Top 10 tips you should follow during your Everest trek

The hike to Everest Base Camp is a dream experience, but it is important to prepare ahead of your trip. Below we list the top 10 bucket lists for you to adhere you while on your Everest trek: Acclimatize properly in order to avoid altitude sickness, stay hydrated, and walk at a reasonable pace. Pack light, but pack wisely—layers, a sleeping bag, and necessary items like sunscreen and a personal water purifier. Arrange to hire a licensed guide or porter if possible, for safety and support purposes. Respect the local culture and their trails, avoid alcohol, and if you are going into remote areas, make sure you have money - there are no ATMs in those areas. Plan for your travel insurance and weather conditions before beginning your journey. Follow these directions, and your trek to EBC will be a terrific experience.

1. Always be alert during the trek: There is always some danger and risk during your everyday hike, so always keep your eyes on your surroundings to make sure everything is alright. Thus, the area is home to many wild animals and creatures, so we need to be alert every moment during the trek.

2. Always walk through the corner in the cliff areas: when you are trekking high above the ground and through the cliff areas, you must take the mountainside. The yak and Zokpeys frequently come and go, so it's very important to take the mountainside. And to make the distance between you and them, you can show your hiking pole in the front, which helps to steer them.

3. Stop and let them go in the narrow trail: There will be many porters carrying big loads; when they need to pass through, please stop and let them go.

4. Always treat your cold water: We, Himalayan Smile Treks & Adventure, support eco-friendly tourism, and garbage management is a big challenge for this area, so we would like to request that you avoid bottled water as much as possible. And I would like to remind you to ask your guide and expert for your water, where you can find a good one.

5. Eat plenty of fluid and hydrate well: Drink plenty of water and fluid so you can hydrate well. In the mountains, the rate of releasing urine is higher rather than lower, so you need to drink frequently.

6. Eat hygienic food and avoid oily food: Make sure your food is energetic as well as healthy; otherwise, unhygienic food can ruin your trek. This is also an important part of your trek.

7. Take good care of your gear and equipment: gear and equipment are important factors of the trek, like food and shelter. Take good care of your gear and don’t forget any necessities in your guest house. Make sure, before you leave the guesthouse, that all of your necessary stuff is okay.

8. Carry a sufficient amount of food and water: Carry around 2/3 liter of water and enough instant food in your day backpack. And don’t forget to put on an umbrella/raincoat, windbreaker, gloves, jacket, toilet paper, a head cap, extra battery for your camera.

9. Listen to your body. Despite good care, it’s hard to predict when mountain sickness will happen. If you get any of the mountain sickness symptoms, please do tell your guide and friends. Follow the expert advice.

10. Be careful for your health and sanitation: hygiene is the most important factor of your trek, so please don’t ignore this. Cut your nails, apply sunscreen/lip balm, and use hand sanitizer after you go toilet and you touch the dirty surface. We, Himalayan Smile Treks & Adventure, are very conscious about hygiene; thus, we offer you the best. Hygiene is the most important factor, like many others.

Everest Base Camp trekking is itself a challenge to do because of the high altitude. The Everest base camp trek last tea house is in Goraksherp at 5140 m, where you have to spend the night. From here you will day hike to Mount Everest base camp and Kalapatther, where you can view the world's highest mountain, Mount Everest (8848 m). It is a highlight of the Everest Trek.