ʻEkolu Passes Trek

ʻOliʻoli ke kapikala Himalayan nani o ka honua e apo aku iā ʻoe. E ʻoluʻolu e hoʻopiha i nā palapala Visa a me nā hana kuʻuna ma TIA a laila e loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi hoʻokipa pōkole e ko mākou hoa aloha Ma luna o ka luna Himalaya.

Ke kaʻa ʻana ma nā alanui ololi a me ka lehulehu, e hōʻea ʻoe i kāu hōkele i koho ʻia i loko o ka hapalua hola. E hoʻolaʻa iā ʻoe iho mai kahi huakaʻi lōʻihi.

Aia nā malihini a pau o kā mākou Everest three pass trekking i ka hōkele, e hāʻawi kā mākou alakaʻi iā ʻoe i kahi kikoʻī pōkole e pili ana i ka huakaʻi. A laila hiki iā ʻoe ke mākaʻikaʻi i kahi kokoke iā ʻoe iho a i ʻole me kā mākou alakaʻi e hauʻoli i ka vibe o Kathmandu.

E hoʻomākaukau koke i ke kakahiaka nui no kahi huakaʻi alakaʻi o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Kathmandu. No ko mākou hōʻoluʻolu, e loaʻa iā mākou kā mākou huakaʻi ponoʻī e kālele i kā mākou kipa ma Boudhanath, ka home o ka stupa Buddhist nani, ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Swayambhunath, ka home o nā monkey pāʻani, ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Pashupatinath me kona wahi kuni ʻia ma ke kahawai ʻo Bagmati, a me ka hale aliʻi o Kathmandu.

E ʻoluʻolu e hoʻomaha koke i ke ahiahi no ka mea pono paha e hoʻomaka i kā mākou huakaʻi Lukla a puni ke aumoe.

'Ōlelo Aʻo:

E ʻoluʻolu e hoʻomaopopo ʻia e hiki ke hoʻokuʻu ʻia nā mokulele pololei i Lukla mai Kathmandu i ka wā hāʻule, pūnāwai, a me nā kūlana ʻino.

Ma ia ʻano, e hoʻopaʻa hou ʻia ka mokulele ma Ramechhap a i Lukla kahi e pono ai kahi huakaʻi 4 a 5 mau hola i ke aumoe mai Kathmandu.

Ma ka huakaʻi hoʻi, pili ke ʻano like. E mālama mākou i ka halihali ʻana o Kathmandu-Ramechhap ma o ka hoʻoili pilikino.

I kēia lā, hoʻomaka ka huakaʻi o kā mākou mau ala kiʻekiʻe Everest ʻekolu me ka lele nani ma luna o nā pāpū momona, nā ululāʻau ululāʻau, a me nā kiʻi kilokilo o Kanchenjunga, Jugal, Everest, Makalu, a me Langtang i kahi mokulele hauʻoli loa o ka honua.

I ka pae ʻana, e hui mākou i ko mākou koena o ka hui huakaʻi hele a hauʻoli i ka inu kī wela me Mont Kongde Ri. I kēia manawa, e hoʻomaka mākou e hele i lalo ma ka ʻaoʻao o ke kahawai kupanaha o Dudh Koshi a hiki i Chheplung, Chaurikharka, Thadokosi, a me Ghat.

Hiki iā mākou ke ʻike i nā hiʻohiʻona nani o Khumbila a me Kusum Kanguru i ko mākou hele ʻana i Phakding no kā mākou hiamoe mauna mua.

Mai Phakding, e hele mākou i ke ala ʻākau e pili ana i ka Dudh Koshi a hele i Monjo ma Benkar. Ma ʻaneʻi, komo mākou i ka Sagarmatha National Park a nānā ʻia kā mākou ʻae.

I kēia manawa, e alakaʻi ke ala wili iā mākou i Jorsale (2810 m) me Thamserku nani e ʻālohilohi ana i ka lewa. Piʻi mālie no kahi o 30 a 40 mau minuke, e hōʻea mākou i kahi e hui ai nā kahawai ʻekolu: Dudh Koshi me Bhote Koshi a me Imja.

Ma ʻaneʻi, ma kahi o 60 km lōʻihi ʻo Hilary Bridge e hoʻonui i luna me ka nani o Tarboche (6495 m) i ka ʻike. ʻOi aku ka ʻoi aku o ke ala ma kēlā ʻaoʻao e alakaʻi iā mākou ma luna o 3140 m Top Danda.

Hoʻokahi hola ʻoi aku ka piʻi ʻana o Namche a ʻike koke mākou i ka Mōʻī-ʻO ke Aliʻi Kiʻekiʻe ʻo Everest ma ka lewa. Hoʻohana ʻia e nā ʻoluʻolu a me ke ʻano nani, e hiamoe mākou i ʻelua pō ma Namche.

I kēia lā, loaʻa iā mākou ka mea mua o kā mākou mau lā hoʻomaʻamaʻa i hoʻolālā ʻia i kā mākou huakaʻi hele ʻekolu o Everest. Ma kahi o ka noho ʻole ʻana, hiki iā mākou ke hele i kahi mākaʻikaʻi pōkole o ka Village, a ʻimi i kona mau hale kūʻai a me nā hale ʻai.

Akā ʻo ka huakaʻi maikaʻi loa e hele i ka Khumjung Village (3790 m) a me kāna monastery a ma ke ala e hoʻi ai i ka Everest View Hotel, ka hōkele kiʻekiʻe 3880 m ma ka honua.

ʻO ka puni o ka hōkele e like me ke kahua pāʻani kūlohelohe o nā nunui kiʻekiʻe e like me Nuptse, Cholatse, Taboche, Ama Dablam, Lhotse, Thamserku, a me Everest.

Mai Namche, e hahai mākou i ke ala e piʻi mālie ana e holo ana ma ke awāwa ulu lāʻau o ka muliwai. E hele mākou ma waena o kekahi mau puʻu hāmama ma mua o ka piʻi ʻana i lalo i ka muliwai ʻo Dudh Koshi.

ʻAʻole liuliu, na ka wai kahe o ka Imja Khola e alakaʻi iā mākou i 3250 m kiʻekiʻe Phungi Thanga. A hiki i kēia manawa, ua maʻalahi ke ala kū pololei akā e lilo ia i mea paʻakikī a paʻakikī hoʻi ma kahi o ʻelua mau hola ma hope o ka lawe ʻana iā mākou i ka Monastery o Tengboche.

Aia i loko o kēia hale mōneka he mau kiʻi kiʻi a me nā kiʻi a hiki iā mākou ke ʻike i nā mōneka mai ka ʻōpio a hiki i ka ʻelemakule e pāʻani ana i kā lākou ʻāpana. Ma kahi mamao loa, hiki iā mākou ke nānā iā Everest, Kongde Ri, Nuptse, Thamserku, Lhotse, a me Ama Dablam.

E hoʻomaka hou mākou i kā mākou huakaʻi i ko mākou hale moe i ka pō e ʻoliʻoli i ka ʻaina ahiahi maikaʻi loa ma luna o ka wela o ka umu.

E loaʻa iā mākou kahi ala maikaʻi loa a leʻaleʻa i kēia lā i hoʻopaʻa ʻia me ke ʻano o nā alanui Gompas a me Mani Walls. Mai Tengboche, e piʻi mākou no kekahi mau manawa a hiki i Debuche Village.

Ua lanakila ʻo Ama dablam i ka lani i ko mākou hele ʻana i ke alahaka i kau ʻia ma luna o ka Imja Khola. ʻO ke ala ma kēlā ʻaoʻao e piʻi mālie iā mākou a hiki i kahi hui o nā ala ʻelua.

ʻO ke ala e holo ana i ka hema e piʻi i luna o Pangboche a ʻo ke ala ʻākau i lalo. E hahai mākou i ka ʻaoʻao kūpono a hahai i ke ala i hui pū ʻia me nā piʻi liʻiliʻi a me nā kau pālahalaha.

E hele mākou ma Orsho a me Shomare ma mua o ko mākou hiki ʻana i ka māla ʻuala o Dingboche kahi e kapa ai mākou he lā a ʻai i kā mākou ʻaina ʻaina home me Taboche, Ama Dablam, Thamserku, Nuptse, Lhotse, Cholatse, a me nā mea hou aku.

ʻO ka lua o ka lā nani e hoʻomaha ai ma kā mākou Everest ʻekolu pass trek. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hāʻawi i kou kino i ka hoʻomaha piha a i ʻole e piʻi i ka piʻi pōkole 700 m a hiki i ke kualapa o Nangkartshang a i ʻole Nagarjun ma 5050 m.

E hele ana ka huakaʻi ma kahi o 3 a 4 mau hola me ka panorama maikaʻi loa o Makalu, Cholatse, Thamserku, Island Peak, Baruntese, Ama Dablam, Lobuche a me Taboche.

He piʻi pōkole a ʻoluʻolu kā mākou i kēia lā i ko mākou haʻalele ʻana iā Dingboche no Chhukung Village - he pou hoʻokūkū no ka huakaʻi Everest Three Passes a i ʻole Island Peak Expedition.

Ke holo nei ke ala hoʻohiwahiwa ma ka ʻaoʻao o nā paia kiʻekiʻe o Lhotse, Ama Dablam, a me Nuptse. ʻAʻole koke, e ʻike mākou iā mākou iho e piʻi pololei ana ma luna o ka ʻāina pōhaku a hiki i ke kauhale ʻo Chhukung.

Hoʻopuni ʻia e nā pā hau o Makalu, Kongde Ri, Karyolung, Cholatse, Tawache, Numbur, a me Lhotse, aia nō ke kauhale i ka 5546 m Chhukung Ridge hiki iā ʻoe ke koho e piʻi.

Eia naʻe, manaʻo mākou e hoʻomaha ʻoe no ka mea he lōʻihi loa kā mākou piʻi ʻana i ka lā ʻapōpō.

E ala aʻe ma mua o ka hiki ʻana mai o ka lā, e hoʻopaʻa koke mākou i kā mākou ʻaina awakea a hoʻomākaukau no ka hele ʻana no ke ala ʻana i ka mea paʻakikī loa a kiʻekiʻe loa ma waena o ʻekolu Everest Passes: ka Kongma La.

Mai Chhukung, e hele mākou i ke ala ʻākau a piʻi i ka paia glacier o Nuptse. E piʻi mākou ma o Bibre a komo i loko o ke awāwa ʻo Nyiang i pani ʻia ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua e ka Pokalde a me ka Chhukung Ri.

I kēia manawa, na ke ala piʻi komohana e lawe iā mākou i mua no 3 a 4 mau hola a hiki i mua o nā loko mauna. ʻO ka hope, aia ka Pass a me kona piko ma lalo o ko mākou mau wāwae a kū mākou ma waena o Pokalde a me Kongma Tse.

ʻO Makalu, Lhotse, Pumori, Everest, Gauri Shankar, Lobuche, Ama Dablam, a me Nuptse e ʻakaʻaka mai iā mākou ma ka piko o kēia ala nui. ʻO ka manawa kēia e piʻi mālie ai mākou i lalo o ke ala.

A laila e lawe mākou i ka Khumbu Glacier i alakaʻi a hiki i Lobuche no kā mākou ʻaina ahiahi a hoʻomaha.

Mai Lobuche, e hele mua mākou ma ke ala pololei e holo ana ma ka Khumbu Glacier. Hiki iā mākou ke nānā aku i ka hale aniani aniani kupanaha o ka International High Altitude Scientific Research Center.

Ma hope koke iho, e lanakila mākou i ka pā ʻokoʻa o ka Changri Nup Glacier i kapa ʻia ʻo ka Lobuche Pass maʻamau. Ma hope o ka hele ʻana i ka glacier, e hōʻea mākou i ka hopena hope o Gorakshep ma mua o ka EBC kahi e hoʻomaha ai mākou a me kahi ʻai e hoʻomaha ai.

I kēia manawa, e piʻi mākou i ke ala nui mai Gorakshep i loko o nā pōhaku a me ka hau no kahi o 2 a 3 mau hola e hiki ai i ka wahi moe o Everest Base Camp.

ʻO ke kiʻi hau koʻikoʻi o ka Khumbu Icefall e nalo i ko mākou puʻuwai a ʻo nā hiʻohiʻona nani o Lhotse, Pumori, Nuptse a me Khumbutse e paʻi wikiwiki i ko mākou puʻuwai.

Ma hope o kekahi mau manawa hoʻomanaʻo, e hoʻi mākou i Gorakshep no ko mākou puʻuhonua pō.

I kēia lā, aia mākou ma ka piko o kā mākou huakaʻi hele ʻekolu o Everest. Mai Gorakshep, e ala hou mākou ma mua o ka lā a hele i ke ala ʻē aʻe e piʻi ai ma luna o ka Khumbu Glacier.

E hoʻomaka ana ke ala e piʻi a nui aʻe a pono mākou e hele i kekahi mau pōhaku. Ma hope o 2 mau hola, e kū ana mākou ma luna o Kala Patthar.

ʻO nā manaʻo o Everest, Khumbutse, Lobuche, Changtse, Lhotse, Lingtren, Ama Dablam, Nuptse, a me Pumori ʻauʻau ʻana ma lalo o ka lā e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā mea āu i ʻike ai i kēia manawa.

E lawe mākou i kahi manawa e mahalo ai i kēia nani koʻikoʻi o ka Himalayas a laila e iho mākou i Gorakshep no ka ʻaina kakahiaka. A laila, hoʻi mākou i Lobuche no ka hiamoe a me ka ʻaina ahiahi.

Mai Lobuche, e hahai mākou i ke ala nui no kekahi manawa. A laila e kuhikuhi mākou i ke ala mauna ma nā papa pōhaku. ʻAʻole koke mākou e hālāwai me ka Cho La Lake a mākou e hele ai ma ke alahaka kau.

E piʻi aʻe ke ala ma waena o ka ʻāina kupanaha ka mea e alakaʻi iā mākou ma waena o nā pā nui a hiki i ka huakaʻi o Dzongla.

I kēia lā hoʻi, e haʻalele mākou i ka pōʻeleʻele e hele i ke kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe o ka Cho La Pass. E piʻi ka ala mua ma ka ʻaoʻao o ke kahawai mauna a hiki i ka piʻi ʻana i ka pali ʻoi i ka huelo o ke ala.

A laila e hele mākou i kekahi ʻāina mālie ma mua o ka piʻi nui ʻana ma ka ʻāina pali a pōhaku. Aia ke ala i kēia manawa i ka ʻāina glacial kahi e pono ai mākou i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā crampons.

ʻO ka hope, aia mākou ma ke kuamoʻo ākea o ka Cho La mai kahi e ʻike ai mākou i nā hiʻohiʻona kupanaha o Lobuche East a me Rolwaling Peaks. E hoʻomākaukau mākou no ka iho ʻana mai ke alahele kahi e ʻimi ai i ke kōkua mai ke kaula i hoʻopili ʻia ma kekahi mau ʻāpana pali.

ʻAʻole koke, aia mākou ma Dragnag a i ʻole Thangnak, kahi wahi ʻoluʻolu no kā mākou ʻaina awakea. I kēia manawa, e piʻi mākou ma luna o ke kualono a hele i loko o ka glacier ʻo Ngozumpa lōʻihi loa ma kahi o 2.5 mau hola.

ʻO kā mākou pahuhopu - aia ka loko Gokyo ma ke komohana o kēia glacier. I ka piʻi ʻana ma ka paia ʻaoʻao glacier, e hōʻea mua mākou i ka Longponga- ka mea mua o ka ʻōnaehana Lake Gokyo.

Ma kahi liʻiliʻi aʻe, e hele mākou ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ka Taujung, ʻo ka lua o ka loko Gokyo a ma hope e hui mākou i ke kolu a me ka Lake Gokyo nui loa - ʻo Gokyo Cho a i ʻole Dudh Pokhari.

I kēia manawa, e ʻimi mākou i ka puʻuhonua ma kekahi o ka hōkele nani ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka loko a hoʻomaha i mua o Kangtega a me Cho Oyu.

I kēia lā i ke kakahiaka nui a i ʻole ma hope o ka lā, hiki iā mākou ke koho e piʻi i ka 5357 m kiʻekiʻe ʻo Gokyo Ridge i manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia kekahi o nā wahi ʻike maikaʻi loa ma hope o Kala Patthar.

ʻAʻole lōʻihi a paʻakikī paha ka piʻi ʻana (2 a 3 mau hola). Aia ma kona piko, hiki iā mākou ke mahalo i nā silhouettes nani o Everest, Island Peak, Lhotse, Cho Oyu, Nuptse, Makalu, a me Pumori.

E hele ana mākou i lalo i ko mākou hale hoʻokipa ma Gokyo a hoʻomaha i ke koena o ka lā.

ʻO ka hala hope loa o kā mākou huakaʻi hele ʻekolu Everest e kali nei iā mākou i kēia lā: ʻo ka Renjo La ka mea maʻalahi loa i waena o nā mea ʻekolu. ʻO ka ʻenehana, ʻaʻole pilikia ʻo Renjo La akā ʻo ka iho ʻana mai ka pass hiki ke lōʻihi a luhi akā na ke alapiʻi e kōkua iā mākou.

Mai Gokyo, e hele mākou ma ka Gokyo Ri a hoʻomaka e piʻi ma luna o ka pali pau ʻole. ʻO ka piʻi ʻana he 3 a 4 mau hola e lawe iā mākou i ka huelo o ke ala.

E lilo ana ke ala i haʻahaʻa a wiliwili a hiki i ka piko o Pass. ʻIke ʻia ka trinity o Makalu, Lhotse a me Everest mai kēia kiʻekiʻe. ʻO kekahi mau kiʻekiʻe 6 a me 7 tausani mika e ʻālohilohi ana ma ke kua.

E hele ʻoluʻolu mākou i lalo o ke ala a hele i lalo i Bhote Koshi Valley Village Lungden.

Mai Lungden, e hoʻomaka mākou i kā mākou huakaʻi i lalo a hiki i Namche. Ke hele nei i lalo ma ke kahawai ʻo Bhote Koshi, hiki koke mākou i ka Thame Village ma o Marlung.

Hiki iā mākou ke ʻike i ka pale ʻia o ke kauhale e nā pā kaulana o Kongde Ri a me Thyangboche. Hiki iā mākou ke mākaʻikaʻi i kona nani ʻo Gompa no kekahi manawa, a laila e hoʻomaka hou mākou i kā mākou hele ʻana i lalo a hele i lalo i ka Thamo Nunnery ma mua o ko mākou hiki ʻana i ka ʻoluʻolu ʻike ʻia o Namche.

ʻO ke ala maʻa ma Phakding a me Ghat e hoʻihoʻi iā mākou i Lukla i kēia lā kahi e hoʻolauleʻa ai mākou i kahi huakaʻi hele Everest ʻekolu me kā mākou hui Sherpa.

I ke kakahiaka, lele mākou i Ramechhap a laila hoʻi mākou i Kathmandu ma ke kaʻa pilikino a lele pololei mākou i Kathmandu. ʻO kēia ka hopena o kā mākou huakaʻi huakaʻi hele ʻekolu ma Everest akā ʻaʻole ia ka hopena o nā mea hoihoi.

I ke ahiahi, e leʻaleʻa mākou i ke ahiahi hope loa i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e ka pāʻina hoʻomaha kūikawā me kahi hōʻike hula moʻomeheu ma kahi kūlana kūikawā o ke kapikala.

E hoʻoneʻe mākou iā ʻoe i TIA no kāu huakaʻi hoʻi i ka home. E ʻike iā ʻoe ma kā mākou huakaʻi hou aʻe ma Nepal.