ʻO Everest Base Camp Trek ma ke alanui

ʻO ka Everest Base Camp Trek ma ke Alanui e pale aku i ka lele kūloko i Lukla a hoʻomaka me kahi huakaʻi ma ka ʻāina i Salleri lāua ʻo Surke. Ma kēia koho ʻē aʻe, e hiki i nā mea hele wāwae ke kipa aku i nā kauhale kuaʻāina a me nā ʻāina i maʻa mau ʻia i ka wā e lele pololei ana i ka ʻāina ʻo Khumbu.

He huakaʻi paʻakikī kēia no ka mea he kiʻekiʻe loa ia a me nā lā hele wāwae lōʻihi. Aia ʻo Kala Patthar ma 5,644 mika e pono ai ke ahonui maikaʻi, ka makemake noʻonoʻo a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana.

ʻO ka hapa nui o nā huakaʻi hele he 14 a 16 mau lā e like me ke ʻano o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana a me nā hoʻonohonoho huakaʻi. Hiki i ka huakaʻi holoʻokoʻa ke kokoke i 16 a 17 mau lā me nā lā hōʻea a me ka haʻalele ʻana ma Kathmandu.

He nani ke alanui i Salleri a he lōʻihi hoʻi, akā he ʻinoʻino paha ma kekahi mau wahi. ʻOkoʻa nō hoʻi ke ʻano o ke alanui e like me ke kau, ʻoiai hoʻi i ka wā monsoon.

ʻAe ʻia nā mea hele wāwae mua inā olakino kino lākou a mākaukau noʻonoʻo e piʻi i nā wahi kiʻekiʻe. Eia nō naʻe, he mea pono ka ʻike hele wāwae ma mua e kōkua i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa maikaʻi ʻana.

ʻO ka piko ʻo Kala Patthar ma 5,644 mika e hāʻawi ana i kahi hiʻohiʻona panoramic o ka mauna ʻo Everest a me nā mauna ʻē aʻe e pili ana. ʻO ke kahua hoʻomoana o Everest he 5,364 mika ia ma kona iho.

ʻAe, hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia ka papa manawa e like me kāu papa manawa, ke kūlana kino a me nā makemake. ʻOi aku ka maʻalahi o nā kipa pilikino e pili ana i ka wikiwiki a me nā koho noho.

He ʻano ʻāina like ʻole kēia huakaʻi hele wāwae e pili ana i nā puʻu papahele, nā alahaka kau, nā ululāʻau paina, nā hau hau, a me nā mauna Himalayan he mea kupaianaha. E hele pū ke ala ma waena o nā kauhale Sherpa a me nā hale mōneka Buddhist.

Pono ʻoe e olakino kino a hiki ke hele wāwae i 5-7 mau hola i ka lā i loko o kekahi mau lā. Pono ka ikaika maikaʻi, ke ahonui, a me ka hoʻoholo paʻa noʻonoʻo e kaomi i nā kūlana e pili ana i ke kiʻekiʻe a me nā piʻi lōʻihi.

Hiki ke hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia ma o nā hana cardio maʻamau e like me ka hele wāwae, ka holo wikiwiki ʻana, ke kaʻa paikikala, a me ka piʻi ʻana i ke alapiʻi. ʻO ke aʻo ʻana i nā wāwae a me ke kino ma o ka ikaika e kōkua i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ke ahonui i ka wā o ka holo iho a me ka holo piʻi.

Hiki i kekahi ke hoʻomaka e hoʻomākaukau i 6-8 mau pule ma mua o kou haʻalele ʻana. ʻO kēia no ka mea ʻo ka hele wāwae ʻana a me ka piʻi ʻana i luna e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i kou kino iā ia.

ʻAʻole he kuleana ka ʻike mua ma ka hele wāwae ʻana, akā he mea pono loa ia. Inā ua pau ʻoe i ka hele wāwae ʻana i nā lā he nui ma mua, e maʻalahi kou kino e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i nā koi o ka Everest Base Camp Trek ma ke Alanui.

He mālie a nui ka piʻi ʻana o ke kiʻekiʻe, ʻoiai ma hope o Namche Bazaar. Hāʻawi ʻia nā lā o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa kūpono ʻana e ʻae ai i ka hoʻēmi ʻana i ka pilikia o nā pilikia e pili ana i ke kiʻekiʻe.

ʻAe, nui nā mea hele wāwae i ko lākou mau makahiki 50 a me 60 e hoʻopau pono i ka Everest Base Camp Trek ma ke alanui. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ke olakino, e hoʻokele pono i ka huakaʻi a nīnau i ke kauka ma mua o ka huakaʻi.

ʻAe, hilinaʻi nui ka hele wāwae kiʻekiʻe i ka ikaika noʻonoʻo. Pono ke ahonui a me ke ʻano maikaʻi i ka wā e pili ana i nā loli o ke aniau a me nā mahana anuanu, a i ka wā e luhi ai ke kino.

Hiki nō hoʻi iā ʻoe ke hele wāwae ma kahi wikiwiki paʻa a loaʻa nā manawa hoʻomaha pinepine. Hiki nō hoʻi ke kōkua i ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi alakaʻi a me ka mea lawe ukana e kōkua ai i ka hoʻomanawanui ʻana i ke kaʻina hana.

Pono nā Trekkers i ka Palapala ʻAe Komo no ka Pāka Lahui ʻo Sagarmatha a me ka Palapala ʻAe Komo no ke Kaona ʻĀina ʻo Khumbu Pasang Lhamu. He mea koi ʻia kēlā mau palapala ʻae a hiki ke nānā ʻia ma nā wahi e nānā ai ma ke ala.

Ma ke ʻano o ka ʻāpana ʻo Everest, ʻaʻole pono ka kāleka TIMS i ka wā e loaʻa ai ka palapala ʻae kūloko o ke kaona. Eia nō naʻe, hiki ke loli nā lula, a pono e akahele mau kekahi e hōʻoia i ka nānā ʻana i nā koi hou loa ma mua o ka huakaʻi.

Ma Kathmandu, e hāʻawi ʻia kahi palapala ʻae ma ke keʻena o ka Nepal Tourism Board a i ʻole Monjo, ke kikowaena komo. Ke hoʻopaʻa ʻoe me kahi hui hele wāwae, mālama lākou i nā palapala ʻae āpau.

ʻOkoʻa nō hoʻi ke kumukūʻai o nā palapala ʻae e like me ke aupuni a me ke kau. ʻO ke kumukūʻai o ka Palapala ʻAe no ka Pāka Lahui ʻo Sagarmatha he NPR 3,000 no nā poʻe hele wāwae haole, a ʻo ke kumukūʻai o ka Palapala ʻAe no ke Kaona ʻĀina ʻo Khumbu Pasang Lhamu he NPR 2,000.

ʻO ka hapa nui o nā pūʻolo Everest Base Camp Trek ma Road i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e komo pū me nā uku ʻae i ke kumukūʻai holoʻokoʻa. Ma mua o ke kau ʻana, he mea kūpono mau ke nānā me kāu mea lawelawe trekking e pili ana i kēia.

Pono kahi passport kūpono a i nā hihia ʻē aʻe he mau kiʻi paʻi kiʻi passport e hana i nā palapala ʻae. He mea nui nō hoʻi ka lawe ʻana i ka ʻike passport i ka wā e hele ai i ka wā e hōʻoia ʻia ai.

ʻAʻole hoʻihoʻi ʻia nā palapala ʻae hele wāwae ma hope o ka hāʻawi ʻia ʻana. Pono hoʻi e nānā mua ʻia ke kulekele hoʻopau ʻana me kāu mau ʻelele hele wāwae.

Kōkua nā uku ʻae i nā hana mālama a hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ka hoʻokele ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi ma ka ʻāina ʻo Everest. Kōkua pū lākou i nā luna i ka nānā ʻana i nā mea hele wāwae inā he pilikia a me ka palekana.

ʻAʻole koi ʻia ka ʻinikua huakaʻi ma ke kānāwai akā ua paipai nui ʻia ma muli o ke kiʻekiʻe a me ke ʻano kaʻawale. Pono e hoʻokomo maopopo ʻia ka hele wāwae ma mua o 5,500 mika i kāu kulekele a pono e hoʻoneʻe ʻia nā helikopter ulia pōpilikia.

Pono e uhi ʻia e kāu ʻinikua ka mālama olakino, ka hoʻoneʻe ʻana i nā kūlana pilikia, ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka huakaʻi me ka hele wāwae kiʻekiʻe. I kou kūʻai ʻana, he mea nui e hōʻoia i ka palena kiʻekiʻe i ʻōlelo ʻia ma kāu kulekele.

Ma mua o kou hele ʻana i Nepal, he mea kūpono loa ia e hoʻonohonoho i kāu ʻinikua. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o nā kulekele honua ma mua o ka ʻinikua pōkole kūloko.

I ka hihia o kahi maʻi koʻikoʻi e like me ka maʻi kiʻekiʻe a laila e hoʻonohonoho kāu alakaʻi i ka hoʻoneʻe ʻana. Pono hoʻi ka ʻoihana ʻinikua e ʻae i ka hoʻopakele ʻana a he mea nui e loaʻa iā ia ma ke ʻano o nā kikoʻī kulekele.

Pono ka hapa nui o nā mākaʻikaʻi i kahi visa mākaʻikaʻi e hiki ai i Nepal. Hāʻawi pinepine ʻia ka visa i nā lāhui he nui ma ke kahua mokulele ʻo Kathmandu Tribhuvan International.

No ka Everest Base Camp Trek ma ke Alanui, ua lawa ka visa mākaʻikaʻi 30 lā. He mea naʻauao ka hāʻawi ʻana i kekahi manawa hou inā e lohi ka huakaʻi.

Pono ʻoe i kahi passport kūpono no ka liʻiliʻi o ka hapalua makahiki a me kahi kiʻi nui o ka passport. ʻO ka nui e uku ʻia ma ke ʻano o ke kālā ma nā wahi komo ma ka palena a i ʻole ke kahua mokulele ʻo ia nā uku visa.

ʻAe, hiki ke hoʻohou hou ʻia ka visa mākaʻikaʻi Nepal ma ke Keʻena Immigration ʻo Kathmandu. Pono ʻoe e noi i ka hoʻolōʻihi ma mua o ka pau ʻana o kāu visa e pale aku i nā hoʻopaʻi.

ʻOiai aia kekahi mau wahi kahi e koho ai i kahi huakaʻi kūʻokoʻa ma Nepal, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi alakaʻi i ʻae ʻia ma muli o ka pilikia o nā ulia a me ka nele o ke kuhikuhi. Hiki i ke alakaʻi ke kōkua i ka hoʻokele logistics, ka nānā ʻana i kou kūlana olakino, a hāʻawi i ka moʻomeheu a me ka mōʻaukala i ka wā o ka huakaʻi.

Kōkua pū nā lawelawe a ke alakaʻi ʻoihana i ke ala like ʻole, ka noho ʻana, a me ke kamaʻilio ʻana ma nā kauhale kūloko. He mea pono nō hoʻi lākou i ka ʻike ʻana i nā hōʻailona mua o ka maʻi kiʻekiʻe, a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa kūpono ʻana.

He koho ka mea lawe ukana, akā naʻe, he mea pono loa ia ma nā ʻāpana lōʻihi a piʻi. ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi mea lawe ukana i kaʻana like ʻia e ʻelua mau mea hele wāwae e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hauʻoli i kahi ʻeke māmā i kou hele wāwae ʻana.

ʻO ka maʻamau, hoʻohana ʻia ka mea lawe ukana e halihali i 20-25 kilokani ma waena o ʻelua mau mea hele wāwae. Pono nā kūlana hana palekana a kūpono e lawe me ke kuleana.

Hoʻopaʻa nā keʻena hele wāwae i mahalo ʻia i kā lākou uhi ʻinikua alakaʻi a me nā mea lawe. Pono ʻoe e nānā mau i kēia ma mua o kou hoʻopaʻa ʻana i kāu Everest Base Camp Trek ma ke Alanui.

ʻAe, he hana maʻamau ia ma Nepal ke hāʻawi aku i ka makana. He ʻano hanohano ia no ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka hoʻoikaika a me ke kūpaʻa o kāu poʻe limahana kākoʻo.

Hiki ke hana ʻia, akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hana ʻana i kāu hoʻopaʻa ʻana i kāu alakaʻi ma mua o kou hiki ʻana mai i Kathmandu i maʻalahi ai ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana a me ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i nā mea āpau i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kāu huakaʻi.

ʻO ka hapa nui o nā alakaʻi hele wāwae i laikini ʻia e kamaʻilio ma ka ʻōlelo Pelekania a me nā ʻōlelo ʻē aʻe. Ua aʻo ʻia lākou e ʻōlelo maopopo a alakaʻi i nā mea hele wāwae o ka honua ma ke ʻano e kōkua ai iā lākou.

He huakaʻi hale kī ka Everest Base Camp Trek ma ke Alanui kahi e noho ai nā mea hele wāwae i nā hale hoʻokipa mauna. I ka hapanui o nā hihia, he mau lumi māhoe kaʻana like ʻia a he mau moe maʻemaʻe, nā pākeke, a me ka lumi ʻauʻau.

Ma muli o ka loaʻa ʻana, hiki ke hāʻawi ʻia nā lumi pilikino ma nā kauhale liʻiliʻi e like me Salleri lāua ʻo Namche Bazaar. He maʻalahi nā lumi ma nā wahi kiʻekiʻe e like me Lobuche lāua ʻo Gorakshep a he mau pono like nā wahi e kaʻana like ai.

Nui nā hale kī, e hāʻawi ana i nā ʻauʻau wela me ka uku. Me ka piʻi ʻana o ke kiʻekiʻe, hiki ke kakaikahi ka wai wela, a hoʻomehana pinepine ʻia e ka ikehu lā a i ʻole ke kinoea.

Loaʻa pinepine nā kukui a me nā mea hoʻouka i ka hapa nui o nā kauhale i hoʻohana ʻia e ka uila a i ʻole ka lā. ʻO ka maʻamau, uku ʻia nā lawelawe ma kahi uku haʻahaʻa, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma nā wahi kiʻekiʻe.

Ua hoʻopili ʻia nā lumi ʻauʻau ma nā kūlanakauhale ma nā wahi haʻahaʻa. Loaʻa i nā kauhale mauna kiʻekiʻe nā lumi ʻauʻau i kaʻana like ʻia ma muli o ke ʻano hana maikaʻi ʻole.

ʻAʻole hoʻomehana ʻia nā lumi moe. I ke ahiahi, aia kahi kapuahi ma ka lumi ʻaina nui e lilo ai i wahi ʻoluʻolu a launa pū.

Ua kaupalena ʻia hoʻi nā lawelawe holoi lole ma ke alahele a ʻaʻole paha e hāʻawi ʻia ma nā wahi kiʻekiʻe. Koho ka nui o ka poʻe hele wāwae e lawe mai i nā lole maloʻo wikiwiki a holoi i nā mea liʻiliʻi iā lākou iho.

ʻAe, i ka wā puna a me ka hāʻule, e piha koke nā hale hoʻokipa. Kōkua ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana ma o ka hui hele wāwae i ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi e noho ai, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma nā kauhale paʻahana.

Aia nā hale kī ma ke alanui e lawelawe ana i ka hui pū ʻana o nā meaʻai Nepali, India, Tibet, a me ke komohana maʻalahi. ʻO nā meaʻai i ʻai ʻia he mea maʻamau e like me dal bhat, noodles, laiki palai, sopa, pancakes, hua manu, pasta a me ka ʻuala.

ʻAe, aia nā meaʻai mea kanu i maʻamau loa a ʻōlelo pinepine ʻia ma nā wahi kiʻekiʻe no ka mea he maʻalahi ke hoʻoheheʻe ʻia. ʻO nā meaʻai kaulana a palekana hoʻi ʻo dal bhat, nā curry mea kanu, nā sopa a me nā kīʻaha laiki.

Hāʻawi nā hale kī i ka wai inu, kahi i hoʻolapalapa ʻia a kānana ʻia paha ma kahi uku hou aʻe. Hiki i nā mea hele wāwae ke lawe mai i nā pila hoʻomaʻemaʻe a i ʻole kahi ʻōmole kānana wai hiki ke hoʻohana hou ʻia e hōʻemi i ka ʻōpala plastik.

Aia ka wai ʻōmole ma ka hapa nui o nā kauhale, ʻoiai ke kumukūʻai nui aʻe me ke kiʻekiʻe o ke kiʻekiʻe i ka piʻi ʻana o ke kumukūʻai o ka halihali. ʻO nā ʻōmole hoʻopiha hou e koi ai i nā mea hele wāwae he nui e mālama i ke kaiapuni.

Loaʻa i nā hale kī a pau ma ke ala ʻo Everest Base Camp Trek ma ke alanui ke kī a me ke kofe. ʻO nā mea kaulana loa, ʻo ia ke kī ʻeleʻele, ke kī waiū, ke kī kinika, ke kī lemona, a me ke kofe koke.

Nui ka waiʻona ma ka hapa nui o nā kauhale e like me ka pia a me ka waiʻona kūloko. Eia nō naʻe, ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻōlelo ʻia ma nā wahi kiʻekiʻe no ka mea hiki ke pilikia i ka make wai a me ka maʻi kiʻekiʻe.

ʻEkolu mau pāʻina o nā pūʻolo hele wāwae e komo pū ana me ka ʻaina kakahiaka, ka ʻaina awakea a me ka ʻaina ahiahi. ʻAʻole i hoʻokomo ʻia nā mea inu keu, nā meaʻai māmā a me nā huahana berena a pono e uku ʻokoʻa ʻia.

Ua maʻa mau nā hale kī ma ka ʻāina ʻo Everest i ka lawelawe ʻana i nā mea hele wāwae a he haʻahaʻa nā kūlana hoʻomaʻemaʻe. He mea kōkua ka ʻai ʻana i ka meaʻai wela a hou a me ka inu ʻana i ka wai i mālama ʻia i ka pale ʻana i nā pilikia ʻōpū.

ʻO nā kau maikaʻi loa ka pūnāwai ma waena o Malaki a me Mei a me ka hāʻule ma waena o Kepakemapa a me Nowemapa. Paʻa mau ke aniau i kēia mau mahina a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā hiʻohiʻona o nā mauna. ʻOi aku ka maopopo o ke aniau a ua akāka ka lani.

Ma nā ʻāpana haʻahaʻa, he ʻano anuanu mālie me nā ululāʻau rhododendron e pua ana. He ʻoluʻolu loa ka hele wāwae i nā lā a he anu paha nā pō ma nā wahi kiʻekiʻe.

Hāʻawi pū ka hāʻule i ke aniau mālamalama, ka ʻike maopopo a me ka ea anuanu. Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia ke kau hele wāwae maikaʻi loa ma ke ʻano he akāka a moakāka nā hiʻohiʻona mauna.

ʻAe, hiki ke hana ʻia ka Everest Base Camp Trek ma ke alanui i ka hoʻoilo mai Dekemaba a Pepeluali. Eia nō naʻe, emi nui ka mahana me ka piʻi ʻana o ke kiʻekiʻe a hiki i ka hau ke hoʻopilikia i nā kūlana o nā alahele. Hiki i ka hau nui ke hoʻopilikia i nā kūlana o ke alahele ma luna o Dingboche lāua ʻo Lobuche i nā mahina hoʻoilo kiʻekiʻe.

ʻO Monsoon ka wā ma waena o Iune a me ʻAukake a pili pū ia me ka ua nui, nā ao ʻeleʻele a me nā keʻakeʻa alanui e hiki mai ana ma ke alanui ʻo Salleri. He haʻahaʻa ka ʻike ʻana a ʻo nā kūlana i ka wā o ka huakaʻi hiki ke lilo i mea paʻakikī ke wānana.

Ma kekahi mau wahi e like me Lobuche lāua ʻo Gorakshep, hiki ke hāʻule ka mahana ma lalo o ka ʻole i ka pō, ʻoiai hoʻi i ka hopena o ke kau hoʻoilo a me ka hoʻoilo. Pono e hoʻohana ʻia nā lole papa a me nā lole mahana i ke ala kūpono e ʻoluʻolu ai.

ʻAʻole, hiki paha i ka wā monsoon he mau alanui lepo a i ʻole kekahi mau mea i pani ʻia no ka manawa pōkole ma muli o ka ua nui. ʻO kēia ke kumu i ʻoi aku ka paʻa o ke ala alanui i nā kau maloʻo.

Pili ke ʻano o ka mauna i nā kūlana o ke aniau a me nā ao. ʻO ke kakahiaka nui ka mea kūpono loa e ʻike ai iā Everest, Lhotse a me Nuptse.

ʻAe, palekana ka huakaʻi, me ka hoʻomākaukau kūpono a me ka papahana kūpono. ʻOi aku ka palekana o ka hahai ʻana i ke ʻano hoʻomaʻamaʻa a alakaʻi ʻia ma kahi huakaʻi.

He pilikia nui nō hoʻi ka maʻi piʻi ʻana no ka mea ua hiki ke ala i kahi kiʻekiʻe ma mua o 5,000 mika. ʻO ka piʻi mālie, ka hoʻomaʻū pono ʻana, a me nā lā hoʻomaha nā ala nui e hōʻemi ai i ka pilikia.

Inā loaʻa nā hōʻailona e like me ke poʻo ʻeha, ka luaʻi a i ʻole ka poniuniu, pono e hoʻomaopopo i kāu alakaʻi. ʻO ka hopena kūpono loa inā hoʻomau nā hōʻailona, ​​ʻo ia ke iho i kahi haʻahaʻa.

He mau kahua olakino ko nā kauhale e like me Namche Bazaar lāua ʻo Phoriche. Eia nō naʻe, he kakaikahi ka mālama olakino a hoʻoneʻe pinepine ʻia nā hihia koʻikoʻi e nā helikopter.

ʻAe, aia ka hoʻoneʻe ʻana ma o ka helikopter inā loaʻa kahi pilikia. No laila, he mea nui ka ʻinikua huakaʻi kikoʻī ma ka hele wāwae kiʻekiʻe.

ʻO nā kāmaʻa hele wāwae kūpono, nā koʻokoʻo hele wāwae, a me ka hele mālie ʻana e pale aku i ke kuli a me ka papahele pahee. Hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia ke olakino kino e ka hoʻolōʻihi ʻana a me ka hoʻomaʻū ʻana i ka wai.

ʻAʻole pono e hoʻohana i ka wai piula wai i kānana ʻole ʻia. I ka wā o ka huakaʻi, ua palekana ke inu i ka wai i hoʻolapalapa ʻia, ka wai i kānana ʻia a i ʻole ka wai i hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia.

ʻAe, ʻoi aku ka palekana o ka hele wāwae me kahi alakaʻi palapala ʻae e pili ana i nā ala, nā nānā olakino a me ke kōkua mua. Ua aʻo ʻia nā alakaʻi e ʻike i nā hōʻailona o ke kiʻekiʻe a hoʻopakele i loko o kahi manawa pōkole inā pono.

He mea nui ka ʻeke moe maikaʻi, ka pāpale, nā mikina lima, ka pāpale, ka ʻaʻahu huluhulu, nā lole papa, a me nā kāmaʻa hele wāwae ikaika a paʻa. He mea hiki ʻole ke wānana i ke aniau ma kahi kiʻekiʻe a no laila he mea nui loa ka papa ʻana.

ʻAe, pono e lawe ʻia kahi ʻeke moe mehana, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma nā kauhale kiʻekiʻe e like me lobuche lāua ʻo gorakshep. Hoʻolako nā hale kī i nā kapa moe, akā naʻe, ʻaʻole lawa mau i nā kau anuanu.

Ke uku ʻoe i kahi mea lawe ukana, pono ʻoe e lawe mai i kahi ʻeke māmā me ka wai, ka meaʻai a me nā mea pilikino. Pono ke kaumaha o ka ʻeke ma lalo o 5-7 kilokani e ʻoluʻolu ai ka hele wāwae.

Paipai nui ʻia ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā koʻokoʻo hele wāwae, ʻoiai i ka wā piʻi paʻakikī a i ka wā e pono ai ʻoe e iho i lalo i kahi puʻu lōʻihi. Hoʻolaha lākou i ke kaumaha ma nā kuli a hoʻomaikaʻi i ke kaulike ma nā ala pōhaku.

He kūpono nā lole papa, a ua komo pū me nā lole kumu wela, ka huluhulu hipa, nā lole waho e pale ana i ka makani a me ka wai ʻole. Aia ka ʻokoʻa nui o ka mahana ma nā kauhale haʻahaʻa a me nā wahi kiʻekiʻe.

ʻAe, pono e ʻaʻahu ʻia ka hoʻoilo mehana me nā mīkina lima i hoʻopaʻa ʻia, nā lole mehana a kaumaha hoʻi, a me nā kāmaʻa wāwae kaumaha. Ma nā wahi kiʻekiʻe loa, hiki ke manaʻo ʻia he haʻahaʻa ka mahana o ka pō ma lalo o ka pae hau.

ʻAe, hiki ke hoʻolimalima ʻia nā lako hele wāwae e like me nā ʻeke moe, nā ʻaʻahu huluhulu, a pēlā aku ma Kathmandu. He kōkua kēia i nā mea huakaʻi makemake ʻole e lawe i nā lako kaumaha i ka home.

He mea kūpono ke lawe i kahi pahu kōkua mua pilikino e loaʻa ana nā lāʻau lapaʻau maʻamau, ka mālama ʻana i nā pehu a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau e pili ana i ke kiʻekiʻe. Hāʻawi ia i kahi palekana hou aʻe i ka hele wāwae.

Pono e hana ʻia ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana ma ka liʻiliʻi he mau pule ma mua, ʻoiai i ka wā puna a me ke kau hāʻule. Kōkua ka hoʻopaʻa mua ʻana i ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi hōkele a me kahi kaʻa ma ke alanui i Salleri a i ʻole Surke.

ʻAe, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā ʻoihana hele wāwae e noi pinepine ʻia kahi waihona e hōʻoia i loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi hoʻopaʻa. ʻO ke koena o ke koena e uku ʻia ma Kathmandu ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka hele wāwae.

Ma Nepal, ʻo ke ʻano o ka uku ʻana he hoʻoili panakō, kāleka hōʻaiʻē a i ʻole ke kālā. Ma mua o kou hele ʻana i nā huakaʻi hele wāwae, he mea naʻauao ke hoʻokumu i nā ʻōlelo o ke kālepa a me nā uku lawelawe a kāu hui hele wāwae e uku ai.

ʻAe, ʻae mākou i nā hoʻopaʻa minuke hope loa inā loaʻa. Akā i nā kau kiʻekiʻe o ka hele wāwae, ʻoi aku ka palekana a me ka maʻalahi o ka hoʻopaʻa mua ʻana.

ʻO ka hapa nui o nā pūʻolo e uhi ana i kahi noho, nā meaʻai ma ka huakaʻi, nā palapala ʻae, a me nā lawelawe alakaʻi a me ka halihali honua. Aia nā lilo pilikino e pili ana i nā mea inu, nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo a me nā ʻinikua huakaʻi.

ʻO nā ʻauʻau wela, nā uku hoʻopiʻi, ka wai ʻōmole, nā meaʻai māmā a me ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā makana kekahi o nā lilo keu. E hoʻokō ʻia ka pale ʻana i nā kuhi hewa ma ka wehewehe ʻana i nā mea i hoʻokomo ʻia a i ʻole i kāpae ʻia i ka wā o ke kau inoa ʻana.

ʻOkoʻa nā kulekele hoʻopau ʻana ma waena o nā ʻoihana hele wāwae. Ma mua o ka hōʻoia ʻana i kāu hoʻopaʻa ʻana, he mea nui e heluhelu i ke kulekele hoʻihoʻi kālā.

ʻAe, he nui nā ʻoihana e hiki ke hāʻawi iā ʻoe i kahi papa hana maʻalahi e like me kāu papa hana ponoʻī a me ke kūpono. Ke hoʻolālā mua ʻia, ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka hoʻopilikino ʻana.

Hoʻomaka ka huakaʻi me kahi hoʻomaka lōʻihi akā nani o Kathmandu a i Salleri a laila a i Surke a i ʻole Tham Danda, ma muli o ke ʻano o ke alanui. ʻO kēia ala ʻē aʻe e hiki ai i nā mea hele wāwae ke pale aku i ka holo ʻana ma Lukla me ka hauʻoli i nā ʻāina kuaʻāina a me nā kauhale kūloko ma ka huakaʻi.

ʻO ka maʻamau, he 10-11 mau hola ka lōʻihi o ka huakaʻi, e pili ana i ke kaʻa a me ke kūlana o ke alanui. He lōʻihi ka huakaʻi, akā aia ke mele ʻāina nani a me ka ʻike ʻana i ke ola o ke kauhale.

Ua uhi ʻia ke alaloa me ka paving a me nā ʻano ʻinoʻino ma nā wahi mauna. ʻOiai he holo ʻino paha i kekahi manawa, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka ʻoluʻolu o nā jeep pilikino ma mua o ka halihali lehulehu.

Hoʻohana ka nui o nā mea hele wāwae i ke alanui no ka mea ʻaʻole lākou makemake e ʻike i nā lohi o ka lele ʻana, a me nā hoʻopau ʻana o ke aniau ma ke kahua mokulele ʻo Lukla. Hoʻemi pū ia i ke kumukūʻai holoʻokoʻa a hāʻawi i kahi ʻike huakaʻi ʻē aʻe i ka huakaʻi.

Loaʻa pinepine ke alanui i ka wā maloʻo o nā kau e like me ka pūnāwai a me ka hāʻule. Hiki i nā ʻāina heʻe ke hoʻopilikia i ka manawa huakaʻi a pani paha i kahi ʻāpana i nā mahina ua nui.

ʻAʻole pono ka holo ʻana ma loko o ka ʻāina no ka Everest Base Camp Trek ma ke Alanui. Hana ʻia ke kaʻa no ke kaʻa holoʻokoʻa.

He mea kaulana ka hoʻokele ʻana ma kahi jeep pilikino ma muli o ka ʻoluʻolu a me ka maʻalahi. Hiki ke hoʻonohonoho ʻia nā kaʻa i kaʻana like ʻia ma muli o ka nui o ka hui ma nā hihia he nui.

ʻO ka hapa nui o nā pūʻolo hele wāwae e pili ana i nā lawelawe koho a hoʻokuʻu i ke kahua mokulele ma Kathmandu. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka nānā ʻana i kēia i ka wā e hoʻopaʻa ai.