Sites listed below relate to Mount Everest and the trek to its Base Camp in Nepal. To suggest additional links, or to report any problems, please contact us.
A well-respected and comprehensive resource on climbing Everest with annual updates and updated statistics; Arnette's climbs and online presence are focused on fighting Alzheimer's disease in his campaign "Memories are Everything"
A science-based guide for lay people, with help from a handful of world-class altitude experts
Five-minute video of recent trek from Lukla to EBC which captures the atmosphere well and shows how unchanged the trek is post-earthquake
Website created by David Breashears, with rich resources including much of interest about the Khumbu glaciers, although his Everest material seems to be no longer available
Fly-through created for a trek up the Gokyo valley to Gokyo Ri, over the Cho La eastward to the Khumbu valley, up Kala Pattar, i.e. most of the routes in our book with the addition of Island Peak (Imja Tse)
Long established and well respected porter protection movement
Five minutes of landings and take-offs, no commentary, but very good pictures
Video (13 minutes) about the challenges of landing at Lukla; rather melodramatic commentary, but good contribution from Nepali pilot at the end
Good on Everest history, with updated news of recent cllimbs, all from a British perspective
Very useful site (German) for identifying mountains from Gokyo Ri: scroll down for superb photos with every peak labelled with its altitude (and name if it has one)
Karvonen formula lets you calculate target heart rate zones for optimising your training effort, based on both age and fitness: first find out your resting heart rate (take the average of three measurements) then apply this formula
Authoritative site on climbing Everest with details of routes, maps, photographs, trip reports and climbing statistics
Comprehensive list of all the trekking vocabulary you may need, part of a website about the Great Himalaya Trail
