Mount Everest North Side Expedition

We welcome you upon your arrival at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu and transfer you to our partner hotel. Take time to settle in and rest after your international flight.

Today we conduct our comprehensive expedition briefing at our Kathmandu headquarters. Our lead guides inspect your personal mountaineering gear and complete necessary official documentation.

We spend the day working through official visa processing steps required for entry into the Tibet Autonomous Region. Our logistics team handles the administrative coordination.

We collect our finalized visas and complete final packing of expedition freight and personal duffels. Everything is loaded for our departure towards the northern border.

We take a morning flight toward the northern frontier, cross the international border at Rasuwagadhi, and complete immigration formalities before driving onward to Kerung.

We continue our vehicle journey deeper into the Tibetan plateau, ascending through winding mountain roads until we reach the high-altitude settlement of Kerung.

Today we remain in Kerung to allow our bodies to adjust to the increasing elevation. We take short walks around the surrounding ridges to support the acclimatisation process.

We drive across the high Tibetan highway past arid landscapes and sweeping valley views, eventually arriving in the historic trading town of Tingri.

We spend a rest and acclimatisation day in Tingri. Our team conducts medical checks and ensures everyone is adapting well to the altitude before moving closer to base camp.

We leave Tingri and drive off the main highway toward the Chinese Base Camp, where our main expedition infrastructure is established.

We begin our rotation schedule, moving between Chinese Base Camp, Advanced Base Camp, and the higher camps on the North Ridge to establish our route and build physiological acclimatisation.

Our team continues rotational climbs on the mountain, carrying loads and sleeping at higher elevations to prepare for the summit window.

We maintain our rotation schedule on the North Ridge, monitoring weather forecasts and managing team recovery at base camp.

Climbing operations continue as we ferry necessary equipment, supplemental oxygen, and provisions to North Col and upper camps.

We focus on acclimatisation sleep rotations at higher camps, ensuring each team member gains adequate exposure to extreme altitude.

Weather monitoring and route maintenance take priority as our Sherpa team and guides fix ropes along technical sections of the North Ridge.

We rest at lower camps or base camp to recover energy following our completed high-altitude rotation cycles.

Our expedition leaders review updated meteorological reports to identify potential multi-day weather windows for our summit attempt.

We check personal gear, test oxygen regulators, and finalize team assignments in anticipation of the summit push.

Rest and hydration days at base camp while we wait for high winds aloft to subside into an acceptable summit window.

We maintain standby status at base camp, conducting daily briefings with our forecasting meteorologists.

Preparations continue as we wait for the designated weather window to open across the upper ridge of Everest.

We review final logistics and oxygen bottle allocations for every climber and support staff member.

Contingency day utilized for rest, gear checks, and nutritional preparation at base camp.

We begin our coordinated movement back up towards Advanced Base Camp as our target summit window approaches.

We ascend from Advanced Base Camp to North Col, establishing our final staging camp for the push to the summit ridge.

We climb from North Col to Camp 2, navigating exposed snow and rock terrain under the guidance of our lead team.

We push from Camp 2 to Camp 3, the final high camp on the North Ridge, preparing for the overnight summit departure.

Summit push day. We depart Camp 3 during the early hours, navigating the First Step, Second Step, and Third Step before reaching the summit at 8,848.86 m, then descending back to a lower camp.

We complete our descent from the upper camps down to Advanced Base Camp, prioritizing safe movement and recovery.

Contingency summit day held in reserve for weather delays or individual pacing adjustments.

Additional contingency day for secondary summit attempts if primary window conditions require rescheduling.

Extra contingency day utilized for weather holds or high-altitude recovery on the upper mountain.

Final high-altitude contingency day for team members completing remaining descents from upper camps.

Buffer day reserved for overall expedition schedule alignment and final high-camp packing.

We pack up our gear at Advanced Base Camp and trek down to the Chinese Base Camp, concluding our time on the active climbing route.

We load our transport vehicles at Chinese Base Camp and drive back across the plateau to Tingri for our first night off the mountain.

We travel by road from Tingri back through the valleys toward Kerung near the border.

We depart Kerung early, cross back through the border checkpoint, and drive southward to Kathmandu to check into our hotel.

A free day in Kathmandu to rest, celebrate the expedition, recover, and complete souvenir shopping or personal sightseeing.

We provide private airport transfer to Tribhuvan International Airport for your departing flight home.