Here's some information about Mera, the mountain i climbed in May 2014!
Mainly quoted from many websites. For a first hand account of my experience, scroll down to my earlier post!
From the summit of Mera one can see 5 of the 6 highest mountains in the world: Everest, Kangchenjunga, Lhotse, Makalu, and Cho Oyo. The standard route from the north involves little more than high altitude glacier walking. The ease of reaching this elevation may be its biggest danger but good weather and snow conditions are, of course, necessary for safety and success. The west and south faces of the peak offer difficult technical routes.(i did it from the south face tho)
The first ascent was on May 20, 1953 by Col. Jimmy Roberts and Sen Tenzing. The region was first explored extensively by British expeditions in the early 50's before and after the ascent of Everest. Members of those teams included Edmund Hillary, Eric Shipton and Geroge Lowe.
Heres mera from everest!
Here's the route we took!
Somewhat similar cept we ascended through Thuli Kharka instead of slowly acclimatizing by the southern route of narjing dingma so we could avoid the incoming monsoon.
post note: we flew down to kathmandu on 16 May, started our trek on 18 May and summited on 25 May, returning to Lukla on 29 May, flying back to Kathmandu the day after.
Mainly quoted from many websites. For a first hand account of my experience, scroll down to my earlier post!
From the summit of Mera one can see 5 of the 6 highest mountains in the world: Everest, Kangchenjunga, Lhotse, Makalu, and Cho Oyo. The standard route from the north involves little more than high altitude glacier walking. The ease of reaching this elevation may be its biggest danger but good weather and snow conditions are, of course, necessary for safety and success. The west and south faces of the peak offer difficult technical routes.(i did it from the south face tho)
The first ascent was on May 20, 1953 by Col. Jimmy Roberts and Sen Tenzing. The region was first explored extensively by British expeditions in the early 50's before and after the ascent of Everest. Members of those teams included Edmund Hillary, Eric Shipton and Geroge Lowe.
Heres mera from everest!
Here's the route we took!
Somewhat similar cept we ascended through Thuli Kharka instead of slowly acclimatizing by the southern route of narjing dingma so we could avoid the incoming monsoon.
post note: we flew down to kathmandu on 16 May, started our trek on 18 May and summited on 25 May, returning to Lukla on 29 May, flying back to Kathmandu the day after.
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