Tales from Sir Edmund Hilary’s and Tenzig Norgay’s historic first summit of Mount Everest (8,848m) have taunted the imaginations of ambitious (if not slightly unhinged) trekkers, mountaineers and outright rogues.
The Solukumbu region in northeastern Nepal is not only home to Mount Everest, but the neighbouring, cloud-slicing peaks of Lhotse, Nuptse, Makalu and Ama Dablam, not to mention the UNESCO-listed Sagarmatha National Park.
As most Sherpa income is from tourism, the region’s hiking infrastructure is unrivalled. Access to the Solukumbu region requires a 45-minute flight from Kathmandu to the precarious Lukla runway. Solukumbo’s short hiking window is from March to April and September to October.
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