
Everest Region
Everest Region
An Everest trek involves a tremendous amount of up and down walking. A glance at the map will show the reason why. All the rivers in this part of Nepal flow south from Himalayan glaciers, but the trek route proceeds east. Therefore the trail must climb to the ridge that separates two rivers, descend to the river itself, and ascend the next ridge. Even though the trek begins at an elevation of 1860m, on the sixth day it crosses the Dudh Koshi at only 1500m after considerable uphill( and downhill) walking. If you total all the uphill climbing, it will come to almost come to 9000m of elevation gain from Jiri to Everest base camp.