Above base camp

                                            Above base camp

 The Rongbuk base camp is usually much less busy than the Nepalese equivalent on the khumbu glacier, and while from the latter base camp Everest cannot be seen at all at rongbuk the view of the world’s highest mountain is simply stunning . The North face where all the pre-war attempts took place- can be seen rising majestically out of the Rongbuk glacier. Behind changtse ( the north peak now named bei peak) now named bei peak) lies the North col, with the north Ridge rising from that to the summit ridge ( North –East Ridge).

Writing in 1998 of the view of Everest Bill Tilman said seen from Rongbuk it looms up magnificently filling the head of the valley. The final pyramid with or without its streaming banner is a glorious thing. Basecamp is located on the flat moraine at the tired of the Rongbuk (Rongpu) glacier, and about halfway