Salam, mmm… semua org dah pasti tau apa pasal Mt Everest, budak2 sekolah rendah pun tau.. tapi base camp? aku rasa tak semua yg tau, ye dak? tapi in order to get to the top, you have to begin at the bottom, right? and the journey to base camp do offer the challenges in itself. Dgn ketinggian kurang lebih 5500m (base camp 1), ianya bukan mudah untuk di jejaki. Sebagai permulaan, kita kenalah tau keadaan dan cabaran yg akan ditempuh, supaya kita dapat membuat persediaan yg betul..sbb kalau kita bersedia pun, tapi tak kena dgn gaya, silap2 tak sampai beb…!!

**** Bagus jugak kalau kita belajar geography sikit, (subject kantoi aku…hehe)

Fact File
• Full country name: Kingdom of Nepal
• Area: 140,800 sq km
• Population: 26.46 million
• Capital City: Kathmandu
• Currency: Nepalese Rupee
• People: Newars, Thakalis, Tibetans, Gurungs, Magars, Tamangs, Bhotias, Rais, Limbus, Sherpas, Bahuns, Chhetris, Tharus
• Language: English, Nepali
• Religion: 90% Hindu, 5% Buddhist, 3% Muslim, 2% other
• Government: Parliamentary Democracy and Constitutional Monarchy
• Major Industries: Tourism, carpet, textile, small rice, jute, sugar, oilseed mills, cigarettes, cement and brick production, rice, corn, wheat, sugarcane, root crops, milk, water buffalo meat
• Major Trading Partners: India, USA, Germany, UK, Singapore, Japan (Malaysia? Depa datang sini keje bang..ramai, wa cakap lu..!)
• Climate/Temperature: October to November is the start of the dry season, the weather is balmy and visibility is perfect. February to April, the weather is slightly warmer. In December and January the climate can be slightly chilly with lots of snow. May and early June are very hot and dusty, while the monsoon arrives from mid-June to September.

**** OK, sedikit info pasal Mt Everest lak..

Mount Everest, mountain peak in the Himalayas of southern Asia, considered the highest mountain in the world. Mount Everest is situated at the edge of the Tibetan Plateau (Qing Zang Gaoyuan), on the border of Nepal and the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.

Mount Everest was known as Peak XV until 1856, when it was named for Sir George Everest, the surveyor general of India from 1830 to 1843. The naming coincided with an official announcement of the mountain’s height, taken as the average of six separate measurements made by the Great Trigonometrical Survey in 1850. Most Nepali people refer to the mountain as Sagarmatha, meaning “Forehead in the Sky.” Speakers of Tibetan languages, including the Sherpa people of northern Nepal, refer to the mountain as Chomolungma, Tibetan for “Goddess Mother of the World.”

**** OK, amende base camp tuh??
Positioned at 17,500ft (5,400m) high a trek to Everest Base camp is by no means an easy one. It has a challenge in itself, a long trek, at a high altitude, so it is imperative that you fitness train before your arrival. Remember, you are trekking for 13 consecutive days, covering a total distance of 120km!

The approximate elevations of each of the camps are:

Base Camp - 17,500ft (5,400m)
Camp 1 - 20,000ft (6,100m)
Camp 2 - 21,300ft (6,500m)
Camp 3 - 24,000ft (7,400m)
Camp 4 - 26,000ft (8,000m)
Summit - 29,035ft (8,850

mmm..GOOD LUCK TO ME!!