Mount Everest Base Camp Guide!

💰 Prices have increased in summer, around 700 10:21 Arrive at Shigatse, around 10:40 gather at the train station parking lot 🅿️. First come, first served for seating, the journey takes nearly 8 hours in one day. 11:30 Process the border pass, bring your ID card, it takes about 5 minutes to complete. ⚠️ Be sure to keep the border pass safe, you won't be allowed in if it's lost. 12:00 Arrive at the place to collect coats and oxygen cylinders. Check if the group notice includes military coats and 3L oxygen bottles. A 3L bottle's two-day rental is 136, I returned mine directly. ⚠️ Safety first, about 5 people in our group experienced altitude sickness and used up most of the oxygen. I had already acclimatized in Tibet for a week and brought an extra bottle, two 800ml bottles were enough, and I only used one in the end. If you're not wearing cotton clothes, you can rent a military coat, be sure to wear a warm hat, a baseball cap will make your head hurt from the wind. 14:00 Lunchtime 15:00 Start crossing the 108 turns of Everest, this part can easily cause motion sickness. I put a motion sickness patch on my forehead and drank some herbal medicine. One of our teammates vomited during the turns. 18:00 Take the scenic area shuttle bus, bring your luggage 🧳 18:40 Arrive at Everest Base Camp, find your tent, place your luggage, collect instant noodles, and then go check in. 19:00 The altitude of the base camp is around 5000 meters, you'll still get out of breath after walking for a while. Breathe oxygen and drink warm water in time. ⚠️ If you're staying at the base camp overnight, don't queue for photos now, there are really a lot of people, at least a 40-minute wait ➕ and there are people maintaining order. Around 20:40, the magical golden sunset on the mountains appears, remember not to hurry away, there will be deeper golden light later. 🚗21:30 The last shuttle bus down the mountain is at this time. If you have severe altitude sickness, you can choose to stay in the village at the foot of the mountain, at an altitude of about 4200 meters. I stayed at the base camp, where the standard rooms in the tents are actually separated, and the atmosphere in the big dormitory is quite good. Everyone sleeps in their clothes, and the air conditioning is turned off after midnight. Above this, don't think about taking a shower, the restrooms are like those mobile toilets at music festivals. 🎶22:00-23:00 The base camp will have a wild disco, with mobile phones flashing, it's really the look of youthful enthusiasm. Day2️⃣01:00 After checking the rooms, the base camp turns off the lights, and you can go out to see the starry sky 🌃 07:00 Get up to watch the sunrise, this is when you can open the Everest monument, and there are fewer people, less than a 5-minute queue. 07:30-08:30 You can take the shuttle bus down the mountain in succession, usually taking the one at 8 o'clock 09:30 After everyone gathers, depart back to Shigatse train station, the route is the same as when you came, lunch at 12:00, arrive at Shigatse train station around 16:15. I recommend taking the 7 o'clock train back to Lhasa, the one at 4 o'clock is very risky. 🚞