Mount Mera Climb (6476m)

Mera was a challenging 13 day walk and climb with fantastic views. We saw five of the six highest mountains close by –

Cho Oyu 8201m, Lhotse 8516m, Everest 8848m, Makula 8463m, and in the east Kangchenjunga 8586m from a distance. We experienced sunny days and very cold nights.

• Day 1 to 4: Walk from Lukla 2800m to Kothe 3600m via ice Zatrawa Pass 4600m – this is just slightly less then Mt Kenya.
• Day 5 to 7: To Khare 5045m.
• Day 8 to 10: Three days on ice/snow with snow boots and crampons.
• Day 11 to 13: Again via Zatrawa pass 4600m – climbing similar to Mt Kenya again .

Lots of walking with ups and downs, total height walked was approximately over 10,000m.

Participants included:

• Satish Shah (60), Bradford – Retired around 6280m – cold toes/ finger. 200m from summit.
• Naresh Chauhan, Nottingham – Retired at Advanced Base Camp – 5850m
• Jayant Doshi (74), Stanmore, London – Retired at base camp – 5300m
• Naresh Shah (63), South London – Retired after five days due to illness.

Ekal Vidyalaya School Visit

Eight people were able to attend in this visit:

• Sunday 24th Nov 2013 – Visit to Benighat
• Monday 25th Nov 2013 – VIsit to Panchkhel
• Tuesday 26th Nov 2013 – Reception by HSS and Ekal team, including a guest from India, Shrimati Manju Didi – a retired professor looking to expand Ekal by getting women on board.

Funds raised on this trek were for: THE THREE R’S EDUCATION TRUST

Trek dates confirmed for 7-27 November 2013.

NEPAL

• Trek 1 – Everest Base Trak & Kala Pattar via Gokyo (8 confirmed so far)
• Trek 2 – Mt. Mera Peak 6461m (3 have confirmed so far)

Details:

Arrive Kathmandu on 8th November
Flights to Lukla on 9th November.