{"id":8622,"date":"2023-04-17T17:44:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T00:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=8622"},"modified":"2023-04-17T15:55:55","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T22:55:55","slug":"everest-helicoptering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=8622","title":{"rendered":"Everest Helicoptering"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One of the things many young adventurers love to do is travel to Nepal and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kimkim.com\/c\/the-10-best-classic-treks-in-nepal\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.kimkim.com\/c\/the-10-best-classic-treks-in-nepal\" target=\"_blank\">hike some of the amazing trails<\/a> through Himalayan mountains. The popularity of these multi-day to multi-week hikes has lead to a more crowded and less authentic experiences of previous travelers, but you just can&#8217;t beat something like a week or two on the Annapurna Circuit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kimkim.com\/c\/everest-base-camp-trek\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.kimkim.com\/c\/everest-base-camp-trek\" target=\"_blank\">hike to Mt Everest base camp<\/a> as well as often take a short trip up the nearby facing peak Kala Patthar to see both Everest and Lhotse (if the weather cooperates).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FElCwTLd-bU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A third option is to go by helicopter. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@SamChui\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@SamChui\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sam Chui<\/a> shows us that for about $1200, you can take an amazing few hour helicopter trip through these destintions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Kathmandu (4,390 ft \/ 1,338m) 2. Lukla (9,380 ft \/ 2,860m) 3. Namche Bazar (11,290 ft \/ 3,440m) 4. Syangboche (12,402 ft \/ 3,780m) 5. Khumbu Icefall (17,999 ft \/ 5,486m) 6. Mt Everest (29,031 ft \/ 8,849m) 7. Kala Patthar (18,519 ft \/ 5,644m) 8. Cho La Pass (17,782 ft \/ 5,420 m) 9. Gokyo Ri (17,575 ft \/ 5,357m) 11. Hotel Everest View (12,729ft \/ 3,880m) 13. Lukla (9,380 ft \/ 2,860m) 14. Kathmandu (4,390 ft \/ 1,338m)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He recommends going in April or October when the weather is at its clearest and not so cold. He flies via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manangair.com.np\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.manangair.com.np\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Manang Air<\/a> &#8211; who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manangair.com.np\/services\/tour-packages\/encounter-everest\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.manangair.com.np\/services\/tour-packages\/encounter-everest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">have a variety of packages<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the things many young adventurers love to do is travel to Nepal and hike some of the amazing trails through Himalayan mountains. The popularity of these multi-day to multi-week hikes has lead to a more crowded and less authentic experiences of previous travelers, but you just can&#8217;t beat something like a week or two on the Annapurna Circuit. You can also hike to Mt Everest base camp as well as often take a short trip up the nearby&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=8622\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cool","category-travel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4WECr-2f4","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8622"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8623,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8622\/revisions\/8623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}