38 Tips You Must Know Before Trekking To Everest Base Camp

Here are 38 tips and pieces of advice that will help you on your journey to Everest Base Camp!
These are all the finer details that end up going a long way to making your time that much better - the important stuff that not many people talk about.
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
0:26 - Tip 01
0:52 - Tip 02
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12:26 - Outro
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[@Cuchulainn42]

I learned quite a bit. This is something that I would like to accomplish one day. Your tips will ensure I am successful.

[@thegorn]

A great tip is to get up at least 3 hours before the hiking starts for that day. Overnight people’s saO2 (oxygen saturation) drops and it takes 3-4 hours to normalise after you’ve woken up. If you just wake up, eat and go you’ll find it super difficult and get AMS and maybe die.

[@karipintakivi9153]

Tip #1: do NOT hike both up and down via Tengboche monastery, as there is a much more impressive high trail on the opposite side of the valley via Mong La - Phortse - Pangpoche. Awesome views high across the valley, lots of wildlife and practically no other trekkers. Takes the same amount of days as the standard route on the way up, Tengboche can be visited on the way down.

[@thegorn]

Shhhh don’t tell everyone you’ll ruin it for us

[@fredreynolds-onefootinfron5919]

Well done tips post...I did EBC October 2023 and you hit many great points. Great Job

[@stevet9938]

I'm going in October this year, just wondering how cold was it ?

[@fredreynolds-onefootinfron5919]

@@stevet9938 our weather after Namche was beyond perfect. Very mild temps actually. I was surprised it was nice as it was. Some people had short sleaves on while at EBC

[@stevet9938]

@@fredreynolds-onefootinfron5919 thanks for the reply 👍

[@louisaklimentos7583]

Great advice !

[@thewanderingeye7133]

sooo very helpful thank you!

[@azaz6951]

Awesome video Man

[@re5710]

Thanks for sharing..

[@TamiamiParkFlyers]

Excellent video!!

[@akankshanimesh1167]

Useful information

[@Xomiphotography]

Well done Info vid....thx so much

[@tonydugal5275]

Excellent advice. Thank you.

[@PhillipDavey-yq4lx]

Excellent!

[@attilasom2012]

Thank you for the useful informations.

[@gerdalejasmeiere1649]

This was most useful. Thank you

[@evolvevizdesignstudiobyend4712]

Great advice , best ive seen , Txman

[@rkglpwy]

These are good tips, thank you.

[@livingwithhuey70]

Hey mate. Thanks for the tips. This is a great video. Cheers.

[@kayle1270]

Thanks bro🏔🏔

[@LittleJerry-kr8il]

Good video❤

[@borregio8]

Thanks for share all this tips. God bless you

[@aventyrskonsulterna]

Thanks! Great list!

[@betterhiking]

Cheers!

[@beatinertia]

Thanks so much for your excellent tips. Really great video. … I’ve watched a lot and this one stands out 👍🏽

[@PotooBurd]

This is so informative! Great job, fantastic reporting!🌻🌼🐝 Keep it up 🙌

[@cagdasyildirim]

Awesome boss. Thank you so much.

[@betterhiking]

No problem, hope it helps ✌

[@waxonwaxoff6094]

Great video

[@betterhiking]

Thanks mate!

The best video! Thanks for sharing

[@betterhiking]

Glad you found it helpful

[@thebudgetbackpackers]

Great tips! Love what you said about the Bluetooth speaker, hygiene while trekking, and snoring. Thanks for sharing!

[@si-scapessprayart1673]

Thanks for making this mate, I'm off with me pals in March -

[@betterhiking]

Awesome, you should have a great time.

[@nilofarbawa2377]

Walk on rocks and boulders, found it the hardest part of the trek from Labouche to EBC and back.

[@nigeljones7]

Having said that your advice is correct :-))

[@stevennorrie5884]

good video and thanks for sharing. useful advice about the vitamins, electrolytes and also about keeping healthy in general. got a new subscription :)

[@betterhiking]

Staying healthy in the Khumbu is the hard part about the trek for sure! Thanks for the sub mate ✌

[@thegorn]

5:56 Are those Bridgedale liner socks?

[@user-le4ju1nl9d]

Thanks for sharing, could you let us know what windproof gtx jacket have you used ?

[@betterhiking]

I used the Rab Arc Eco, but for the majority of the time spent trekking at 3000-5000m I used my Rab Borealis softshell jacket (but I had extremely good weather).

[@itsraining6449]

Thank you so much for your concise breakdown of what is needed for a successful trek. This trip is 5 years away or sooner depending how things go. New subscriber here! I know you added some exercises but this might be another video I'd be interested in you doing.

[@betterhiking]

I put out a few videos previously going over the fundamentals of training for mountaineering - more hardcore than what is required for trekking, but the info still applies. Worth watching just for the sake of the information if you can get through the lower production quality.

[@itsraining6449]

@@betterhiking Thank you.. I will look at them.

[@andrechampsaur5469]

I usually have GI stall issues at high altitudes...

[@jimhicksuk]

Great chat. I’m doing to trek is Sept and have a simple questions. What type of watch did you wear and why.

[@betterhiking]

I don’t wear any, don’t have a need for one that justifies the price.

[@ytcrazies487]

Great video, thank you. I have a couple of questions. 1) Does it make sense to bring backpacking food at all and a jet boil or similar? 2) Do porters carry most of your gear and trekkers just use day packs?

[@betterhiking]

1) no, not for EBC, could be if you plan to climb a trekking peak and stay at a High Camp. 2) yes that’s right.

[@mfhairstream6812]

interesting

[@Trapster99]

Thanks. I want to do this in a year or two. Question: What elevation did you start at and what elevation did you end at? Is there any to prepare at sea level other than getting in great shape?

[@betterhiking]

Lukla is at 2,800m, EBC at 5,300m. Develop your lower body strength, your ability to walk up hill with a heavy pack (15+kg for over 30mins), and your aerobic endurance (HR 130bpm approx). Acclimatising is a gamble. Sometimes it’s no problem, other times it can hit you hard even if you’ve been at altitude multiple times.

[@Trapster99]

@@betterhiking thanks

[@paulcodyer6258]

I know that most villages on the Annapurna circuit had R/O stations where you could buy purified drinking water for a few rupees per litre. Is it the same on this trek? It's a great way to support locals , and not create plastic waste.

[@betterhiking]

Not to my knowledge, but you could buy boiled water which would be essentially the same thing (for the price of the gas to boil it).

[@FootballMike100]

What Insurance you took for this trip?

[@betterhiking]

Standard adventure travel insurance that covers up to 6000m. Lots of different providers offer appropriate packages - World Nomads I've heard has particularly good cover for overseas trekking but I did not use them for this trip.

[@adampoliquin6195]

Science and data show more injuries occur on the hike down from any peak. It is common knowledge despite this video that because of this the hiker heading uphill yields to the one heading downhill. Other than that, good video.

[@betterhiking]

The suggestion relates to hiker curtesy rather than data relating to injury prevention. Heading uphill for most is more physically difficult and due to this it is commonly accepted that those heading uphill have the right of way. But yes injuries/deaths mostly occur on descent but I figured this relates mostly to mountaineering rather than hiking.

[@thegorn]

I was told that the flight to Lukla is 10kg check-in weight and 5kgs for carry on. I think you got it wrong at the start man.

[@betterhiking]

It is 15kg total including 2kg allowed for carry on as per the airline I went with. Other airlines may differ in this division.

[@vwjapvideos5498]

I know ours was 15 main 5 backpack back in 2013-2015, and a couple on the trip loaded up 22 in their mains, might be a different plane thi

[@thegorn]

@@betterhikingfair enough. 15kg overall seems to be the common theme. I only weigh 70kgs now but I used to weigh 85kgs. They should charge fat people more.

[@bruce4130]

Drink Gatorade with water, much not too much! See tip 7

[@bruce4130]

Best advice video! Get fit before doing anything like this especially aerobic training and strengthening legs!

[@nigeljones7]

Pfff please excuse I've watched a few videos on Everest base camp. You miss the point of getting to and from Everest. I was in the Everest region for 2+ weeks. I walked from the end of the road and walked back to the road. Bus back to Kathmandu. A weeks walk to namchi and a weeks walk out. The walk in takes you over 3k. So acclimatisation is partly done. Pfff I still got altitude sickness. Only because I got a bad flu. Missed the thing walk above 5k

[@karipintakivi9153]

One needs to drink enough (like always) but drinking a lot does NOT help acclimatisation. It is a gross misunderstanding of the acclimatisation process.

[@betterhiking]

That’s just not true. If you’re dehydrated you’re going to have a bad time. Keep your fluids up. Altitude, medication and physical effort all require good hydration.

[@karipintakivi9153]

@@betterhiking It is misleading to state that certain amounts of water needs to be drunk per day. Staying hydrated is good everywhere, also at high altitude, but what I was trying to get across is that overhydration does not help with acclimatisation, actually hinders it. Google "myths about altitude" from Institute for Altitude Medicine and see myth #4. During my last 4 week Khumbu trek I drank 2 liters of water the whole time I was there, all my hydration needs were filled by tea, soups, and beer in the evenings. Never measured or estimated how much I drank per day either, just trust thirst. I have spent 5 months in Khumbu so far since 1985.

[@betterhiking]

4L is a good amount to aim for when being active in the mountains. That doesn’t just mean water, it means fluids as you’ve said. Yes water doesn’t cure altitude sickness, but if you take diuretics like Diamox to help with sickness it does mean that you need to drink more.

[@karipintakivi9153]

@@betterhiking Yes, water is lost when acclimating, but my point is excessive drinking does not help at all, actually hinders the process (and hyponatremia has the same symptoms as AMS actually killing more people annually in the US tahn AMS they are trying to avoid). Studies show that slightly dehydrated and optimally hydrated people acclimate equally well, but those who drink too much (X number of liters...) do not acclimate as well. THIRST is the mechanism which tells you when to drink, not someone telling "X Y or Z liters per day minimum".