The most enchanting flight to Mt.Everest along with many other magnificent mountains has given many mountain lovers of the world to touch their wildest dreams from the most untouched Himalayan heights of Nepal . The flights last for about an hours early in the morning and you will witness beauties of Himalayas including 8 world's highest mountain peaks out of 14 from a very close range.Your visit to Nepal simply cannot be considered complete until you see the ever melting beauty of the celestial Himalayas on board a mountain flight.
In Nepal , seeing the remote corners of the Himalayas need not be a problem. Mountain flights provide the answer. In just a short time, you will be experiencing the Himalayas at such close range it will seem as though you could reach out and touch them.
The mountain flight gives the best opportunity to get the closest and the best view of Mount Everest (8,850mts) & other mountains such as; Shisa Pangma (8,013m), Gauri Shanker (7,134m), Melungtse (7,023m), Cho Oyu (8,201m), Pumori (8,171m), Nuptse (7,855m), Lhotse (8,516m) & Amadablam (6,856m). The flights are operated every morning from Kathmandu airport which fly at an average altitude of 6,500 - 7,000 meters. Circling Mount Amadabalm to enter the Khumbu valley, we take the passengers almost five nautical miles from the highest peak in the world - Mt. Everest (weather permitting). This flight usually lasts for about an hour. We provide each passenger with individual window seats (guaranteed) during the entire flight. Moreover, all our passengers are invited to the cockpit from where they can take some spectacular pictures of the world's tallest mountains
Description of few Mountains that can be seen from the Mt. Flight : -
1. Langtang (7234m):
The first mountain, which can be seen, is Langtang. The valley of Langtang , which is not visible from the mountain flight, is considered to be the most beautiful in the whole Himalayan region.
2. Gosainthan (8013m):
The mountain lies on the Nepal – Tibetan border. Tibetan name for this mountain is Shisapangma. She is related with many Hindu Mythologies especially of Shiva.
3. Dorje Lakpa (6975m):
This mountain has a Tibetan name, which means “the mountains of many sacred Thunderbolts”. This mountain is considered to be holy mountain for Buddhists and climbing permission was given only in 1964, and it was not climbed until 1981.
4. Gauri–Shanker (7134m):
This single mountain has two peaks and also has two names together because the Hindus believe that the mountain looks like the pair of Gods Shiva and Gouri. This holy mountain was restricted till 1977 for the climbers. It was only in 1979 that an American – Nepal group reached the summit.
5. Lhotse (8516m):
As this mountain lies to the south of Everest, name given by the Sherpas is Lhotse, which means” South Peak ”. The first ascent of this mountain took place in 1956 by the Swiss.
6. Mount Everest (8848m):
This Mountain was discovered in 1852 and is the highest mountain of the world, is named after Sir George Everest, and English surveyor. Sagarmatha, top of the universe, is the name giver by Nepal which means, “mother of the world” and Qomolongma in Tibetan. Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgey Sherpa were first to climb Everest on May 25, 1953. As a coronation gift to Queen Elizabeth.
Helicopter Rescue
Many helicopter companies can provide evacuation by Helicopter for severely injured or ill people. However, someone in Kathmandu must guarantee the payment of the flight before the rescue. Average rescue flight costs about $ 3000.00. If you are trekking with a Kathmandu based trekking agency, send rescue request to your concern agency High Spirit treks & Expedition will arrange the flight. If you are trekking on you own, send the message to your embassy or consulates. Send your Name, Nationality Passport detail, location and details of the injury of sickness (that is altitude illness, frostbite, heart problem, fracture, dysentery etc.). Message can be passed through the HRA radio system, police radio system, and the National Park radio system or at local airports or army camps. It almost always takes at least twenty-four hours to arrange a rescue, including passing the message.
Now a day, there are many private airlines, which provide helicopter services to evacuate trekkers in an emergency.
If your country has an embassy/consulate in Kathmandu , Register with them before you trek and record the details of rescue process. If your country does not have an embassy or consulate in Kathmandu and you are trekking on your own, you will have trouble getting rescued unless you arrange something in advance. Make sure to check this with your travel insurance scheme; you can now by helicopter rescue insurance in Kathmandu .
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