Mera Central Climb - Successful!!!
My MERA PEAK CLIMB photoset on Flickr is up. Enjoy.
Filip, a fellow Belgian trekker I met on the ‘Kangchengola’ Trek decided to do some exploration in the Everest region and brought up an idea to do some climbing there. As, I am a vertically ‘addicted’ guy, he didn’t need to do any heavy convincing ;))) Eventually, we settled on the Mera Peak (6,461m high), mainly because of my limited technical experience but also because of solitude that the Mera region had to offer… We brought with us Keepa and Nawang, both Sherpas we had previous experience with. They arranged porters and on December 4th, after a short flight to Lukla, we hit the trail the next day at noon. With overnight stops at Chutenga, Tuli Kharka, Khote, and Tangnak, we arrived at our base in Khare. - After that, Mera High Camp and then the summit.
Surprisingly, the weather was great and everything clicked as planned. On my way back, I had to sleep out at Tuli Kharka, as the lodge owner never arrived to open the lodge for us, as previously promised… On December 14th, I was back at Lukla, ready to start my Everest BC/ Gokyo Valley trek…
