Piʻi ʻo Everest

No ka hoʻomaka ʻana i kāu huakaʻi hope loa o ka piʻi ʻana iā Everest, e hōʻea ʻoe i Kathmandu i kēia lā. Ma TIA, e hālāwai ka hui Himalayan Adventure Treks me ʻoe me kāna kaʻa ponoʻī a me ka mea hoʻokele.

E hōʻea ʻoe i kou hōkele, kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke noho a hoʻomaha ma hope o kāu lele lōʻihi. I ke ahiahi, ma kahi pāʻina hoʻokipa mahana i mālama ʻia e Himalayan Treks, e hālāwai ʻoe me nā mea piʻi a pau a me ko mākou alakaʻi no kā mākou piʻi ʻana iā Everest.

Ma hope o ka ʻaina kakahiaka, e hālāwai ko mākou alakaʻi me ʻoukou a hoʻonohonoho i kahi hālāwai pōkole e wehewehe i nā mea āpau e pili ana i kā mākou huakaʻi piʻi ʻana iā Everest. A laila, e hele pū mākou e kiʻi i nā palapala ʻae piʻi a me nā palapala ʻae ʻē aʻe no kā mākou huakaʻi piʻi ʻana iā Mount Everest.

A laila, e hālāwai pū kākou me nā loea piʻi mauna e mālama i nā hālāwai pōkole e haʻi mai iā kākou e pili ana i ka hoʻohana pono ʻana i nā mea hana a me nā pono e pono ai no ka piʻi ʻana iā Everest.

E hoʻomaopopo pū lākou iā mākou e pili ana i nā lula a me nā hoʻoponopono e pono ai mākou e hahai i kā mākou huakaʻi piʻi ʻana iā Everest he 58 lā. A laila, e nānā kā mākou alakaʻi i kāu mau lako a me nā mea hana.

E kōkua pū ʻo ia iā ʻoe i ka hoʻolimalima ʻana a i ʻole ke kūʻai ʻana i nā mea āu e nele ai. I ke ahiahi, hiki iā ʻoe ke hauʻoli i ka lewa mālamalama o ke Kathmandu Durbar Square.

Ka ʻImi ʻana ma Kathmandu

ʻO kēia lā e pili ana i ka hoʻomaha a me ka ʻimi ʻana i nā wahi hoʻoilina hanohano o Kathmandu. Aia i loko o kā mākou huakaʻi nā luakini ʻo Swayambhunath, Boudhanath, a me Pashupatinath.

Eia nō naʻe, e hoʻopau mākou i kā mākou huakaʻi ma mua iki e hoʻomākaukau a hoʻopaʻa i kā mākou mau ʻeke no ka piʻi ʻana iā Everest. Ke paipai aku nei mākou iā ʻoe e moe mua, no ka mea, pono paha mākou e haʻalele i Ramechhap ma kahi o ka hola 1 a i ʻole 2 AM.

Mai Ramechhap mai, pono mākou e kau i kahi mokulele Lukla i ke kakahiaka nui. Hana pinepine ʻia kēia huli ʻana i ka pūnāwai a me ka hāʻule ma muli o ka nui o ka holo ʻana o ka mokulele ma TIA. E ʻoluʻolu e hoʻomaopopo ʻia e hiki nō hoʻi ke hana ʻia ka huli ʻana like ke hoʻi mākou mai Lukla mai.

E lawe kā mākou kaʻa huila ʻehā iā ʻoe i Ramechhap, kahi e lilo ai ma kahi o 4 a 5 mau hola.

I ke kakahiaka nui, e kau mākou i kahi mokulele mauna nani loa i Lukla, e hele ana ma luna o nā kihi ʻoi o Makalu, Kanchenjunga, Langtang, a me Everest.

Ke pae mākou i Lukla, e hālāwai mākou me kā mākou hui holoʻokoʻa (nā alakaʻi a me nā mea lawe) no kā mākou huakaʻi piʻi Everest. A laila, e hoʻomaka mākou i kā mākou huakaʻi maoli i Phakding ma hope o ke au waiū kupaianaha o ka muliwai ʻo Dudh Koshi.

E iho mālie ana ke alahele haiki o ka ululāʻau iā mākou ma o Chheplung, Chaurikharka, Thadokoshi, a me Ghat ma mua o ka hiki ʻana iā Phakding. Ma ke ala, e ʻike mākou i nā kiʻi nani o ka mauna ʻo Nupla, ʻo Kongde Ri, a me Kusum Kanguru.

E hoʻomau ʻia kā mākou huakaʻi ma loko o ke awāwa ʻo Dudh Koshi, kahi e alakaʻi ai ke ala ʻōmaʻomaʻo ulu maikaʻi iā mākou ma o Zapute, Toktok, Benkar, a me Chumoa a hiki i ka puka o ka Pāka Lahui ʻo Sagarmatha ma Monjo.

Ma hope o ka nānā maʻamau ʻana i kā mākou mau palapala ʻae, e hoʻomaka hou mākou i ka hele wāwae i Jorsalle. ʻO ka ululāʻau kahiko hohonu a pulu e alakaʻi iā mākou i kahi alahaka kau ʻo Hilary 60 m ka lōʻihi e lele ana ma luna o nā muliwai ʻo Dudh Koshi lāua ʻo Bhote Koshi.

I ke kaʻa ʻana ma ke alahaka, e piʻi nui ke ala no hoʻokahi hola, e lawe ana iā mākou i ka piko o ka puʻu o Top Danda/Everest View Point (3140 m).

E kaʻana like kākou i kahi manawa pōkole ma ʻaneʻi me Thamserku, Nuptse, Taboche, Lhotse, a me Everest. E piʻi loa ke ala a hiki i ko kākou hōʻea ʻana i Namche.

Ua koho kūikawā mākou i kēia lā no ko mākou hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana ma kahi kiʻekiʻe. Ma ke kūkākūkā ʻana me kā mākou alakaʻi, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻoholo e piʻi i ka Everest View Hotel (3880 m) ma luna o Syangboche a loaʻa ka pono o ka ʻaina ʻana ma ka hōkele kiʻekiʻe loa o ka honua.

E hauʻoli iā ʻoe iho i waenakonu o ka Himalaya kupaianaha o Ama Dablam, Thamserku, Nuptse, Lhotse, Everest, Samdur, Kongde Ri, Kangtega, a me nā mea hou aku.

I ke ahiahi, hiki iā ʻoe ke kipa aku i ka mākeke kūloko, e launa pū me nā kamaʻāina, a aʻo e pili ana i kā lākou moʻomeheu a me nā kuʻuna kūikawā.

ʻO kēia lā kekahi o kā mākou huakaʻi hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ke kauhale ʻōmaʻomaʻo nani ʻo Khumjung. Mai Namche, e hele mākou i ke komohana ʻākau i Thame.

I ka hopena, e ʻokoʻa ko mākou ala, a e neʻe pololei mākou i Syangboche
kahua mokulele. E iho mai ana ke ala i piha i nā pōhaku nui i ke alapiʻi pōhaku. I kēia manawa, e hoʻopālahalaha ʻia ke ala i ko mākou neʻe ʻana i Khunde.

He 15 mau minuke wale nō ka mamao aku o Khumjung i kēia manawa, kahi e hiki ai iā kākou ke ʻike i ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike Sherpa kūloko a ʻimi i ka hale mōneka a me kāna Yeti Skull waiwai nui.

Mai Khumjung mai, e hele mākou ma luna o kahi alahaka kau ma luna o Imja Khola, e hōʻike ana ua komo mākou i loko o ke awāwa ākea o ka muliwai ʻo Imja. Ke hele nei ma ke Kauhale ʻo Sanasa, e piʻi mākou i ka pali pōhaku o Phungi Thenga (3250 m).

Mai ʻaneʻi aku, pono mākou e piʻi mau no ʻelua hola ma mua o ka hiki ʻana iā mākou ke hoʻomaha ma ke Kauhale ʻo Tengboche. Ma hope mai, hiki iā mākou ke ʻimi i kona hale mōneka nui, kahi e hauʻoli ai nā mōneka e hōʻike iā mākou a puni.

Ke noho nei ma kona ʻāina mālie, hiki iā mākou ke mahalo i nā ʻaoʻao o Nuptse, Taboche, Lhotse, Ama Dablam, Thamserku, a me Kangtega.

Mai Tengboche mai, e piʻi ana ko mākou ala no hoʻokahi hola i ke Kauhale ʻo Debuche (3720 m). E hoʻomau mākou i ka hahai ʻana i ke ala uka ma luna o ka Imja Khola, kahi e lilo ai i piʻi ʻana no kekahi hola, e alakaʻi ana iā mākou i ke kumu o Pangboche (3900 m).

Maanei, e hoʻokaʻawale paha kākou i kahi manawa e kipa aku ai i kona hale mōneka nani, kahi e mālama nei i ke koena o kona iwi poʻo yeti i ʻaihue ʻia. I kēia manawa, e hele wāwae kākou ma waena o ka ʻāina pōhaku o Orsho, Shomare, a me Tsuro Wog ma mua o ko kākou hiki ʻana i Dingboche.

Mai Dingboche mai, e hele mākou ma kahi ʻāina pōhaku a me nā lāʻau kiʻekiʻe o ke kauhale ʻo Dusa ma mua o ka hiki ʻana i ke kauhale ʻo Dughla/Thukla.

Mai ʻaneʻi aku, e paʻakikī loa kā mākou piʻi ʻana a hiki i ka piko o Dughla/Thukla a i ʻole Chukpi Lara Pass (4830 m).

Maanei, hiki iā mākou ke ʻike i nā chortens pōhaku helu ʻole i kūkulu ʻia e hoʻomanaʻo i ka poʻe i nalowale ma nā Himalayas ākea. Ma hope o ka hāʻawi ʻana i ko mākou kaumaha, e hele mākou ma waena o nā kula ākea, kahi ululāʻau uliuli, a me nā laina o nā lāʻau.

ʻO ka ʻāpana hope loa ma mua o ka hiki ʻana i Lobuche e pono ai mākou e piʻi i ka moraine o ka Khumbu Glacier, e hoʻomanawanui ana i nā pali pali.

E hauʻoli i kāu kī kakahiaka a me ka ʻaina kakahiaka e nānā ana i nā helehelena kālā o Lobuche Hikina, Komohana, Nuptse, a me Lhotse. A laila, i kou manawa kaʻawale, hiki iā ʻoe ke koho e kipa aku i ka Italian Pyramid Observatory.

Ma hope aku, hiki iā ʻoe ke hele wāwae a kamaʻilio a pāʻani me nā keiki o ke kauhale a me nā Sherpa.

ʻO kā mākou huakaʻi hoʻohiwahiwa i kēia lā e alakaʻi iā mākou i ka home manawa pōkole o kā mākou huakaʻi piʻi Everest, ʻo ia hoʻi ke kahua hoʻomoana ʻo Everest ponoʻī. Mai Lobuche mai, e piʻi mākou i ke ala paʻa a me nā ʻanuʻu lōʻihi o nā hau hau ʻo Khumbu lāua ʻo Changri.

Ma hope koke iho, e kū ana mākou ma luna o Thangma Riju a i ʻole ke ala ʻo Lobuche, e nānā ana i ka piko o Lobuche a me kona kahua hoʻomoana. A laila, e piʻi aʻe ke ala pōhaku a me ka hau iā mākou i Gorakshep.

ʻO ia ka puʻuhonua pōhaku hope loa no nā mea hele wāwae a pau e manaʻo ana e hiki i ke kahua hoʻomoana ʻo Everest. Akā e hele wāwae hou aku mākou, e hele ana ma nā kahawai he nui a me nā lanai i piha i ka hau a hiki i ko mākou hōʻea ʻana i ke kahua hoʻomoana ʻo Everest.

E hoʻokumu kā mākou poʻe hana i nā halelewa ʻoiai mākou e kū kiʻekiʻe ana, e paʻa ana ke poʻo i luna, ma lalo o ka wailele ʻo Khumbu. Me ka hoʻokumu ʻia ʻana o ko mākou kaiāulu liʻiliʻi, e hoʻomaha mākou a hoʻomākaukau no ka piʻi ʻana, ma ke kino a me ka noʻonoʻo.

ʻOiai mākou ma ke kahua hoʻomoana ʻo Everest, e koho kā mākou hui Sherpa i ka lā kūpono e mālama ai i ka puja e pale aku ai i kekahi pōʻino i hiki ai i kā mākou huakaʻi piʻi Everest ke holomua me ka mālie a me ka holomua.

I kēia manawa ua loaʻa iā kākou ka maluhia o ka noʻonoʻo, e aʻo mai kā mākou alakaʻi piʻi iā kākou i nā ʻano hana piʻi mauna a me nā hana piʻi koʻikoʻi.

E aʻo mākou a hoʻohana maoli i nā mea hana e like me ka jumar, nā alapiʻi piʻi, ke koʻi hau, nā kaulahao, nā crampon, a pēlā aku. E aʻo pū mākou i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā lekiō a me nā pahu oxygen.

No ka mea makemake mākou i kā mākou poʻe piʻi mauna a pau e maʻa piha i ka lewa, e hilinaʻi iā lākou iho, a e hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia ko lākou mau mākau piʻi mauna, ua hoʻolālā pono mākou e piʻi i ka piko o ka Lobuche Hikina ma mua o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e piʻi i ke kiʻekiʻe loa o ka mauna ʻo Everest.

No laila, i kēia lā, e iho ana mākou mai Everest Base Camp a i ke kauhale ʻo Lobuche ma o Gorakshep.

I kēia lā, e holomua kākou mai ke Kauhale ʻo Lobuche, e piʻi ana i nā pali hau o ka Lobuche Glacier a i ke Kahua Hoʻomoana ʻo Lobuche (4900 m).

Eia naʻe, ma kahi o ka noho ʻana ma kona kahua hoʻomoana, e piʻi hou aku mākou a loaʻa i 300 m hou aʻe e hoʻomaha ai i ka pō ma kona kahua hoʻomoana kiʻekiʻe, no laila e emi ana ka lōʻihi o ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana ma ka piko i ka lā aʻe.

I kēia lā, e piʻi mākou i luna o ka piko o Lobuche Hikina ma kahi kiʻekiʻe o 6000 m ma luna o ka ʻilikai. Me ka pōʻeleʻele nō, e ala mākou a hoʻomaka i kā mākou huakaʻi ma kahi o ka hola 2 a i ka hola 3 a.m.

E piha ko mākou alahele i nā kukui mai ke kukui poʻo, a e neʻe mālie mākou ma ka ʻāina hau a hiki i ke Poʻo o ka Lobuche Summit.

Hiki ke loaʻa kekahi mau kualono hau ma ʻaneʻi, a pono mākou e piʻi me ke kōkua o ke kaula paʻa ma luna o ka pali piʻo he 45 a 60 kekelē.

He mau hola o ka pilikia a e hōʻea ana mākou i ka piko i hoʻopuni ʻia e nā pyramids hau mau loa o Lhotse, Thamserku, Nuptse, Everest, Pumori, Ama Dablam, Cholatse, Imja Tse, a me nā mea hou aku.

Ke kali nei mākou i kahi iho ʻoi i kēia manawa, kahi a mākou e hiki ai ma o nā kaula paʻa. E iho mākou i lalo ma o ke Kiʻekiʻe ʻo Lobuche a me nā kahua hoʻomoana e hiki ai i Lobuche i kēia pō.

Ma hope o ka piʻi lōʻihi a paʻakikī hoʻi i ka Lobuche Summit, e hoʻomaha mākou i kēia lā ma Lobuche Village.

E hoʻomaha, e hoʻolauleʻa i kāu hoʻokō, a e kakali i mua i ka Everest hanohano i nā lā e hiki mai ana.

I kēia lā, e hoʻi ana mākou i ko mākou hale hoʻomalu liʻiliʻi ma Everest Base Camp, e piʻi ana ma o Lobuche Pass a me Gorakshep.

ʻO ka piʻi ʻana iā Lobuche Hikina kā mākou hoʻolālā hoʻololi mua a mākou i kau ai ma kā mākou huakaʻi piʻi iā Everest.

Ua hiki i ka manawa no kākou e hoʻomaka ai i ka hoʻolālā hoʻololi ʻelua, ʻo ia hoʻi ka hele wāwae a i ʻole ka piʻi ʻana i mua a i hope ma waena o nā kahua hoʻomoana ʻekolu a me ke kahua hoʻomoana o Everest.

ʻO kā mākou hoʻolālā hoʻololi e komo pū ana me kēia hana maʻamau:

Lā 21 – Piʻi i ke kahua hoʻomoana I, 6065 m, 4 a 6 mau hola

ʻO ke ala ma waena o ke kahua hoʻomoana ʻo Everest a me ke kahua hoʻomoana I ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia ka ʻāpana loea loa a paʻakikī loa o kā mākou huakaʻi piʻi Everest.

I kēia lā, pono mākou e hahai i ke ala ma ke kahawai ʻo Khumbu Icefall, kahi e neʻe mau nei a he mau lua hohonu hoʻi.

Pono hoʻi kākou e makaʻala a mākaukau no ka hāʻule nui ʻana o ka hau a hiki i 3 kapuaʻi i hoʻokahi lā. Ma ke ala, e loaʻa pū ana nā hau serac nui e pono ai ke hele makaʻala.

Eia nō naʻe, e hoʻokumu kā mākou hui Sherpa i ke ala i ka lā ma mua me nā kaula a me nā alapiʻi no ko mākou palekana.

Ua kapa ʻia kēia ʻāpana o ka huakaʻi piʻi mauna ʻo ke Komohana CWM (awāwa) o Everest.

ʻO kēia ke ala nui i hoʻohana ʻia e ka poʻe holo o ka huakaʻi piʻi Everest e lawe i nā mea hana a me nā lako.

Lā 22 – Piʻi i ke Kahua Hoʻomoana II, 6400 m, 2 a 3 mau hola

ʻO Camp II ka Advanced Base Camp (ABC) o ka mauna ʻo Everest, aia ma ka huelo o ka Lhotse Face.

Ua mālama ʻia ma ʻaneʻi nā lako a me nā mea hana no ka huakaʻi piʻi Everest he 58 lā, no laila, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā pono hana o kēia kahua hoʻomoana a ʻoi aku ka palekana.

No laila, makemake pinepine nā mea piʻi e hoʻohana i Camp II ma ke ʻano he kahua hoʻomaʻamaʻa mua no ka piʻi ʻana iā Everest.

ʻOi aku ka pōkole o ke ala ma waena o Camp I a me Camp II a ʻaʻole hoʻi i loea loa, akā pono nō mākou e hoʻohana i nā alapiʻi, nā crampon, kahi koʻi hau, a me nā kaula no ka piʻi ʻana.

Lā 23: Hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana ma ke kahua hoʻomoana II

I kēia lā, e hoʻomaha mākou ma Camp II a hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ke aniau, e hauʻoli ana i ka hiʻohiʻona kupaianaha a lokomaikaʻi o Lhotse.

Lā 24: Piʻi i Camp III, 7200 m, a hoʻi i Camp II, 3 a 6 mau hola

Mai ke Kahua Hoʻomoana II, pono mākou e piʻi ma nā paia o ka Lhotse Face kaulana ʻole. Pono paha ke kākoʻo o ka oxygen no kekahi poʻe piʻi.

ʻO ke ala ma waena o Camp II a me Camp III he ʻenehana hou, piʻi, a ʻoi aku ka piʻi a hiki i 65 degere, e holo ana ma nā paia hau paʻakikī o ka Lhotse Face piʻi.

No laila, e hoʻohana ana kā mākou Sherpa i nā kaula paʻa no ko mākou neʻe ʻana i Camp III, kahi e noho ai mākou no kekahi manawa a iho hou i Camp II.

Lā 25: E iho i Everest Base Camp, 5 a 6 mau hola

I kēia manawa ua pau kā mākou hoʻolālā hoʻololi, i kēia lā, e iho hou ana mākou i Everest Base Camp.

Lā 26 a hiki i ka Lā 31: Hoʻomaha a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa

He mea nui e hoʻōla hou mai ka hoʻoikaika nui ʻana i hoʻokumu ʻia e nā kau hoʻololi a mākou i hana ai ma mua o ka hoʻouka hope ʻana i ka piko ʻo Everest.

No laila, ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻia kekahi mau lā i hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hoʻomaha piha, hoʻomaʻamaʻa i kāu mau mea hana a me nā lako ma Everest Base Camp. A i ʻole, hiki iā ʻoe ke koho e iho i Tengboche, Pangboche, a i ʻole Lobuche.

Inā hoʻoholo ʻoe e iho i lalo i kēia mau kauhale, a laila pono ʻoe e makaʻala i ka uku keu (ʻaʻole i hoʻokomo ʻia). E hoʻomau kā mākou poʻe Sherpa ma ke kahua hoʻomoana i ka nānā ʻana i ke aniau a me ke ala e hiki ai i ka Everest.

Lā 32 a hiki i ka Lā 50: Piʻi ʻana i ka Mount Everest Summit, 8848.86 m me nā lā hoʻokūkū

Ua hōʻea mākou i ka pae hope loa o kā mākou huakaʻi piʻi Everest. E ʻoluʻolu e hoʻomaopopo mai kēia manawa aku, ʻo ke aniau a me ke kūlana kino o kēlā me kēia mea piʻi e pāʻani i kahi kuleana koʻikoʻi i ko mākou holomua.

No laila, hiki ke loli ko kākou mau lā a e hoʻololi ʻia i kēlā me kēia hola a i kēlā me kēia minuke.

Eia kekahi, e ʻoluʻolu e hoʻomaopopo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻoholo a kā mākou sirdar piʻi (alakaʻi nui) ʻo ia ka mea hope loa, a pono ʻoe e hahai i kāna mau kuhikuhi i nā koina āpau no kou palekana a me kou pono ponoʻī.

E hāʻawi mākou i kahi alakaʻi Sherpa 1-a-1 i kēlā me kēia mea piʻi, ʻo ia hoʻi, hoʻokahi alakaʻi me hoʻokahi mea piʻi i ka wā piʻi.

E hoʻolako pū ana mākou i kēlā me kēia mea piʻi me ʻeono mau ʻōmole oxygen 4-lita mai Camp III aku, me kahi pale maka top-out Pelekane a me kahi mea hoʻoponopono.

ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke wānana i nā lā kikoʻī o ka piʻi ʻana ma ʻaneʻi, akā ua hoʻolālā mākou i ka hoʻolālā no kā mākou piʻi ʻana iā Everest:

Lā 32: Piʻi i Camp II mai Everest Base Camp, 5 a 6 mau hola
Nā lā 33: Hoʻomaha
Lā 34: Piʻi i ke Kahua Hoʻomoana III

Lā 35: Piʻi i Camp IV, 7920 m, 6 a 7 mau hola

ʻO kēia ka lā paʻakikī loa a me ka wiwo ʻole o kā mākou huakaʻi piʻi Everest no ka mea e hōʻea ana mākou i ka Death Zone a i ʻole ka South Col o ka piko o Everest.

Ma kahi kiʻekiʻe o kahi kokoke i 8000 m, he haʻahaʻa loa ka pae oxygen i loko o ka ea ma Camp IV.

Eia kekahi, ʻo ke ala mai Camp II a me Camp IV he ʻelua mau wahi paʻakikī loa a koʻikoʻi hoʻi, e hoʻolilo ana i kēia ala i kekahi o nā ʻāpana paʻakikī loa o kā mākou huakaʻi piʻi Everest.

I ka wā mua, e ʻike kākou i ka Yellow Band (7620 m), i haku ʻia me ke kinikini, ka pōhaku limestone, ka phyllite, a me ka pōhaku semi-schist.

Ma hope o ka lanakila ʻana i kēia puʻu paʻakikī, e hālāwai kākou me Geneva Spur. He pōhaku ʻeleʻele e like me ke kua e hohola ana ma waena o 7600 m a me 7900 m ke kiʻekiʻe, no laila e ʻoi aku ka pilikia ma mua o ka Yellow Band.

E mākaukau ana kā mākou Sherpa i nā kaula paʻa a me nā mea hana, nā mea e hoʻokele ai mākou i kēia mau ʻāpana ʻelua a hiki i Camp IV. E mākaukau no ka ʻoi aku o ke anu nui, ka oxygen haʻahaʻa, a me ka makani e like me ka cyclone.

E hoʻopaʻa ʻia ko mākou mau halelewa e nā pōhaku kaumaha a me ka ʻupena. Hoʻomaikaʻi, ua hōʻea ʻoe i kahi hope loa kahi e piʻi ai ʻoe i ka pā hema o Everest i nā lā e hiki mai ana.

Lā 36: Hope loa Summit Push a hoʻi i Camp II, 9 a 13 mau hola

ʻO ka lā a kākou a pau i kali ai no hoʻokahi mahina a ʻoi, ua hiki mai nei. ʻOiai ke hiamoe nei ka honua ma waho, e ala aʻe kākou, e hoʻolako iā kākou iho me ko kākou mau mea kaua, nā mea hana, a me nā lako, a e hele e lanakila ma luna o ka hale o ke ao nei.

Penei ko mākou ala mai Camp IV a i ka piko o Everest:

Piʻi mai Camp IV a i Balcony, 8400 m, 5 a 6 mau hola

E pono mau ana mākou i ka oxygen mai kēia manawa aku, akā aia kekahi poʻe piʻi wiwo ʻole i ka wā ma mua i ʻaʻa e hōʻea i Everest me ka ʻole o ka oxygen hou. Eia nō naʻe, no nā kumu palekana, e hoʻohana mākou i ka oxygen i ko mākou hele ʻana ma ke ala.

E piʻi koke mākou me nā kaula a neʻe i ka Triangular Face. Ua like ia me ka ʻāpana kaʻa nui o ka Everest ʻoiai he haiki loa ia a uhi ʻia i ka hau mānoanoa, e lohi ai ka neʻe ʻana, a he laina lōʻihi o ka poʻe piʻi.

E ʻoluʻolu e makaʻala i ka hāʻule ʻana o ka pōhaku, no laila e hoʻokomo mau i kou mau mahiole.

Piʻi i ka South Summit, 8690 m, 4 a 5 mau hola

ʻO kēia kekahi ʻāpana paʻakikī o ka piʻi ʻana iā Everest ma muli o ka ʻāina paʻakikī wale nō akā ma muli hoʻi o kekahi mau ʻāpana pōhaku i hōʻike ʻia a me ke ala piʻi loa.

E haiki loa ke ala i ko mākou neʻe ʻana aku i ka ʻāpana hope loa o ka South Summit.

Piʻi i Cornice Traverse a me Hillary Step, 8790 m, 1 hola

Ma hope o ka hōʻea ʻana i ka piko hema, e hoʻomau mākou i kēia manawa e hoʻokele i ka Cornice Traverse. ʻO ia ka ʻāpana ākea loa a hōʻike ʻia, akā ua lawa ka laulā. Me nā kaula paʻa, e hele mākou ma kēia ʻāpana a piʻi i Hilary Step.

He pā pōhaku kū pololei ʻo Hilary Step e piʻi ana i 12 m ke kiʻekiʻe. I kēia manawa, pono mākou e neʻe wikiwiki a akahele loa i ʻole e hoʻopiha nui i ke ala, kahi e hoʻoweliweli ʻia e hiolo inā he ukana kaumaha.

Ma hope o ke ōlaʻi o ka makahiki 2015, ua nui ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana o nā ʻōmole hau ma kēia wahi.

Piʻi i ka piko o ka mauna ʻo Everest, 1 a 2 mau hola

Ua hala nā ʻāpana paʻakikī i kēia manawa, a he pali mālie ko mākou i mua. E nui ana nā piko wahaheʻe ma ke ala, akā e hōʻea mālie mākou i ka piko maoli o Everest.

Hoʻomaikaʻi, ua hiki ʻoe i kahi kiʻekiʻe loa o ka honua. E hāpai i kou poʻo i luna, e hoʻopiha i kou umauma me ka haʻaheo, e kanu i kāu mau hae ma ka piko, a kākau i kou inoa. E nānā i lalo a e ʻike i ke aura ʻaʻole wale o Everest akā ʻo Cho Oyu, Lhotse, Nuptse, Changtse, a me nā pae ʻāina ākea o Tibet.

E iho i Camp IV, 4 a 7 hola

Ma hope o ko mākou hiki ʻana i ka piko o ka honua, i kēia manawa, he iho ʻeha like ko mākou e kali ana iā mākou. Ke hele hou nei mākou ma ke ala ʻo Hillary Step, ka Cornice Traverse, a me South Summit, e hiki mākou i Camp IV.

E iho i Camp II, 3 hola

Ma hope o kahi hoʻomaha pōkole, e iho mākou i Camp II no ka ea oxygen ʻoluʻolu.

Lā 37: Hoʻi i ke kahua hoʻomoana ʻo Everest, 5 a 6 mau hola

Ma hope o ka wāwahi ʻana i ko mākou mau halelewa a me kahi hoʻomaʻemaʻe iki ma Camp II, e iho hou mākou i Everest Base Camp ma o Camp I.

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Makemake mākou e hoʻomaopopo hou he mau ʻōkuhi wale nō nā huakaʻi i ʻōlelo ʻia a e hilinaʻi ʻia ka holomua ma ke olakino o ka poʻe i komo a me ke aniau ma Everest a e hoʻopilikia ʻia e ia.

ʻO ia ke kumu i hoʻokaʻawale ai mākou i nā lā hoʻomaha kūpono i hiki i kēlā me kēia mea komo ke piʻi i ka piko o ka mauna ʻo Everest i ka hiki.

No mākou, he mea nui loa ka huakaʻi hoʻomau; ʻo ia ke kumu e hoʻolaʻa ai mākou i kēia lā no ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i ko mākou mau kahua hoʻomoana ma ke kahua hoʻomoana ʻo Everest.

E hōʻiliʻili mākou i kā mākou ʻōpala a hoʻolei aku iā ia ma nā pahu like ʻole e like me ka mea i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia e ke Komite Mana Hoʻohaumia ʻo Sagarmatha (SPCC).

E wāwahi mākou i ko mākou mau halelewa, e hāpai i kā mākou mau ʻeke, a laila e hahai i ke ala like e iho mai ai iā mākou ma o Gorakshep a i Lobuche. Mai ʻaneʻi aku, a laila e hele ke ala ma ke ala ʻo Dughla Pass a me Dughla ma mua o ko mākou hōʻea ʻana i Pheriche.

Ke kokoke mai nei kā mākou huakaʻi piʻi ʻana iā Everest i kona hopena, e alakaʻi ana iā mākou i kahi like me kahi i hoʻomaka ai. I kēia lā, e hele wale mākou i lalo ma o Shomare, Pangboche, Debuche, Tengboche, Phungi Thanga, Sanasa, a me Kyanjuma e hiki ai i ka ʻoluʻolu nani o Namche ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka muliwai ʻo Dudh Koshi.

ʻO kēia ka lā hele wāwae hope loa o kā mākou huakaʻi piʻi ʻana iā Everest he 58 lā. Mai Namche, e hoʻi mākou ma o Top Danda lāua ʻo Jorsale a i Monjo.

Me ka nānā hope loa ʻana i ka nani kū hoʻokahi o ka Pāka Lahui ʻo Sagarmatha, e hoʻi kākou i Lukla, e hele ana ma waena o nā kauhale nani o Benkar, Phakding, Ghat, Thadokoshi, Chheplung, a me Chaurikharka.

I ke ahiahi, e mahalo mākou i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana a me ke kākoʻo o kā mākou hui kūloko a e hauʻoli i kahi toast maikaʻi o ka Pia Everest.

Ma hope o kahi aloha paʻakikī me kā mākou hui a me nā Himalayas, e kau mākou i kahi mokulele kakahiaka nui i Kathmandu. Inā pae mākou ma Ramechhap, e mākaukau kā mākou kaʻa lawe pilikino e hoʻihoʻi iā mākou i Kathmandu.

He lā hoʻomaha kūpono kēia ma hope o kahi huakaʻi lōʻihi a koʻikoʻi o ka piʻi ʻana iā Everest. Inā makemake ʻoe, hiki iā ʻoe ke kamaʻilio me kā mākou alakaʻi a hele i kahi huakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi a puni ʻo Kathmandu, a i ʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomaha i loko o kahi spa a i ʻole e ʻauʻau i kahi pōhaku wela.

E mālama mākou i kahi pāʻina hoʻomaha Nepali kūikawā loa e mahalo ai i kāu hana i ke ahiahi. E hāʻawi pū mākou iā ʻoe i kāu palapala hōʻoia no ka piʻi ʻana i Everest.