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I just watched Into Thin Air and, uh, I don't think climbing Everest is going to be on my bucket list.

Omg if you are at the base camp then I'd say there's a pretty chance you hope to ascend the peak. Was that your intent? Did you make it? I've read the Jon Krakauer books and it just sounds somewhat horrific.

That pic isn’t taken from base camp. You can’t see Everest from there. It looks like the pic was taken part way up Kalapatthar, the little hill behind Gorakshep that gives you amazing views of the mountain.

Even hiking to base camp inherited many dangers. Due to the prolonged absence of tourists, many local professional guides also struggle with altitude sickness. The local guides risk their life for tourism income.

Summit to Mt Everest is my ultimate dream.

You are right, and it was between Gorakshep and the Base Camp. The time I went to Kalapatthar, the weather became cloudy. I went in mid-September and visited the base camp early in the morning and Kalapatthar at lunchtime before rushing to Lobuche. It was a 12 hours day.

The base camp trek is like a tourist attraction. The base camp trek has many challenges, but many people do not need help to make it. Please make sure you have an experienced guide and insurance.

Ascend to the peak is a different story, and I am studying how to ascend to the peak.

Good luck my friend!

Why pretend to care about the local guides health when you're going to make them risk their lives for your own everest summit lol. You're referring to other people as tourists when you're literally a tourist.

SAME, just the hellscape of the ice field alone makes me say NOPE. And I read when you shit and piss, the porters need to take it down from the mountain. Like they are already risking their lives for the elitist need to climb this pile of rocks, but they also need to rid of your waste? I read some climbers wear diapers, too.

Some of the people on that doc were very unlikable and did not respect the lives of the Nepalese.

OP would have to wait 7 months for a summit attempt if he was planning to try to get to the top.

You're right; this is the first world problem.  Like every meal on our table, all farmers, machine operators, logistic providers and others risk their lives to put the meals on our table.  We should not have eaten at all.
As we step out of the house, the lithium battery, oil miner, other miners, factory workers and public transport drivers are risking their lives to enable us to go places.
Like the house we live in, the concrete makers, the rock mining, and the wood logger are risking their lives to build our home.
I discussed this with my guide when I was there.  He told me that he did not have income for nearly three years and never had enough money to buy a laptop for his daughter's school.  My trip to Everest Base Camp enabled him to pay back some debt, and I just sent his daughter a second-hand laptop for Christmas.
Many of my friends discussed this with me before.  I am glad I can help them, and more tourists visiting the Everest Base Camp will improve the local welfare.

beautiful.. this will be all history soon.

I just watched 14 Peaks, and seeing a guy traipse up Everest while a bunch of white dudes pay 40k to have sherpas roll out a red carpet for them to gasp and wheeze like they did the work is laughable. The mountain doesn't want you.

Meanwhile, Nimsdai Purja submitted all fourteen >8k Peaks in 7 months.

^huge

The large mountain to the right of center is not Everest. Everest is further up the valley to the left and around the corner.

The peak you refer to is part of Nuptse, which forms a ridge all the way along to Lhotse, which itself joins the main peak of Everest through a ridge. Everest is visible here, the small peak just showing left of centre in the gap between the two closer peaks.

You are right. I was highly disappointed when I arrived at EBC, and Ama Dablam is significantly better than EBC.

My guide told me Annapurna Circuit and Mustang Valley are better than the EBC trek.

I disagree on that… I did the Annapurna circuit back in 2014 and I’ve done part of the 3 passes and the EBC twice now since then. I found the people through the Khumbu more friendly, the scenery and trekking more awesome and the lack of roads a winner. The AC has too many roads and vehicles for enjoyable walking. I’d like to do the Manaslu circuit if I could, and it looks like Mustang would be really cool, although much more desolate. I loved Nepal. I’d like to go back but I’m into my 60s now and it’s a massive challenge. We are lucky to have been and seen it, my friend.

Maybe the guide was trying to sell me the Annapurna Circuit ; he did say that AC has more greens than EBC.

You are right; people in Khumbu are very friendly, and I want to try all Nepal regions.

I hope that I will see you on the trek.