By Kiran Basnet — Licensed Trekking Guide, Everest Trekking Company, Kathmandu Altitude sickness is the variable that makes Everest Base Camp trekking genuinely dangerous for people who underestimate it, and completely manageable for those who respect it. In nearly a […]
Everest Base Camp Trek Difficulty: An Honest Guide from a Nepal-Based Trekking Expert
By Kiran Basnet — Licensed Trekking Guide, Everest Trekking Company, Kathmandu People ask me some version of this question almost every week: “I’m not a mountaineer. Am I actually capable of trekking to Everest Base Camp?” My honest answer is […]
Food on the Everest Base Camp Trek
One of the most common questions trekkers ask before booking with an Everest trek company is simple: what will I eat on the trail? After fifteen years of guiding groups through the Khumbu region, I can tell you that food […]
Everest Base Camp Training Program: The 12 Week Plan That Works
I can tell within two days on the trail who trained and who planned to get fit on the way up. The trained trekker eats well in Namche, sleeps properly in Dingboche, and has attention left over for the mountains. […]
Deaths on the Everest Base Camp Trek: How Dangerous Is It Really?
People type this question into Google quietly, usually late at night after booking flights: do people die on the Everest Base Camp trek? The honest answer deserves more than a scary headline or a reassuring brush off, so here it […]
Jiri to Everest Base Camp Trek: The Classic Expedition Route
Before the airstrip at Lukla existed, the walk from Jiri to Everest Base Camp was simply how everyone reached the mountain. The 1953 expedition that put Hillary and Tenzing on the summit marched for weeks from the Kathmandu valley, and […]
Island Peak and Everest Base Camp Trek: A Guide From the Rope
Island Peak is where trekkers become climbers. The mountain the maps call Imja Tse rises to 6,189 metres above the Chhukung valley, and combining it with the Everest Base Camp trek is the most reliable way to stand on a […]
Best Everest Base Camp Trek Company in Nepal: How to Choose the Right Operator for a Safe EBC Trek in 2026
Choosing the best Everest Base Camp trek company is the single most important decision you’ll make before traveling to Nepal. The Everest Base Camp Trek is not a casual mountain holiday; it is a high-altitude expedition through the Khumbu region, […]
Everest Base Camp Camping Trek: What It Is and Who It Suits
Most trekkers who come to the Everest region stay in teahouses, the family-run lodges that line the trail from Lukla to base camp. The teahouse system is excellent. But there is another way to do this trek, one that puts […]
Three Passes Trek Nepal: Complete Guide to the Kongma La, Cho La and Renjo La
The Three Passes Trek is Nepal’s most complete Khumbu experience and the natural next step for trekkers who have completed Everest Base Camp and want to go deeper into the region. Where the EBC route follows a single valley from […]