ʻO Everest Cho La Pass Trek

Welina mai i ka Kathmandu kū hoʻokahi, kahi e hoʻomaka ai kāu huakaʻi Himalayan. I kou puka ʻana i waho o ke kahua mokulele, e ʻike ʻoe i ko mākou ʻelele me kahi hōʻailona ma ka lima, mākaukau e lawe iā ʻoe i kahi kaʻa pilikino i kou hōkele.

Ma hope o kou nānā ʻana, e hoʻomaha iki, a laila loaʻa iā ʻoe ka manawa e kūʻai ai i nā mea pono. ʻAuhea kahi maikaʻi loa e hana ai i kēia a ʻaʻole e nalowale i nā alanui walaʻau, na kā mākou alakaʻi e haʻi kikoʻī iā ʻoe.

Ma hope o ke ahiahi, e haʻi aku kā mākou alakaʻi iā ʻoe e pili ana i ka papahana huakaʻi o kā mākou huakaʻi Everest Cho La Pass a e ʻike pū kekahi i kekahi.

*** I ka wā pōʻino, i ka wā hele wāwae a me ka piʻi ʻana o ka hāʻule a me ka pūnāwai, ua hoʻihoʻi pinepine ʻia ka lele ʻana o Lukla mai Kathmandu i Manthali Airport aia ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Ramechhap kahi e pono ai ka huakaʻi alanui 4-hola mai Kathmandu.

*** Hiki i kēia huakaʻi ke hele i ke kakahiaka nui ma kahi o ke aumoe, no laila he mea naʻauao ʻoe e hoʻolālā e hōʻea i Kathmandu i ke kakahiaka nui i loaʻa iā ʻoe ka lā holoʻokoʻa no ka hoʻomaha a me ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no ka huakaʻi hele EBC Gokyo Cho La.

Ma hope o ka haʻalele ʻana i ke kakahiaka nui i ke kahua mokulele kūloko, e hoʻokokoke mākou i ka lele i ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Lukla o Everest. He lele mauna kupanaha loa keia o kou ola ke nana aku oe ia Kanchenjunga, Manaslu, a me Everest e hele maoli ana malalo o kou mau wawae.

A, e like me ka hoihoi o ka pae ʻana i kou kali ʻana i ka mokulele e kū ma ke ala pōkole loa o ka mokulele. 6187 m kiʻekiʻe e nalu ʻo Kongde Ri iā ʻoe i kou puka ʻana i ka mokulele liʻiliʻi.

I kēia manawa, loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi hālāwai liʻiliʻi me kā mākou Sherpa alakaʻi a me nā mea lawe puka a laila e haʻalele ʻoe e hele i ka huakaʻi mua e alakaʻi mālie iā ʻoe i ka Gokyo a me Cho La Pass kupaianaha.

ʻAʻole lōʻihi ka lōʻihi o kā mākou hele ʻana i kēia lā a nalowale kekahi kiʻekiʻe i kūpono no kā mākou acclimatization. E hele mākou i ke ala e hahai pono ana i ka wai waiu waiu o Dudh Koshi River.

Ma hope o ka muliwai, e hoʻokele mākou i nā kauhale Sherpa liʻiliʻi kupaianaha o Chheplung, Chaurikharka, a me Thadokoshi. Mai ʻaneʻi aku, 6367 m mauna Kusum Kanguru e hui pū me mākou i kā mākou huakaʻi.

E hele mau mākou i lalo a hele i Ghat ma mua o ko mākou hiki ʻana i Phakding. E ʻike maopopo ʻia ka ʻike kilokilo o 5761 m Khumbila Peak mai ke kūlanakauhale.

Ma hope o ko mākou haʻalele ʻana iā Phakding, e hele hou mākou e leʻaleʻa i nā wai kahe o Dudh Koshi River e holo ana i ka ʻākau. E hele pololei ke ala i ka puʻu a hele i ka oasis nani o nā rhododendrons a me nā pine.

Ma Toktok, e halawai kakou me kahi wailele hoowalewale a aole i mamao aku, hiki ke ike i ke kii kupanaha o Thamserku (6609 m). ʻAʻole koke, e hōʻea mākou i Benkar kahi e alakaʻi ai ko mākou alahele iā mākou ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ka muliwai ʻo Dudh Koshi ma ke alahaka metala lohi loa.

I kēia manawa, e piʻi ke ala i Chomoa a hiki mākou i Monjo. Ma ʻaneʻi, e komo ana ko mākou ala i loko o ka Pāka National Everest (Sagarmatha). Ma ka puka pāka, e nānā nā mākaʻi i kā mākou ʻae e hōʻoia ua uku mākou i ka uku komo a hoʻopaʻa inoa i ko mākou hōʻea ʻana.

E hoʻomau hou mākou i ka hele ʻana i luna ma ke ala nani i hoʻonani ʻia ma ka puʻu paʻa o nā rhododendrons, nā magnolia, a me nā fir ke hiki mākou i Jorsalle.

Ma hope o ka hapalua hola o ka piʻi mālie i luna, e hōʻea mākou i ke alahaka kiʻekiʻe a lōʻihi loa a kiʻekiʻe hoʻi o Hilary e piʻi ana ma luna o kahi hui o nā muliwai ʻekolu: ka Bhote Koshi, ka Dudh Koshi, a me ka muliwai ʻo Imja Khola.

Hiki iā mākou ke ʻike i ka puʻu kapu Sherpa o Tarboche (6495 m) i ko mākou hele ʻana ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ke alahaka. A ma hope o hoʻokahi hola, e hōʻea mākou i kahi wahi nani ʻē aʻe o Top Danda (3140 m) mai kahi e ʻike ai mākou i nā kiʻi nani o Nuptse, Everest, a me Lhotse.

I kēia manawa, he mea paʻakikī kēia hoʻopaʻa hope no laila he mea nui ʻaʻole e luhi, no laila e hele mālie a hiki mākou i Namche Bazaar.

Aia ʻo Namche Bazaar i kahi kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe, no laila, hiki iā mākou ke ʻike i nā hōʻailona mua o ka maʻi kiʻekiʻe. No ka hōʻoia i ka holomua o kā mākou huakaʻi hele ma Cho La Pas, pono mākou e hoʻomaha i kekahi pō ma Namche e hiki ai i ko mākou kino ke hoʻololi i ke kaiapuni hou.

I kēia lā, e hele mākou i ke kauhale o Khumjung, kahi home o kahi hale hōʻikeʻike mauna a me ka ʻili poʻo Yeti hoihoi. Eia kekahi, e hoʻomaha mākou ma ka Everest View Hotel, kahi hale hoʻolālā Iapana nani i hoʻolālā ʻia no ka poʻe makemake e nānā iā Everest a me kona mau hoa kaikuahine me ka hele ʻole ʻana i ke kumu.

Ma hope o ka ʻimi pono ʻana ma Khumjung, e iho mākou i Namche Bazaar.

Ke piʻi nei mākou i kahi kiʻekiʻe ma mua o 4000 m ma Dole. Ke lawe nei mākou i ko mākou manawa, e hoʻokokoke mālie mākou iā Kyangjuma e nānā ana i nā moʻolelo kupaianaha o Thamserku, Nuptse (7861 m), a me Ama Dablam kupaianaha (6812 m).

I kēia manawa, e pili ana i ka pali o nā rhododendron, e hele mākou i Sanasa. Ma ʻaneʻi, kaʻawale ke ala: piʻi ka ʻākau i Everest Base Camp a ʻo ka ʻaoʻao hema ko mākou ala.

E hoʻomākaukau e piʻi i ke ala e piʻi ʻoi aku ana ma ke alapiʻi pali i kālai ʻia i ka pali. Aia mākou ma luna o ka 3973 m Mongla Danda e hāʻawi i ka ʻike kupaianaha o ka Tengboche Monastery.

I kēia manawa, e neʻe ana i lalo ma waena o ka ululāʻau waiwai nui, hiki mākou i Phortse Thanga. I ka hāʻawi ʻana i ke ala i nā yaks momona, e hoʻokokoke mālie mākou iā Dole, ko mākou wahi hoʻomaha no ka pō.

I kēia lā, hoʻohiki ʻo ia he lā pōkole loa, maʻalahi, a nani hoʻi no ka huakaʻi EBC Gokyo Cho La Pass no ka mea e hele wale mākou i 6 km a loaʻa kahi kokoke i 300 m. I ko mākou neʻe ʻana i mua me kā mākou huakaʻi, e ʻauana mākou i nā mauʻu ʻōmaʻomaʻo i lawe i kahi o ka nahele mānoanoa.

E hele mua mākou i ka ʻai o ka Lhabarma Kharka a laila ʻo Luza Kharka. ʻAʻole mamao loa ʻo Macchermo i kēia manawa a ʻoi aku ka leʻaleʻa o ke ala ke ʻike mākou i nā silhouette keʻokeʻo o Thamserku, Cho Latse, Cho Oyu, a me Tawache.

Eia mākou ma Macchermo i ka manawa e ʻai ai i kā mākou ʻaina awakea. A laila e hele mākou i waho no kahi huakaʻi acclimatization liʻiliʻi a puni ke kauhale liʻiliʻi.

I kēia lā, hoʻomaka mākou e hōʻea i kekahi o nā waiwai kupanaha loa o Nepal: ʻo ka loko alpine glacial kiʻekiʻe o Gokyo. Aia ma lalo o nā wāwae o ka Himalayas, he ʻelima mau loko i loko o ka loko Gokyo.

I kēia lā, ʻekolu wale nō mākou e kaʻa ai a waiho ʻia nā koena ʻelua no ka lā ʻapōpō. Ma hope o ka haʻalele ʻana iā Macchermo, e piʻi mākou i ke kualono a neʻe aku i 4390 m kiʻekiʻe ʻo Pangka.

E hoʻomākaukau ʻoe i ka hele ʻana i luna ma ke ala ʻoi aku ka ʻoi aku ka ʻoi aku o ka ʻāina pōhaku o Nilibuk. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ke ala hou ma ʻaneʻi no ka maʻalahi a laila e hoʻokokoke mākou i ka Lake Gokyo mua: Longponga Lake ma 4,560 m, Taujung ma 4,720 m, a me Dudh Pokhari ma 4,790 m.

ʻO ke kolu o ka loko ʻo ia ka Gokyo Village e hoʻohauʻoli iā mākou me nā hiʻohiʻona maikaʻi o Cho Oyu (8188 m), Kangtega (6782 m), a me Ngozumpa glacier, nāna e hānai i kēia mau loko me kona wai hehee.

He lā nui kēia no ka nui o mākou e hele ana mākou i ka piko o Gokyo Ri e piʻi ana i 5360 m. ʻOi aku kona kiʻekiʻe ma mua o kekahi o nā kiʻekiʻe i loaʻa i ka honua no laila ʻo ia ka mea nui i kāu ʻoihana huakaʻi.

ʻAʻole paʻakikī ka piʻi ʻana i kēia piko, akā he hoʻāʻo maoli ia o kou hoʻoholo a me kou kūpaʻa. E hoʻomaka mākou i ko mākou piʻi ʻana ma mua o ka wanaʻao a hele i ke kahawai liʻiliʻi ma ke ala.

Ma hope o 2 a 4 mau hola, aia mākou ma luna o ka piko e hālāwai me ka wanaʻao nani ma ka mauna ʻo Everest, Gyachung Kang, Nuptse, Cho Oyu, Lhotse, Makalu, Cho Latse, a me Taboche.

ʻO ka Ngozumpa Glacier kahiko, ka hau hau lōʻihi loa ma Nepal, me ka Renjo La a me Cho La Passes e ʻike pū ʻia mai ʻaneʻi. Ma hope o ka hoʻolilo ʻana i 30 a 40 mau minuke ma ka piko e hopu i ka manawa i nā kiʻi, e hoʻomaka mākou i kā mākou huakaʻi iho.

Inā manaʻo ʻoe he ikaika kou i koe, a laila hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻimi i nā loko ʻelua i koe o Gokyo: Thonak Cho (4,840 m) a me Ngozumpa Cho (4,980 m).

E hele hou ana ko mākou ahiahi i loko o ka hale hoʻokipa haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa o ka Gokyo Village.

Mai Gokyo, e lawe mākou i ke ala i uhi ʻia i ka hau e alakaʻi iā mākou i Tanjung Pokhari. Ma ʻaneʻi, ʻokoʻa ke ala: hele kekahi ala i ka Macchermo a ʻo kekahi e lawe iā mākou i ko mākou wahi i manaʻo ʻia.

Ke ʻimi nei mākou i ka lihi o ka moraine, e piʻi mākou i ke kualono a hele i ke ākea ākea o ka Ngozumpa Glacier e waiho ana ma ka wāwae o Cho Oyu. E hoʻokele akahele mākou i nā ʻauwai no kahi o 45 mau minuke a i ka hope e huki hou i ka paia moraine ma ka ʻaoʻao komohana o ka glacier.

E iho ana ke alahele iā mākou i ke awāwa haʻahaʻa kahi e kali ai ʻo Thagnag i ko mākou hōʻea ʻana.

E hoʻomaka koke mākou i kēia lā ma hope o ke kānāwai o ka hoʻomaka alpine. E hele ana mākou i ke ala nui o Cho La i kēia lā i kapa ʻia ʻo Chhugyuma La ma ka ʻōlelo Sherpa.

ʻAʻole paʻakikī ka Pass, akā pono mākou e mākaukau no ka piʻi koʻikoʻi, me nā pali pali a me ke anu. E kaʻahele mākou i ke awāwa haiki o Phedi a hele mai ma ka ʻāina haʻalulu.

ʻO ka huakaʻi ʻekolu a ʻehā paha hola e neʻe aku iā mākou i ka loko hau hau alpine kiʻekiʻe. Ma hope o ke kaʻe ʻana i ka loko, e hana mākou i ka ʻāpana inclined hope loa e alakaʻi iā mākou i ke kiʻekiʻe loa o ka Pass.

Eia lākou, ke aupuni hanohano o ka Himalaya maoli e komo pū ana ʻo Lobuche, Everest, Makalu, Nuptse, Lhotse, a me nā mauna ʻo Rolwaling e hōʻea ana i ka lewa.

Ma hope o kēia manawa poina ʻole, e iho mālie mākou i ke awāwa ʻo Khumbu, e hōʻea ana i ka Dzongla kupanaha no ka pō.

Mai Dzongla, e hoʻomaka mākou e hele i lalo no ʻelua hola a hiki i Dughla. Mai ʻaneʻi, e alo mākou i kahi piʻi paʻakikī a hiki i ka Dughla Pass, kahi wahi kapu i hoʻopiha ʻia me nā hale kupapaʻu hōʻailona lehulehu o nā Sherpas i make a me nā piʻi mauna ma ka mauna ʻo Everest.

Ma ʻaneʻi, hiki iā mākou ke ʻike i kekahi o nā moʻolelo nani loa o Pumori (7161 m) e piʻi nui ana me Lobuche, a me Ama Dablam. ʻO ka ʻāina he alpine kiʻekiʻe a paʻakikī ke hele maʻalahi i kēia manawa ma ke kahawai liʻiliʻi e lawe iā mākou i Lobuche.

ʻO ka pae aʻe o kā mākou huakaʻi Everest Cho La Pass e lawe iā mākou i EBC i kēia lā. Ma hope o Lobuche, e hahai mākou i ke ala ma ka ʻaoʻao komohana o ke awāwa ākea ʻo Khumbu.

A laila, e piʻi mālie mākou ma waena o nā ululāʻau e pili ana i kahi moraine glacial. Hiki ke ʻike ʻia ka piko conical o Pumori, Lingtren, Mahalangur, a me Khumbutse i ko mākou neʻe ʻana ma ka ʻāina ʻoi aku ka ʻoi aʻe o ka ʻāina.

E hōʻea mākou i ka Thangma Riju Pass i kapa ʻia ʻo ka Lobuche Pass a laila neʻe aku e hele i ka moraine ʻaoʻao o Changri Glacier. Ma hope o ka piʻo ʻana, ʻike mākou i ke kualono o Kala Patthar ma lalo pono o ka Pumori.

E neʻe mākou i lalo i ke one one o Gorakshep kahi e waiho ai i kā mākou mau waiwai a hoʻokiʻekiʻe i ko mākou ʻuhane me ka ʻai wela. ʻO ka manawa kēia e hahai ai mākou i ke ala e neʻe ai ma ka ʻaoʻao o luna o Khumbu moraine a me kāna glacier.

ʻO ka hope loa, eia mākou ma ka EBC e moe ana i mua o ka wailele nui o Khumbu. ʻOiai ʻaʻole paha mākou e ʻike iā Everest, akā aia ʻo Nuptse lāua ʻo Lhotse e hoʻohiwahiwa iā mākou i ko lākou nani.

E hoʻi hou kākou i Goraskhep no ka mea he piʻi hou kā kākou e hana ai i ke kakahiaka ʻapōpō.

He lā hou aʻe no ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka alpine mua loa ʻoiai ua mākaukau mākou e hele pololei i Kala Patthar, ke kiʻekiʻe koʻikoʻi o Pumori ma kona huelo. ʻAʻole paʻakikī ke ala e alakaʻi ai iā mākou i ka piko o kēia Pōhaku ʻEleʻele akā paʻakikī ka piʻi ʻana ma muli o ke kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe a me ke anuanu.

I ka mua, e piʻi piʻi ke ala a maʻalahi a hiki i ka pōhaku hope. I kēia manawa, ʻo nā mika hope loa a hiki i ka piko e kaua loa akā i ka hope, aia mākou ma ka piko kahi e ʻike ai i ka lā mua e pā ana i ka piko ʻeleʻele o Everest.

Hiki iā mākou ke ʻike i nā paia o Pumori, Nuptse, Khumbutse, Changtse, Lobuche, Lhotse, Ama Dablam, a me Lingtren. I kēia manawa, iho mākou i Gorakshep, hoʻopaʻa i kā mākou mau mea, a iho i ke ala kamaʻāina i Pangboche.

E hele mua ʻia ʻo Lobuche, Dughla, a me Pheriche e lawe iā mākou i ka ʻike nani o ka muliwai ʻo Imja Khola. Eia mākou ma Pangboche i ʻike ʻia no ka monastery prehistoric me ka relic o kāna ʻaihue Yeti poʻo.

Ma hope o ko mākou haʻalele ʻana iā Pangboche, w e hele i lalo i Imja Khola, e ʻaʻa i laila, a laila e komo i ka ʻāpana ʻōmaʻomaʻo nui o ke awāwa ʻo Khumbu. E maʻalahi a palahalaha ko mākou ala i kēia manawa ma waena o nā lāʻau pine, birch, juniper, a me rhododendron e lawe iā mākou i ke kauhale nani o Deboche.

E piʻi ikaika ana ke alahele i ka pā monastic o Tengboche, ʻo ia ke ʻano o ka monastery koʻikoʻi loa no ke kaiāulu Sherpa.

E loaʻa iā mākou ka manawa e kipa aku ai i ka monastery a ma hope e lawe mākou i kahi iho ʻoi aku ma kahi o 600 m a hiki i Phunki Thenga (3250 m).

E hele hou mākou ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o kekahi alahaka metala e kau ana a hele ma Tashinga, Sanasa, a me Kyangjuma. Ke hāʻawi nei i kahi nānā hope iā Ama Dablam, e huakaʻi mākou i Namche kahi e hoʻi hou ai mākou i ka ʻoluʻolu o ka noho mahana.

Aloha mākou i nā pilikua hau kiʻekiʻe loa a hoʻomau i ke ala maʻamau o Top Danda, Jorsalle, a me Monjo. E haʻalele mākou i ka National Park o Everest a holo ma nā ala ʻōpio e holo ana ma Benkar, Phakding, Thadokoshi, Chheplung, a me Chaurikharka e hele hou i ka ʻāina ʻo Lukla.

Ua hiki mai ka manawa no mākou e lele hou i ka mokulele liʻiliʻi e hoʻihoʻi iā mākou i Ramechhap a i ʻole Kathmandu. Ma hope o ka haʻalele ʻana, ma kahi o 40 mau minuke, e hoʻi hou ana mākou i ka walaʻau a me ka haʻalulu o ke kūlanakauhale.

E hoʻolauleʻa kākou i kā mākou ahiahi me ka ʻahaʻaina maka a me ke alelo me kā mākou hui a hauʻoli i nā manawa a mākou e noho pū ai ma Everest.