Team: High Adventure Expeditions
Date: Oct, 2022
Application Form: Island Peak with High Adventure Expeditions
Cost: US$4,100 per person
Island Peak is 20,305ft high (6,189m) and located in the Khumbu region of Nepal. It is also known by the name Imja Tse.
The peak is a perfect introduction to Himalayan climbing. The expedition is short (less than three weeks), but the mountain provides fantastic climbing, including a summit ridge and pyramidal peak that are perfect for amazing photographs.
If you’re thinking about using Island Peak as a training climb for something bigger, you’re in great company. The mountain was first climbed in 1953 by the British team that used it as a training climb in warm-up for their successful first ascent of Mt Everest.
Itinerary (dates are tentative):
- October 16: High Adventure Expeditions team arrives in Kathmandu
- October 17: Fly to Lukla, trek to Phakding or Monjo
- October 18; Trek to Namche
- October 19: Acclimatization day in Namche
- October 20: Trek to Pangboche
- October 21: Trek to Dingboche
- October 22: Acclimatization day in Dingboche
- October 23: Trek to Chukkung
- October 24: Trek to Island Peak Basecamp
- October 25: Rest in BC
- October 26: Climb to High Camp
- October 27; Summit Day
- October 28: Trek to Pangboche
- October 29: Trek to Namche
- October 30: Trek to Lukla
- October 31; Fly to Kathmandu
- November 1; Extra day built in for acclimatization or weather
- November 2: Depart Kathmandu