Please Help Us To Prepare For Our Trip To Nepal

[Guest]

We are asking for your help and advice for when we travel to Nepal for four to five weeks in September. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated and includes such things as the type of clothing required, where to stay in Kathmandu, what not to eat, can you drink the water etc. Gill and I are fairly fit for our age but do we need to prepare before we go?

We have only been walking in Greece and Cyprus before so we are used to walking in the heat and these were fairly tough climbs but advice on acclimatisation would be useful.

Our intention is to back track from Chhukung trying to trace Gareth’s route through checking on handwriting in all the local tea houses etc. Some advice on local customs would also be good to know before we go.

So in general we need your help in planning our trip so please let us have you help, advice and experiences of Nepal.

Please visit us at our website at http://www.garethkochlostinnepal.co.uk/Site.htmland register and leave a message on our forum.

Thank you.

David & Gill Koch

[Guest]

The best book on trekking in the Everest region is by Jamie McGuiness "Trekking in the Everest Region" (Trailblazer Guides). Read it and it will answer more questions than you have by now.

About preparation: Yes, it would be good to do some walking. Especially steep hills if this is possible for you.

About acclimatization: Take your time and listen to your body. Don't rush it.

Hire a porter.

[inavalon]

i have been living in nepal for 3 months last year

if anybody is looking for information on nepal i can perhaps supply some on the country, the food, the situation etc
(but i am not a pro trekker)

please contact me via my emailadress

as there is perhaps a lot of questions to answer i would prefer to do this on the phone (office number in germany during business hours can be forwarded individually)

best wishes
in_avalon