Makalu to Everest Traverse over Sherpani Col, West col and Amphu Lapsa. This is the ultimate high altitude non-technical traverse with camps above 6,000m.which crosses icy passes at almost 6,200m. It involves use of crampons, ice axe and the ability to rappel down 70-degree ice slopes. Sherpini col is a very strenuous serious adventure suitable for only the most experienced of trekkers and adventurers.
Sherpini col Pass trekking is an extremely challenging one. Previous mountaineering experience is required as you will be traveling over rugged terrain with sharp altitude gains, numerous glaciers and high passes. Our group will be totally self-sufficient for an extended portion of the trek. The reward will be seeing the seldom-seen back sides of Everest and Lhotse, the five holy lakes at Panch Pokhari and the impressive 8000m granite south face of Makalu, "the great black one" and the fifth highest mountain in the world.
Trekking from the middle hill regions of the Arun valley we climb northwards through Rai villages and terraces of corn to the Sherpa village of Mure, Seduwa and Tashigaun. We cross the Shipton La Pass (4,000m) into the upper Arun and ascend to Makalu Base Camp, before traversing the Sherpani Col and the West Col (6,135m.) into the upper Hinku valley. From a camp at 5,600m alongside the spectacularly beautiful Shiva lakes of Panch Pokhari we cross the serrated ridge of the Amphu Lapsa (5,780m) down into the habited villages of Chukking. The return is down to Lukla via a number of Sherpa villages and Buddhist monasteries and a short helicopter flight back to Kathmandu
