The world's highest mountain has lured visitors from all over the world ever since its discovery. Attempting its summit is dangerous and requires special skills and experience, but the trek to its Base Camp in Nepal can be completed by well-prepared walkers of any age - safely and enjoyably. The views from the route are breath-taking, and the trek is punctuated by intriguing Buddhist monuments and monasteries. In the aftermath of the earthquakes in April/May 2015, Nepal needs trekkers more than ever.

The authors focus on the popular route from Lukla to Base Camp, and also cover the trek to the beautiful Gokyo Lakes with the challenging option to link the two valleys over the Cho La. They provide background on Sherpa culture and religion and on wildlife and geology. There's a wealth of practical information on preparation, including how to prevent and manage altitude sickness.

This award-winning guidebook contains everything you need to plan and enjoy your trek: details of each section showing trekking time and altitude gain/loss; how to choose a tour operator; background on Nepal, Sherpa culture, geology and wildlife; nine pages of detailed mapping at 1:50,000 of all trekking routes; lavishly illustrated, with over 90 colour photographs; rucksack-friendly, weatherproof format.

About the Author

Max Landsberg is a leadership expert, adventure travel enthusiast and author. His other books include "The Call of the Mountains", an account of his completion of the Munros of Scotland. He has trekked on six continents, including the Himalaya and a pilgrimage through the US National Parks from Canada to Mexico.

Jacquetta Megarry is a professional author who has written or co-authored about 20 guidebooks since she created the Rucksack Reader format in 2000. She has trekked at high altitude in five continents, was a volunteer on the Xtreme Everest medical research project and has covered all the routes described in this book in the course of several visits to Nepal.

Reviews
"Packing in as much information in its 80 pages as many books will bloat out over 200 ..."; Judges' comment, OWPG Award for Excellence guidebook winner, October 2016; "The guide is well illustrated, easy to navigate and dip in and out of depending what you are looking for and written in an easy to understand style. Profits from the sale of the book are being donated to Mountain People, a charity that helps the people of Nepal help themselves."; Reviewed by Scotland Outdoors 2016 page 23, which nominated it as "Our favourite"; "The contents are very well organised with quite detailed information on a number of background topics in the first half to help you plan your trip and to help you better understand the cultures and practices in Nepal and in the the Solu Khumbu. The sections on Buddhism and on altitude effects and Acute Mountain Sickness seem particularly comprehensive from my perspective as somebody who lived in Nepal for five years, and are very readable. Overall, another excellent guide from Rucksack Readers, with an impressive amount of information in its 80 pages, all very accessible."; Patrick O'Sullivan, Editor, Irish Mountain Log, Autumn 2016 page 64



Book Information
ISBN 9781898481720
Author Max Landsberg
Page Count 80
Imprint Rucksack Readers
Publisher Rucksack Readers
Weight(grams) 249g
Dimensions(mm) 220mm * 150mm * 10mm