\n Penetrating the heart of the Himalayas<\/a> <\/strong> to conquer the 8,848-metre-high Mount Everest, <\/strong>it’s a dream come true to only a handful of climbers. The extreme altitude and harsh weather conditions on the Chomolungma<\/strong> (mother goddess of the earth) as the mountain is called by sherpas, few survive. In addition to cutting edge<\/em> equipment, it requires extraordinary snow and ice climbing skills, fitness, strength and endurance.<\/p>\n \n There are basecamps on both sides of Mount Everest, one in Nepal <\/strong>and one in Tibet.<\/strong> On the north side is Base Camp North <\/strong>in Tibet at approximately 5,300 meters altitude, just below the Rongbuk Glacier.<\/strong> Unlike South Camp, where sherpas are supplied with the help of porters and jacks, Camp North is available from Lhasa<\/strong> by vehicle in the summer. The setting is breathtakingly beautiful and once accustomed to the altitude you can walk there fantastically. Also a visit to the nearby The easily accessible starting point of the Northeast Ridge Route, one of the perilous obstacle courses to the top of the jagged Mount Everest<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":22246,"parent":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"country":[248],"highlight_category":[],"continent_category":[217],"class_list":["post-33035","highlights","type-highlights","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","country-tibet","continent_category-asia"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights\/33035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/highlights"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/303"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights\/33035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=33035"},{"taxonomy":"highlight_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlight_category?post=33035"},{"taxonomy":"continent_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/continent_category?post=33035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n Rongbuk monastery<\/a>
\n<\/strong> is very worthwhile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"