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Hiking trek to the Base camp of Mount Everest – Asia, Nepal or Tibet, Himalaya
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There are more than one hiking trail leading to the Mount Everest Base camp, as there are more than one Everest Base Camp. Both Nepal (South Base Camp ) and Tibet ( North Base camp ) has Base camps at different heights around Mount Everest, and in principle any camp, that function as a base for climbing the summit of Mount Everest, the highest mountain on Earth ( 8848 m. 19029 ft.) can be called an Everest Base camp. Most of the hikes to Everest Base camps heads out from either Kathmandu (Nepal) or Lhasa (Tibet) and the hikes take approx. 15-20 days to hike in all.
Time of year to hike the Everest Base camp trek: March-May or September-November
Research Links:
Statistics on Climbing Mt. Everest incl. 2017: AlanArnette.com Everest by Numbers 2018
Wikipedia:
Mount Everest: Mount Everest on Wikipedia
Everest Base camp: Everest Base camp on Wikipedia
Examples of arranged hikes to Everest Base camp:
National Geographic: From Nepal, Kathmandu: Everest South base camp trek
TibetTravel.org: ( From Lhasa, Tibet) : Everest North Advanced Base Camp
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