A Safe Trek

Green Lotus Trekking, one of the pioneers in arrangements and logistics for trekking tours to Nepal, where the company plans and takes care of the logistical and itinerary so that you have a memorable holiday in the trekker’s haven, makes it their business that you have a safe trek while under its guardianship.

Whatever safe guards that one take; there is always room for the unfortunate incidence to happen. Even the most technical and sophisticated apparatus cannot give you that one hundred per cent guarantee when it comes to mishaps. I need not elaborate with many analogies; the Airbus 360 has had its share, some of the most advanced technology has gone into its making. That is purely the nature of things and life.

These thoughts should not be a deterrent from doing things which pleases us and the same can be said while trekking. Movies have been made on the horrific experience which nature and other elements had thrown at them but if these become the obstacles, then we would never progress with the beauty of life.

While trekking not only in Nepal but also in other parts of the world, it is always advisable to take the provisions of a registered company licensed by the government of the country. This is because you could rest assured that those companies which pass the rigorous means, set down by the government, are provided them. It is only natural that no country wants a bad image on its tourism sector, which portrays the country to the world.

Many have trekked to the various trekking destinations in Nepal under our safe protection and have returned home not only with the memorable experience of the trek but also with what the company provides with numerable tells of their trekking exploits with pictures of the enthralling picturesque mountains, lush green rural life and bare rugged Himalayan terrain and most of all the hospitality of the people who are ever so willing to be of help in times of tribulations.

Yet, things do go wrong, so you should adhere to the advice of your guide and the other people who bear the burden of keeping you safe. They are knowledgeable of the natural surrounds and the limitations which can be borne by a human body. The main dangers are falls, getting lost and high altitude sickness, and in stray instances, animal attacks.

Nepal is a rural country so there are greater chances of hitting upon civilization but this becomes more and scanty as the altitude climbs. It is advisable that you do not trek alone. This is because a thousand one things can go wrong and there would be no one to come to your rescue. Companies like Green Lotus Trekking make it a point of their business that you return home safe. Once you hire us for our service, you become a person under our protection and not a stitch of harm comes to you whilst.

Remember for a memorable and safe trek in Nepal, it is Green Lotus Trekking and you are guaranteed a trek to go down in the books of your history.

Steven William Pitts

A Trek to Mount Everest

I bet you must have heard of Mount Everest the highest mount peak on this earth. It is the highest place on this earth. Half the people on earth might not even know where it is as the name Nepal is not familiar with them. In fact, when a survey was taken have of the Brits thought that it was in Scotland, how ironic?

Mountain Everest lies in a country known as Nepal which is a land locked country and sandwiched between two well-known countries, India and China.

Mount Everest is in the Himalayan range of mountains that is one of the newest ranges in the world and hence has many peaks being over eight thousand metres above sea level. Would it not be wonderful to trek to the highest place in the world? Yes, it would but sadly you would not be able to trek all the way to the peak but only to the base camp where climbers get ready to scale the walls to the peak.

It is here that they get acclimatized to the terrain and to the high altitude by staying these base camps and doing a number of short climbs. So this is as far as one can trek from Lukla.

Lukla is the nearest airport from which you actually start you trek. You must get to it by plane from Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal, unless you want to take a two week’s hike – there are no roads from the capital.

From Lukla, it is a two hour’s walk to Namche Bazaar, where you should stop and get acclimatized to this high terrain or you are sure to be a prey of high altitude sickness (see the article written on this topic for a better idea), from there it is a couple of days walk to this base camp which obviously has to be done by a local guide.

In this part of the world you would find scanty vegetation and mostly the famed yak from which the local inhabitants known as Sherpa have sustained themselves for most of their period of time since they have lived in this harsh but beautiful land. They are friendly people and are always welcoming to visitors.

Presently, foreigners are not supposed to take the trek alone and have to obtain have to take the trek by a registered trekking company with the Government of the country. The cost of which would be around $2000 that excludes your flight to the capital city, Kathmandu and visa charge.

This is reasonable with what you get in return, that is the memory of having gone and stood in the shadows of the world’s highest peak and having brave the surreal landscape not to be found anywhere else in the world. Having done the trek once, only want you to do it again.

Why wait? It is a once in a lifetime trek for the trekking enthusiastic.

Steven William Pitts

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