for recycling or proper disposal.
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