99% of Treks Are NOT This Good | Everest Base Camp 2024
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- čas přidán 29. 06. 2024
- You'll get a cinematic Mount Everest EBC hike from start to finish, tips you won't hear anywhere else, and go over 1-big-problem.
✅My EBC gear system here - lighterpack.com/r/bnahul
EBC Trekking Guide Company - www.discoveryworldtrekking.com
Thanks to Harmen Hoek for teaching me quite a few things and letting me copy his Himalayan video intro!
00:00 - 14:52 - Trail Life Film
14:53 - 28:42 - Unusual Tips
28:43 - 32:14 - Big Problem
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Thanks for the great explanation Matt! Fantastic shots and advice
My pleasure!
I have been going to Nepal for 40 years already and the weather/rain/haziness situation has been getting worse all the time. Monsoon has been lingering much longer lately, 30 years ago it usually just turned off in late September and no rains after that at all. If one wants to make sure the weather is clear, go in mid November to mid December. Yes, colder, but clear, and less trekkers also.
I’ll definitely go next time around that time. I have a really good video concept for the future.
Beautiful film Matt, really enjoyed experiencing your adventures! Pee bottle!
THANKS BEBE!!!!!!!
Awesome shots and best tips and info. Thanks a lot!
Tell your friends please!
Thanks Matt! Excellent cinematography. I like the caption thing with environmental sounds and music. I'm headed to the Himalaya this fall/winter.
Also, what camera(s) did you use?
Thanks!!! Share with your friends!
Lumix S5II
From the header, thought you were the first person in the world to trek all the way to the peak!!! Been there two times. Highly recommended. Can easily be done solo as long as one is physically able. logistics can be easily taken care of. One can take bus and walk to Lukla as well if one doesnt want to fly to Lukla..have done this in 2019. But yeah...always recommended to take a guide
Hi. Wouldn’t it be called “climbing” then? I don’t want to create confusion but I also want a short title.
@@MattShafter hi.if u dont mention base camp..sometimes one might misinterpret as the actual peak like I did
@@arnprasad Yes my average view duration numbers are high though, so I don’t think too many are confused. Thanks!
Did it this year as well and honestly: I was happy to be back home... Don't get me wrong, it was an amazing experience for sure. But I personally do enjoy hiking and alpinism in the European alps (or the Sierra Nevada which I visited a few weeks ago) way more.
What’s your alps and Sierra favorites?
@@MattShafter Oh it’s a lot in the alps - have had a wonderful time no matter which part of them. :)
You can’t go wrong with the Dolomites or the Stoneman Glaciara route in Switzerland.
Also for a little bit more technical: Gran Paradiso is a great 4000m peak to do.
In the Sierra Nevada I enjoyed Whitney via mountaineer’s route and back down along the switchbacks. Hiking Clouds Rest in Yosemite was also a great outing. :)
Loved how you created this film with the trek at the start. New subscriber - love your work!
Awesome, thank you!
this video was brilliantly done....
Thanks PP! lol ....I appreciate it!!
I was there in Nov/Dec 2023 and the air quality in Kathmandu was terrible. You couldn’t see more than a KM, brown haze. Clear in the mountains, but lots of smoke from yak dung at the higher elevations.
Yeh, it’s NOT a healthy area!
Great video. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching!
You are braver than me. I fly small planes about 4 times per week and would never get on that plane. Deal breaker for me.
Agree with The topo traverse and a pee bottle. They are my two favorite pieces of gear.
Ps. I always “like” your vids. Excellent production and information.
That landing and especially take off were the worst parts of the trip lol THANK YOU
Great job Matthew 👏🏼
Love the work
Glad you enjoyed it!
Super interesting to see the Platypus filter. I always use a Sawyer Squeeze for backpacking and have wondered about this type of filter for EBC. I was kind of under the impression that one needed a filter that could handle virus level sizes?
I think you’re right. We were told fiber filters were ok, saw other people using them and had no problems but yeh, I just defaulted to my normal filtering. But this area IS the use case for a steripen. Hrmmmm I’ll change my lighterpack.
@@MattShafter Good to know! We're planning a late October 2025 EBC trip. Your video was one of the most helpful we've watched. Thanks!
Awesome video presentation plus gear comments, letting the scenery do the talking is refreshing. Did some of this region in 1989 (so little has changed overall), 100% agree on using Trekking Company. I did not and the logistics issues became the biggest obstacle to the trip plus it felt like I was always on the edge of failure, which happened too many times. Staying healthy (especially guts/lungs/hydration) was the biggest deal for myself and most other Trekkers I met regardless of experience/age/fitness. Dehydration at altitude is exponential and doesn't always trigger a thirst sensation. Looking forward to more content on this level. Cheers from the WA Cascades.
I did my best to minimize people in the shots. I would bet huge money that it was WAY less busy. Wish I could have seen it back then.
I did a combination of the Jomsom to Muktinath Trek and the Annapurna Circuit over 3 1/2 weeks. Starting and finishing out of Pokhara was great. I would still recommend that region even with increased visitors as you have noted. I was carrying 20# and thought I was being ultralight. At the old Annapurna base camp which was pretty spartan for accommodations (think blue tarps over low stacked rock walls) one could get dal baht and tea if lucky.
Looks Amazing!
It was!
Great information, thank you.
Thanks for watching!
About the trail footage: no video from "Kala Pattar" or Pumori ridge to be more exact. The South Col and Camp 4 can be seen from there. Did you not climb there?
There were some health issues going on in the party. Remember it’s just “my” trek.
Epic! Man, storytelling at its finest.
Thanks! The video isn’t doing too well with my gear audience though. CZcams doesn’t have the brain power to match a new audience to a new viewer!
@@MattShafter Ha! I figured you’d say that and I believe that’s exactly what you predicted when you decided to make this move. Two audiences - gear and scenery - with likely some blended. Good for me because I like both - so do whatever you want to do and it’s fine by me!
great video and great info! a couple of questions: when did you start/stop taking Diamox? did you use tap water (purifying/filtering it) or did you have it boiled at the tea houses?
Started the night before lukla. On water, we probably bought 80% of our water, but we mistakenly defaulted to our normal water filters. We had no issues, but next time ill bring a steripen.
Absolutely brilliant video, thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. Great tips regarding gear. Just a question about the Trail runners - if you go up to EBC around April time, would you recommend taking boots for further up the Trail or could you use Trail runners all the way? Also,What are your thoughts on rental sleeping bags? Would you recommend purchasing these before hand or are the rental bags good enough quality. Great tip about the larger bag! Thank you
Take trail runners in addition to boots, yes! The rental gear didn’t look bad. I would go handle a -5 to -10C bag at a store and then get a comparable bag in Thamel.
World class video, congratulations!
Thanks Orange!
AWESOME!❤❤❤
Whoa! A cousin comment!
loved it man. i'm proud to be the first
First!!!! Thanks
I went down the Everest rabbit hole a while back - could stop learning about all the gruesome deaths and horror stories and environmental disasters. Kind of sours my interest in ever going there.
I only died three times, so you SHOULD be ok.
Viewers should be aware that this is just the short version...NOT the complete trek. Full EBC is much longer.
What does the “Full EBC” entail?
@@MattShafter Jiri is the starting point of EBC. Rather than fly or Jeep up, the trail supports the villages along the way.
Did you even know you were hiking to Everest Base Camp?
I kept asking yaks for directions!
You made one major mistake: going up and down via Tengboche and not via Mong La - Phortse - Pangpoche High Scenic Trail. Look at the map at 9:26 . The Phortse high trail offers vastly more impressive views high across the valley, lots of wildlife and practically no other trekkers. Only come down via Tengboche. Guides are lazy and act like there was only one route available, also afraid to suggest anything out of the ordinary. Only a few innovative major trekking agencies, all western ones, offer the Phortse route to their clients and everybody loves it.
Yeh I’ll check that out next time.
@@MattShafter I have been there 5 times since 1985, so there will be a next time for you also... I have walked the Phortse - Pangpoche high route 5 times since 1998, much better than the Tengboche low trail 98% of trekkers use.
Did you go on your own, not with a guide? Never mind, if I would have watched more before asking the question I would have had my answer
That’s ok Liz! Lol
totally not about you personally.
In 2024, I believe that going to or climbing mount everest is akin to traveling to North Korea. There is simply no pourose but morbid quriosity. Its disgusting puts everyones life in danger and supports a government that is corrupt. That one would wait in a line hundreds of people deep to do something special...how is it special. I think being in line at starbucks is nearly as bad (I make my own now) everything but walking is done for you. You wait for hours all the while dying inside for your turn after the other fools get off the spot. I can think of nothing less I'd like to do. almost garantee zero success or death. I love climbing to the top of a mountain...its perfect...with about three people.
peace
Not if but when. Let’s go. 🏔️
Go get it!