Lhotse Expedition

Dates: 26th March - 31st May
Duration: 67 days
Climbing Route: Normal Route
Cost: Please email for the full service cost.

Join us on our expedition to climb Lhotse, the fourth highest mountain in the world. Expedition starts from end of March till end of May / Early June every year.

Itinerary

March 26th: Arrive in Kathmandu. Our Climb High staff will pick you up at the airport and transfer you to your hotel.
March 27th: Rest day. Sightseeing in the afternoon (optional).
March 28th: Briefing, we will talk about the Expedition strategy, final preparations and group dinner.
March 29th: We fly to Lukla (2,800m). Overnight in Lukla.
March 30th: We walk today to Namche (3,440m) along the Dudh Koshi River. Namche is a very colorful Sherpa village with stunning mountains views. We stay in our own hotel in Namche, Thamserku View Hotel.
March 31st: Acclimatization day. Walk to the Sherpa museum. Overnight in Namche.
April 01st: Acclimatization day. Visit Thame. Thame is a very old Sherpa village and we visit a local monastery. Overnight in Namche.
April 02nd: Today we trek to Deboche (3,700m). We stop at Thyangboche which lies on the way and visit the famous Thyangboche monastery. Get blessings for the Expedition from the head lama.
April 03rd: Before leaving Deboche, we visit the Deboche nunnery where old nuns live. Climb High has completed a restoration project of the nunnery in 2005. We continue our trek to Dingboche (4,400m).
April 04th: A rest day at Dingboche. Explore the area around or you have an option. You can hike 2 / 3 hrs to the Chukkug Valley (4,800m).
April 05th: Today we trek to Dzongla (5,000m). This is a small place with just two small hotels. We stay here overnight and get ourselves ready for the Pre-Lhotse training which is based at the Cho-La pass. This is only two hrs walk from here.

NOTE: This is an optional program but if you want to continue to the Everest/ Lhotse Base Camp you can continue with out staff to Lobuche.

April 06th: We make sure everyone is feeling good and fit. We leave early morning and meet our crew waiting at the Cho-La Base Camp (5,200m). After breakfast, we start our training until afternoon.
April 07th - 08th: Training at Cho-La glacier (5,420m).
April 09th: We now get ready for tomorrow's trek to Lobuche East Base Camp.
April 10th: After breakfast we move to Lobuche East Base Camp (5,500m).
April 11th: This is our final morning to prepare ourselves for the summit. After lunch we climb to Lobuche East High Camp (5,900m) and setup tents. We supply you with ration, EPI gas and stove for making your food tonight. The guides will brief you for tomorrow.
April 12th: Everyone starts getting ready at 4:00am. We will slowly make our way and to the summit (6,119m) by 11:00 - 12:00 pm, and then make our way down to Base
Camp. Our kitchen crew will be waiting for you with hot lunch and drinks followed by dinner.
April 13th: After breakfast we start packing our gear and start trekking to Lobuche (4,930m). Overnight in a hotel.
April 14th: Continue to Everest/Lhotse Base Camp. Our camps will already be established and our crew will be waiting for us with hot drinks and hot soup.
April 15th - May 05th: We arrive at Base Camp (5,400m) below the infamous Khumbu icefall. We will spend some time acclimatizing here. The next three weeks we will spend negotiating the Khumbu icefall and climbing to Camp 3 which is at 23,500ft. During these three weeks we will start establishing and stocking three camps. We sleep a night or two at camp 3 before heading down to Base Camp.
May 06th - May 8th: With everybody fit, healthy and well acclimatized, we return to Base camp and just rest and eat.
May 09th - May 31st: We climb to Camp 2, Camp 3, and set up our last camp 4 on the Lhotse face. Our summit target date is May 12th-19th. In case of unfavorable weather, we are ready to come down to base camp for few extra days to wait for the good weather to return.

NOTE: Climb High's services will continue all the way back to Kathmandu

Mountain Safety

Mountain safety is our top priority and our main concern at climb High Himalaya. We will maintain continual communication with base camp through radios. Climb High will also provide you with Satellite phone and additional oxygen in case of any emergency. Our Lhotse Expedition is heavily supported by strong and experienced Sherpas who have been on Lhotse several times. Our experienced guide and Sherpas will stock camps, fix ropes and provide support for the climb. This enables you to carry lighter weight and save your strength when you go for the summit bid. Climb High's support, equipment and service are high quality in order to give you an outstanding chance to summit.

Our Objectives

Our main objective is to help you summit Lhotse safely and at the same time enjoy it. In order to achieve our goal, we will ensure you that you are properly prepared for the summit bid. Climb High runs a variety of mountaineering courses as a pre-Lhotse training program.

It is also important to acclimatize properly to avoid altitude problems and to keep yourself healthy and fit. Climb High will make sure that you are properly acclimatized before you reach Base Camp. We have our own hotels in the Everest region and we make sure that you are well taken care of. Once the Base Camp with all the tents gets established we will start our acclimatization process to our highest acclimatization camp which is Camp 3 at 7,400m. From here we will make our attempt to summit Lhotse.

Food

Our food for the mountain is well prepared by our specially trained cooks in order to give you the best balanced diet of fruit, green vegetables and lots of carbohydrates and proteins. Our cooks have undergone cooking trainings and can prepare you any food even at such high altitudes. We also make sure that they are prepared hygienically as we don't want any one of our clients to feel sick. In addition there will be plenty of hot drinks, soups, tea and biscuits to eat.

How do i book my climb

Please send us your climbing resume either through regular mail or email along with a US$ 2000 as a deposit.

Service Includes

Airport transfers, four nights hotel in Kathmandu, flights (Kathmandu / Lukla / Kathmandu), all domestic cargo clearance, yaks to carry all supplies and equipment to base camp, guided trek to base camp with all meals and accommodations.

Lhotse climbing permit, Liaison officer, expedition garbage deposit fees, group climbing Sherpa, all meals in the mountains, high altitude tents, group climbing equipment (ropes, snow bars and ice screws), three bottles of oxygen (4 litres), fuel, stove and cooking pot for camp all camps in the mountain, walkie talkie radio, icefall fees, equipment allowance, wages and insurance for group climbing Sherpa, mask with regulator.

Base camp: all meals (breakfast, lunch, soup and snacks, and dinner) with both vegetarian and non vegetarian food served with plenty of fresh vegetables, one tent for each member, dinning tent, kitchen tent, toilet tent, shower tent, an extra tent for storing supplies, solar power for electricity, gas heaters, comfortable foam mattresses, dinning table and chairs, a trained cook, kitchen boys, and oxygen for medical use only.

Service Excludes

Medical insurance (should cover helicopter evacuation in case of any emergency), meals in Kathmnadu, any other expenses in case of any political disturbances or natural disaster, hard and soft drinks and bottle mineral water personal climbing equipment and gear, extra oxygen, personal climbing Sherpa.