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Everest Base Camp (EBC), also known as Qomolangma Base Camp, is the Base Camp on both sides of Mount Everest.
The South Base Camp lies in Nepal at an altitude of 5364 meters (17,598 feet) (28°0′26″N 86°51′34″E). The North Base Camp is located in China's Tibet Autonomous Region, at an altitude of 5150 meters (16,900 feet) (28°8′29″N 86°51′5″E).
Everest Base Camp in China's territory refers to the life zone established to view the environment of the Qomolangma core zone.
There are two base camps in total and both of them lies in Tingri County, Shigatse area of the Tibet Autonomous Region. The direct distance between the base camp and the summit of mount Everest is about 19 kilometers, which is the national AAAAA tourist area.
Everest base camp is mainly to provide accommodation for tourists and climbers, with teahouses, toilets and even post offices. There are solar panels in front of the door, which provide illumination at night. Climbers can continue their journey to mount Everest after recovering from their base camp.
Ticket: 180RMB/P (around 28.5 US dollars)
Environmental Protection Fee: Small car: 405 RMB (around 64.8 US dollars); Big bus: 605 RMB (about 97 US dollars)
E-co Car: 25RMB/P (around 3.93 dollars)
Explanation for the Entrance Ticket:
1.“One-Ticket” policy for the whole Mount Everest Scenic Area, the price is 180RMB/P
2. For vehicles entering Mount Everest Scenic Area, there is a charge for environmental protection: Small Car: 405 RMB each time; big vehicle: 605RMB each time.
3. The carriage from Rongbuk Monastery to the base camp has been canceled, and replaced by E-co Car, Charging 25 RMB/Person.
4. According to the notification of the Tourism Administration of Tibet Autonomous Region and 0ourism Administration of Shigatse, the price of ticket adjusts to 90 RMB/Person in off season.
5. Of course, you will afford the cost of vehicles which you use.
You can send a postcard to yourself, your family or your friends from the world's highest post office.
As the world's highest mountain with amazing natural scenery, Mount Everest attracts climbers and visitors from all over the world. Travel to this sacred mountain, tourists often feel very happy and may want to share their joy with family members and friends. Now, there is a post office set up at the base camp of Mount Everest. Travelers can send post cards to their friends and China Post Office on Mount Everest family members from the world's roof.
You can camp to watch the stars, sunset and sunrise, and the four peaks of the Himalayas. An overnight stay will provide you a better chance to view Everest. If you come all that way it is worth staying around to see the peak.
You can enjoy great photography experience and shoot the wonderful scnery of mount Everest without block, e.g. the view of sunset and sunrise, the four peaks of the Himalayas.
There are six camps on the route. The camp I (Base camp) is on a gravel plain below the Rongbuk Glacier with an altitude of 5,180 m (16,990 ft).
Climbers keep going from camp I, ascending the east Rongbuk Glacier's medial moraine to the Camp II at the base of Changtse with a height about 6,500 m (21,300 ft).
Camp III, or Camp ABC (Advanced Base Camp) is located at 6,500 m (21,300 ft) under the North Col.
From Camp ABC to Camp IV which on the North Col, climbers should ascend the glacier with fixed ropes using for reach the North Col. The altitude of North Col is 7,010 m (23,000 ft).
And then, from the North Col to Camp V, climbers should ascend the north ridge which is rocky and with a height about 7,775 m (25,500 ft). The north ridge route crosses the north face of the Mount Everest in a diagonal climbing route to the Camp VI at the base of the Yellow Band at 8,230 m (27,000 ft).
From the Camp VI on the Yellow Band, climbers will face their final summit push. The First Step: climbing from the height of 8,501m (27,890 ft) to 8,534 m (28,000 ft) which is a very treacherous traverse from the base Camp IV. The second Step: climbing from the height of 8,577 meters (28,140 ft) to 8,626 m (28,300 ft) which including ascend through the semi-permanently climbing aid “Chinese ladder”, a metal ladder placed by a party of Chinese climbers in 1975. The Third Step: climbing from the height of 8,690 m (28,510 ft) to 8,800 m (28,870 ft). When you conquer the above steps, you will see the summit pyramid which is snow caped with a slope of 50 degree. Along the slope, you will get to the top.
There aren't any direct flights, trains, or public buses to Tibet's Everest Base Camp. You have to enter Tibet first, normally via Lhasa.
The most common route to the base camp is:
1. Entry in China
2. Fly to Lhasa from Beijing/ Xi’an/ Chongqin/ Chengdu/ Kunming/ Xining/ Lanzhou
3. Take a train or bus to Shigatse from Lhasa
4. Take a bus for carter a bus to Tingri from Shigatse
5. Carter a bus from Tingri to EBC (Rongbuk Monastery)
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