ʻO Everest Cho La Pass Trek

E hui mākou iā ʻoe ma Tribhuvan International Airport a hoʻoili iā ʻoe i kou hōkele. Ma hope o kāu lele lōʻihi, e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka manawa e noho ai a hoʻomaʻemaʻe. A laila, e kipa aku ʻoe i kā mākou keʻena no kahi pōkole e pili ana i kāu papahana.

E hui ʻoe me kāu alakaʻi huakaʻi hele ʻo Everest Cho la Pass e kūkākūkā i nā lako e pono ai. A laila, e hana mākou i nā ʻae hele wāwae. Inā hōʻea ʻoe i ka pō, e kūkākūkā like mākou i ka lā aʻe ma hope o ka ʻaina kakahiaka.

I ke kakahiaka nui, e holo mākou mai Kathmandu a i Lukla ma o a lele mauna ma kahi o 40 mau minuke. Me ka manawa mālie, loaʻa iā mākou nā hiʻohiʻona nani o nā mauna, me Everest, i ko mākou komo ʻana i ke awāwa hohonu o ke awāwa ʻo Dudh Kosi. ( Nānā: I ke kau mai ka waena o Malaki a i ka waena o Mei a me ʻOkakopa a i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Dekemaba, nā mokulele a pau mai Ramechhap a Lukla.) He ʻehā hola kaʻa mai Kathmandu.

Hoʻomaka ʻoe i kāu huakaʻi Everest Cho la pass mai Lukla. A laila, e hahai i ka piʻi mālie i ka ʻaoʻao mauna ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o ka muliwai ʻo Dudh Koshi. E ʻike ʻoe i ka mauna ʻo Nupla (5885m), Kusum Kangaru (6367m), a me ka mauna ʻo Kwongde Range.

E hele mākou no ʻelua hola i ke kauhale ʻo Phakding no ka hoʻomaha pō. E holoholo a puni ke kaona no ka ʻike kūloko.

I ke kakahiaka nui, e huakaʻi mākou mai Kathmandu a i Lukla ma o ka lele mauna ma kahi o 40 mau minuke. Me ka wā mālie, loaʻa iā mākou nā hiʻohiʻona nani o nā mauna.

Aia kēia mau manaʻo iā Everest i ko mākou komo ʻana i ke awāwa hohonu o ke awāwa ʻo Dudh Kosi. Hoʻomaka ʻoe i kāu huakaʻi Cho la pass mai Lukla. A laila, e hahai i kahi mālie piʻi aʻe ka ʻaoʻao mauna ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o ka muliwai ʻo Dudh Koshi.

E ʻike ʻoe i ka mauna ʻo Nupla (5885m), Kusum Kangaru (6367m), a me ka mauna ʻo Kwongde Range. E hele mākou no ʻelua hola i ke kauhale ʻo Phakding no ka hoʻomaha pō. E holoholo a puni ke kaona no ka ʻike kūloko.

Pono ka lā Acclimatization no kāu huakaʻi hele Everest Cho la pass. I kēia lā, hoʻomaha mākou ma Namche. Hoʻonoho ʻia i loko o kahi hale kiʻi ʻoniʻoni maoli e nānā ana ma ke kua o Kongdi RI (6187m).

ʻO Namche Bazaar kekahi o nā wahi hoʻokipa maikaʻi loa ma ka ʻāina ʻo Khumbu. E hoʻomaha mākou i ka lā piha no laila ʻaʻohe pilikia.

I kēia lā, hana mākou i kahi huakaʻi acclimatization pōkole i Khumjung. He kauhale Sherpa maikaʻi ma luna o Namche.

Loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi lā piha o ka leʻaleʻa no kahi hiʻohiʻona nani a i ʻole ka hele wāwae a puni ka mākeke.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke hauʻoli i nā hiʻohiʻona nani o Everest. Me Ama Dablam, Thamserku, Nuptse, Lhotse, Tawche, Kwangde, etc.

Hoʻomaka mākou i kā mākou huakaʻi Everest Cho la Pass me kahi hele ʻoluʻolu ma waena o ka ululāʻau me kahi hiʻohiʻona nani o nā mauna. Ke hahai nei mākou i kahi ala kupaianaha e hele ana i ka puʻu ma luna o ka muliwai ʻo Dudh Kosi.

Ma hope o ka hele ʻana no hoʻokahi hola, e hōʻea ʻoe i Phungithanga. Piʻi ke ala ma mua o kekahi mau huila pule ikaika wai a laila hoʻomaka i ka piʻi mau ʻana ma waena o ka ululāʻau o nā rhododendrons kiʻekiʻe.

E nānā i ka musk deer a me Himalayan tahr ma waena o nā kumulāʻau. Ma ka hoʻomaka o ka Tengboche (3870m), he noho noho mauʻu ke kauhale i uhi ʻia e nā lāʻau paina a me nā kaʻa.

Mai ka hiʻohiʻona ma ka piko o ka puʻu, aia nā hiʻohiʻona weliweli o nā piko ʻokoʻa, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Amadablam (6856m), Everest (8848m), Nuptse (7861m), Lhotse (8501m), a me nā mea hou aku. Hele mākou i ka Buddhist Monastery ma Tengboche, ka mea nui loa ma ka ʻāina Khumbu.

I ke kakahiaka, nani nā hiʻohiʻona o nā mauna a me nā monasteries ma Tengboche. Mai Tengboche, hele mākou i ka ʻākau a hele i ke kahawai ʻo Dudh Kosi ma o kahi alahaka liʻiliʻi.

E hahai i ke ala a hiki i Orsho a e hele i ke ala haʻahaʻa ma ke kapa komohana o ka Imja Khola. Hele mākou ma ka nahele o nā birches, conifers, a me nā rhododendrons.

Ma hope o ka muliwai akau, hele mākou ma waena o nā chortens, nā pā mani, a me nā kauhale liʻiliʻi. Hāʻawi ka hele wāwae o kēia lā i nā hiʻohiʻona o Mt.Tawache, Ama Dablam, Kongma-Tse (5820m), a ʻoi aku.

ʻO Dingboche hoʻi ka ʻīpuka i Chukung. ʻOi aku ia ma mua o nā ala paʻakikī loa i ka ʻāina ʻo Makalu.

ʻO ka hoʻolimalima ʻana i kahi pō hou ma ʻaneʻi he mea nui e kōkua i ke kaʻina hana acclimatization no ka huakaʻi Cho la Pass. Hiki iā ia ke hele pōkole 400-m i ka Nangkartshang Gompa ma ka ʻākau o Dingboche. Hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa kahi maikaʻi nana o Makalu (8463 m) mai ʻaneʻi.

Hiki iā ʻoe ke hele i kahi lā hele. Pono kā mākou huakaʻi hele ʻo Everest Cho la i Chhukung (4730m), a ma kahi o 4/5 mau hola mai Dingboche, akā e hōʻino paha ia i kou hoʻomaha. Aia ma ka ʻākau o Dingboche nā hiʻohiʻona nani o Lhotse.

Ke hele nei ke ala hele ʻo Everest Cho la Pass i kahi ala i lalo i ke kauhale ʻo Pheriche. Hoʻohui ia i ka papa ma lalo o Thungla, me nā hiʻohiʻona nani o Cholatse ma ke awāwa. Ma hope o kekahi piʻi kiʻekiʻe, piʻi ke ala i luna a ma luna o ka moraine o ka glacier Khumbu.

Hāʻawi ka hele wāwae o kēia lā i nā hiʻohiʻona o Mt.Tawache, Ama Dablam, Kongma-Tse (5820m), a ʻoi aku. Aia ke alahele ma ke awāwa ʻoluʻolu a mauʻu. Hoʻokumu ka nani a me ka nani i kahi kahua hoʻomoana o ka mahina ma Lobuche.

He hōʻiliʻili makani ia o nā hale i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i loko o kahi ululāʻau haiki ma waena o ka glacier a me ka piko Lobuche. Aia ʻo Tawoche a me Nuptse mai Lobuche kiʻekiʻe. E noho i ka pō ma ka hale hoʻokipa.

Mai ʻaneʻi, ʻo ka ʻāpana mua o ka huakaʻi Everest Cho la Pass e hahai i ke āpau ma waena o ka glacier a me nā paia mauna. E hoʻokaʻawale i ka lihi o ka moraine e nānā i ka glacier Khumbu.

Ma ke ala makani a me ka pōhaku me ka nani o ka mauna Pumori, Nuptse, a me nā puʻu nani ʻē aʻe, hiki mākou i Gorakshep. ʻO Gorakshep kahi o ka Everest Base Camp. Aia ke kahua hoomoana hou ma ke awawa.

Ma hope o ka ʻaina awakea, hoʻomau kā mākou huakaʻi hele EBC. Hele ke ala ma luna o nā puʻu pōhaku a me nā moraine a me nā kahawai. Hāʻawi ka Base Camp i kahi manawa e ʻike ai i ka wā hau o Mt. Everest.

Ma Everest Base Camp, ʻākoakoa ka poʻe piʻi e piʻi i luna o Everest i ka wā huakaʻi kiʻekiʻe. Ke ʻimi nei mākou i ke kahua hoʻomoana a me nā mea e puni ana, me ka glacier, ma mua o ka hoʻi ʻana i Gorakshep.

Maʻa mau ke kakahiaka; ʻo kēia ka manawa maikaʻi loa piʻi i ka Kalapathar no ka ike mauna. Hiki iā mākou ke ʻike i nā hiʻohiʻona panorama 360-degere o ka mauna Everest a me nā mauna a puni e like me ka mauna Pumori, Mt. Lingtren, Mt. Khumbetse, Mt. Nuptse, Mt. Lhotse, Mt. Ama Dablam, Mt. Thamserku a me nā piko he nui.

No ka hiki ʻana iā Lobuche, e hele maʻalahi ʻoe ma kahi o 2 mau hola. ʻO kona nani ʻoi aʻe a me ka ʻāʻī e hana i kahi kahua hoʻomoana kokoke i ka mahina. ʻO Tawoche a me Nuptse ke kiʻekiʻe loa mai Lobuche.

ʻIke ʻia ʻo Pheriche a me Dhugla mai kēia ala e like me nā hiʻohiʻona mauna maikaʻi ʻē aʻe. A laila hahai mākou i ka Lobuche Khola i lalo. Ma hope o kekahi manawa, hele mākou i ka ʻākau, e hele ana i Dzongla. Noho i ka pō ma ke kauhale o Dzongla no kā mākou Everest Cho la pass trek.

I kēia lā, hoʻomaka ʻoe i kāu huakaʻi hele Everest Cho la pass e hele i ke kakahiaka nui. Pono ʻoe e hele i ʻekolu hola a hiki i ka piko o ka Chola. Ma mua o ka holo ʻana iā Chola, pono ʻoe ma ka hau no kahi o 20 mau minuke.

Hiki ke paʻakikī ka huakaʻi hele i ka Cho La pass. Akā ma ke ala, e ʻike ʻoe i ka ʻāpana maikaʻi loa o kāu huakaʻi: paʻakikī akā kūpono loa. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hele i ka Cho La i ka wā maikaʻi me ka ʻole o nā lako kūikawā akā nā lole mahana.

ʻO kēia kou lā pōkole o ka huakaʻi Everest Cho la Pass. E hana mākou hele i ka loko o Gokyo. ʻElua wale nō hola mai Thangnak, akā nani ka hele ʻana ma waena o ka glacier Ngajumpa. Ma hope o ke kaʻe ʻana i kahi alahaka hao ma luna o kahi kahawai, pae ke ala.

Ma hope o ke awāwa ma mua o ka loko mua, ʻo Longpongo, ma 4690m. Hiki iā mākou ke nānā i nā kapuaʻi wāwae o ka Lama ma luna o ka pōhaku. ʻO ka lua o ka loko, ʻo Taboche Tsho, e hoʻohauʻoli iā mākou me ka wai turquoise e ʻālohilohi ana i ka lā.

Pono mākou e hōʻea i ke kolu o ka loko, ʻo Dudh Pokhari, i hoʻopili ʻia i ka mua ma kahi kahawai. Aia ke kauhale ʻo Gokyo ma ke kolu o ka loko a me ka mauna ʻo Cho-Oyu. Hāʻawi ka loko i nā hiʻohiʻona nani o Cho Oyu, Kang, Lhotse, Makalu, cholatse, a me Tawache.

Hoʻokahi lā ma Gokyo, e holoholo ana a puni nā loko. Eia kekahi, he manaʻo maikaʻi ka hele wāwae ʻana i kekahi mau ʻike mauna kokoke. E hoʻomaka i kāu huakaʻi i ke kakahiaka a hiki i kahi piʻi kiʻekiʻe ma kahi o 30 mau minuke a hiki i luna. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i kona mau hae pule kuʻuna.

E nānā i ka Ngozumpa Glacier, ka glacier nui loa ma Nepal. Lawe mākou i ka manawa e nānā i ka loko ʻehā (Thonak Tsho) a me ka loko ʻelima (Ngozuma Tsho). Mai ʻaneʻi, e ʻike ʻoe i nā kiʻi kiʻekiʻe loa mai ke komohana a i ka hikina.

Nā kiʻi o Cho ʻoe (8,153m), Gyachung Kang (7,922m), Everest (8848m), Lhotse (8,501m), a me ke ala hou aku iā Makalu. I ka ʻauinalā, hele ʻo Cho la i ka huakaʻi iho i Dole. Hiki ke piʻi i kahi kualapa ma hope o Dole no ka ʻike maikaʻi loa o ke awāwa.

Ke iho nei ka huakaʻi ʻo Everest Cho la Pass mai ke awāwa ma o ka ululāʻau rhododendron nani. Hōʻea mākou i Phortse Thanga a hele i ka muliwai ma luna o kahi alahaka hoʻomaha.

Piʻi mākou i kahi pali one i ka muliwai Dudh Kosi. Piʻi ke ala i ke awāwa o Dudh Koshi a iho i Khumjung. I ka hopena, hiki mākou i ke awāwa ʻo Namche.

ʻO ka iho ʻana mai Namche a i ka Dudh Koshi hiki ke lilo i ka pae paʻakikī loa o ka huakaʻi Everest Cho la Pass. Ke iho nei ke ala ma luna o ke kualono ma mua o nā pali a hoʻopuehu i nā paina i ke kauhale liʻiliʻi o Tokthok. ʻOiai e iho ana ke ala, ʻo ka piʻi ʻana o ka puʻu e pili ana i nā kuli.

Ke hele ʻoe i ke alahaka hoʻokiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe, holo i ka pae ke ala. E hana mākou ma o nā rhododendron a me nā ululāʻau paina. Hāʻawi ia i kahi hiʻohiʻona o kahi puʻu i uhi ʻia i ka hau ma mua o ka hōʻea ʻana i Phakding. Ma hope o ka ʻaina awakea ma ʻaneʻi, hoʻomau mākou e hele wāwae i Lukla.

Ke hāʻule nei ke alahele a holo i ka pae i ka lā a pau, e ʻoliʻoli ana i ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻōmaʻomaʻo. E hele i nā hiʻohiʻona mauna kupaianaha no ka hōʻea ʻana o ke kauhale Sherpa i Lukla. Loaʻa iā ʻoe ka manawa e kaʻahele a puni nā wahi a me ka ʻauʻau maikaʻi.

E haʻi aku ʻoe i ko mākou poʻe kiaʻi no kāu huakaʻi hele Everest Cho la pass. E loaʻa iā mākou kahi lele hoʻokahi hola hoʻi i KTM. (He lā hoʻomaha hoʻi ia i ka wā ʻino ma Lukla, e hoʻopaneʻe a hoʻopau i ka lele ʻana o Lukla.) I ke ahiahi, hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa i kāu pō hope ma Nepal e leʻaleʻa i ka pāʻina moʻomeheu Nepali.

(E hoʻomaopopo: ʻO nā mokulele mai Ramechhap a Lukla i ke kau (i waena o Malaki a hiki i ka mahina mua o Mei a me ʻOkakopa i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Dekemaba). ʻO Ramechhap i Kathmandu he 4 mau hola kaʻa.

He manuahi kēia lā, a i ʻole ma ka minuke hope loa, loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi mau hola kūʻai kūʻokoʻa no kou mau ʻohana ma hope o kāu huakaʻi hele Everest Cho la pass. Inā nui kou manawa, hiki iā ʻoe ke hele kūʻai a mākaʻikaʻi paha. E hoʻokuʻu mākou iā ʻoe ma ke kahua mokulele honua no kāu lele home. Makemake mākou iā ʻoe i kahi huakaʻi palekana.