The weather can play havoc with any plans, we have plenty of reserve days set aside to try and cover this but have to be very flexible. We were ahead of schedule last year until the weather grounded us at base camp for two weeks and patience can be severely tested, especially as you need to save all your strength for the summit attempt.
In 69 days there will only be around 26 "active" days. The body doesn't recover very well above 5000m and begins to feed off itself so those rest and acclimatisation days are very improtant. There are lots of tough long days, even before you factor in the weather, and on summit day alone you can burn around 15,000 calories and it is difficult to ingest more than a couple of thousand up there.
In 69 days there will only be around 26 "active" days. The body doesn't recover very well above 5000m and begins to feed off itself so those rest and acclimatisation days are very improtant. There are lots of tough long days, even before you factor in the weather, and on summit day alone you can burn around 15,000 calories and it is difficult to ingest more than a couple of thousand up there.
The outline of our itinerary is below (and now added to the route page):
Date
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Day
|
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2 Apr
|
1
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Depart Heathrow
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3 Apr
|
2
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Arrive Kathmandu
|
4 Apr
|
3
|
Fly to Lukla (2800m); trek to Phakding (2640m)
|
5 Apr
|
4
|
Trek to Namche Bazaar (3446m)
|
6 Apr
|
5
|
Acclimatisation day
|
7 Apr
|
6
|
Trek to Pangboche (4000m)
|
8 Apr
|
7
|
Trek to Dingboche (4500m)
|
9 Apr
|
8
|
Trek to Ama Dablam base camp (4750m)
|
10 Apr
|
9
|
Trek to Namche Bazaar (3446m)
|
11 Apr
|
10
|
Trek to Lukla
|
12 Apr
|
11
|
Fly to Kathmandu
|
13 Apr
|
12
|
Drive to Chinese border; overnight in Tibet
|
14 Apr
|
13
|
Drive to Everest Base Camp (BC; 5200m)
|
15 Apr
|
14
|
Rest day
|
16 Apr
|
15
|
Acclimatisation walk up Frozen River (5700m)
|
17 Apr
|
16
|
Rest day
|
18 Apr
|
17
|
Acclimatisation Ridge walk (6000m)
|
19 Apr
|
18
|
Rest day
|
20 Apr
|
19
|
Move to Intermediate Camp (5700m)
|
21 Apr
|
20
|
Move to Advanced Base Camp (ABC; 6400m)
|
22-24 Apr
|
21-23
|
Rest and acclimatisation
|
25 Apr
|
24
|
Climb North Col (7000m)
|
26-29 Apr
|
25-28
|
North Col reserve weather day
|
30 Apr
|
29
|
Return to BC
|
1-4 May
|
29-33
|
Rest days
|
5 May
|
34
|
Return to ABC
|
6 May
|
35
|
Climb North Col and overnight at North Col
|
7 May
|
36
|
Move to 7500m; overnight at North Col
|
8 May
|
37
|
Return to ABC
|
9 May
|
38
|
Return to BC
|
10-13 May
|
39-42
|
Rest days
|
14 May
|
43
|
Return to ABC
|
15 May
|
44
|
Rest day
|
16 May
|
45
|
Move to North Col
|
17 May
|
46
|
Move to 7800m
|
18 May
|
47
|
Move to 8300m
|
19 May
|
48
|
Summit day
|
20-30 May
|
49-59
|
Reserve Summit days
|
31 May
|
60
|
Descent
|
1 Jun
|
61
|
Clear mountain
|
2 Jun
|
62
|
Clear mountain
|
3 Jun
|
63
|
Clear ABC
|
4 Jun
|
64
|
Return to BC
|
5 Jun
|
65
|
Clear BC
|
6 Jun
|
66
|
Drive to Nylam
|
7 Jun
|
67
|
Drive to Kathmandu
|
8 Jun
|
68
|
Kathmandu
|
9 Jun
|
69
|
Return to London
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