Kathmandu, Lukla, Gokyo, Everest, Island Peak

I wanted to thank Himalayan Glacier for the unforgetable trek that you provided 6 clients (me included) to Island Peak in October, 2011. My first contact with Himalayan Glacier was Tony Monaco. I could tell right away that I had called the right company to arrange and guide the trek. Tony helped me with every questions with great patience, and he was the reason that I settled on Himalayan Galcier. Please pass that on to Tony, with my thanks. Also, I wanted to ask you to thank our guide, Ashish, for me. He was always kind, and helpful, and I could not imagine having a better guide. The assistant guides (Mekhraj and Mingma) were also top-notch, as were the porters (whose names I forgot). Please tell Tony, Ashish, Mekhraj and Mingma

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Regards, John

Island Peak Climbing with Gokyo & Everest Base Camp

I return recently from Nepal, were I did the program Island Peak Climbing with Gokyo &Everest Base Camp – 22 days, with Dorji as a guide and climbing guide Tenji in Chhunkung.

Your trip were excellent and all guides and porters have done an excellent work. Dorji and porters always pay attention in everything and were very professional. I can say that Dorji should be a climbing guide, because he were very good on climbing Island Peak.

I really hope that Himalyan Glacier continuos to do work in sense of give better conditions of work, better salaries and help porters and guides during low seasons, because guides and porters always do a excellent work with a smile in them faces. Never forget that porters and guides are the face of companies near costumers.

I am very glad to had Dorji as a guide and had the porters that he choose as my porters. They were very kindly and help me very much.

Thanks for everything.

Best regards.

Maria Ribeiro

Lisboa Portugal

Island peak with EBC 19 days

We would like to say a huge THANK YOU VERY MUCH, we both had an amazing time and the everything that could possibly be done for us was done.

It has been amazing service from Himalayan Glacier from start to finish

Beforehand, all the help and communication for booking and preparing was superb,

But most of all i would like to tell you how good Deu and our porter Nabine were
I have never met 2 people so willing to help, always with a smile and always wanting to help.

Thier help with Emmas birthday cake and with champagne for our engagement will forever be remembered.

Thank you again and please pass on all our thanks to Deu and Nabin

Cheers

Kerrin & Emma

Island Peak with Lobuche Climbing

As far as summitting went, no one attempted Lobuche – it was felt too difficult as we were quite tired at Gorak Shep, and we wanted to ensure we were not too exhausted to try Island Peak. That peak was also harder than I expected, but four of us were thrilled to make the summit, myself, Pete Adley, Forde Smith and Paul McCann got to the top. Tenzing is a great leader and is a patient, generous man, I felt very safe with him.

The only suggestion I have is that maybe a day of rest could be planned in the program. Some of the people in the group got quite tired after Dingboche and Lobuche, which is part of the reason we didn’t attempt Lobuche East. Maybe a day off, after the acclimatisation day at Dingboche would have helped. At the same time, maybe those people just weren’t prepared enough

I think that everything else went very smoothly for us, the tour in Kathmandu was very enjoyable, even for those that had done similar previously. Paul had been on a similar tour in India (I think) and he said he just got taken to a lot of shops, where he was expected to buy things. Your tour was nothing like that, and was interesting for the whole day.

The tea houses were well chosen, and the people were all friendly and happy to help us. The food was great, and Shanta brought fresh fruit along which was a great treat after dinners. The guides and porters were great people and very helpful, and the way they, and then yourself and Naba, dealt with Julie’s injury made me certain we chose the best company. She and John had only good things to say about how things went in the hospital and after, so thank you for that.

The way you helped with Last Resort was also more than I expected from you, you certainly went to great lengths to help make everything easy for us. This was the most satisfying thing you could do to impress clients i think.

I feel I have made a lot of new friends in your company, and i hope to stay in touch.
If I think of anything else I will let you know.

Have a great day, regards also to Naba, Shanta and the others, you are a great team.

Cheers
Pete

Climbing in Nepal Fall 2012

Anyone considering climbing any peaks in the Everest Region during the Fall of 2012? Thinking about Mera or Lobuche East in late October early November. Any advice? Thanks CJ

Island Peak Climbing with Everest Base Camp Trek

Thanks again for the trip and for your good wishes, please say hello to  MingMang and the rest of the team. I finally found some time to sort my pictures. The first one is the team on top of Island Peak and the other one at EBC.

Ciao!

After Island Peak climbing

I was wholehearted to go to Nepal to see the Himalayas of Nepal closely since I knew about them first. Once I had done trekking in 2005, my ambition amplified and I was determined to climb one of its peaks. Due to lack of climbing experience, I chose a little non-technical one, Imje Tse (Island Peak). I went Nepal again in November of 2009, four years after my first visit on “Destination Island Peak.”

“Although physically challenging, Imje Tse is not considered technically complicated, but weather and snow conditions can add sudden challenges and you will need to be prepared for all eventualities – including knowing how and when to use crampons, ice axe and rope techniques,” said Dendi at Himalayan Glacier Trekking. The climbing service provider, Himalayan Glacier Trekking managed experienced guides to handout some necessary skills and made me alert incase of unfavorable weather condition before flying to Lukla from Kathmandu.
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When we were finally on the top of the Island Peak

It’s difficult to translate in words what we felt and what we saw when we were finally on the top of the Island Peak.

The day was absolutely fantastic – we were very lucky. We have reached the top of the Island Peak mountain at 09:00h in the morning and everything was just perfect. What sensational views! Everywhere we looked at we just could see big mountains. It’s amazing!

We would like to thank our climbing guide Mr. Pen Sherpa for his great professionalism. He has a great knowledge about these mountains.

We sincerely think that he is one of the best climbing guides we may find in Nepal. The two young sherpa that were with us were also very friendly and kind always worried with our well be and hydration. We only disposed of 2 weeks to be in Nepal and climb the Island Peak and Himalayan Glacier has an option that turned our wishes possible. What we did was very hard and atypical when climbing in Himalaya.

We would like to thank Himalayan Glacier Trekking for taking care of all the arrangement and for having understood our needs. Without their help our dream of climb a peak in Himalayan would have been impossible.

To climb Island Peak only in two weeks it’s important to be in a very good physical condition since you will have to walk 6-7hr in average per day. You don’t have time to acclimatize well. You have to do it wile you are walking and you will always sleep at high altitudes so it’s important to drink a lot of liquids and eat nice and energetic food. It’s very easy to loose the appetite at high altitudes.

For those people that like us don’t have much time to climb in Nepal, the good news are that there are agencies like Himalayan Glacier that can arrange a plan that fills your needs.

Best regards

Pedro and Sílvia and Group
Spain
Island Peak climbing
March 2009