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Everest 2024: Blessings on the Trek to Tengboche Monastery

Traffic is picking up on the trail to Everest Base Camp, Nepal, as more teams are flying into Lukla. The weather continues to be good. However, similar to recent years, some fixed-wing flights between Kathmandu and Lukla are now diverted to leave from Ramechhap, a small airstrip 140 km (85 miles) five hours drive from Kathmandu with little or no existing tourist infrastructure. Helicopters still allow you to fly directly to Lukla, albeit at $600 each way compared to $150 for fixed-wing flights. Climbing, the Seven Summit’s Everest team flew an airplane from Kathmandu to Luka and is now in Namache.

The Everest permit tally is now 101 foreigners across eight teams. More to come.
Now, let’s move on to what they are experiencing on the trek. #everest2024

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