Documentation:

• International passport
• Airplane tickets
• Medical insurance covering helicopter evacuation

Personal equipment:

• Backpack 30-50l
• Sleeping bag, comfort temperature from -20C
• Mat
• Trekking poles
• Cats of steel
• Ice axe with self-insurance
• Climbing system
• Helmet
• Carabiners – 4 pcs
• Lanyard moustache
• Zhumar
• Descender
• Mug-spoon-bowl

Clothes and shoes:

• Climbing boots triple or double, double–plastic or leather
• Trekking boots are well-impregnated in advance with a special anti-water agent
• Sneakers (for the city)
• Waterproof membrane layer – jacket + trousers
• Fleece suit
• Thermal underwear top+bottom
• Middle-class puff
• Warm mittens
• Gloves are thick
• Thin gloves
• Bandana or buff (in addition to protection from the Sun in the valley, it can be used to warm the throat or face in the cold)
• Cap
• Warm trekking socks for climbing day
• Windproof mask for the lower part of the face

Travel accessories:

• LED flashlight for head
• Powerbank
• Sunglasses
• Raincoat
• Rain cover for backpack
• Ski goggles
• Thermos – 1l, preferably without a button on the lid
• Sunblock spf 50
• lip balm spf 10-15
• Leggings
• Chemical heating pads (not required, but can be beneficial)
• Personal medical kit
• Elastic bandage and/or support bandage
• Toothpaste, brush, soap, shampoo, slippers
• Towel
• Toilet paper (sold in loggias along the way)

Trekking in Nepal implies it is fairly easy walking along mountain paths. Today, there are numerous trekking and climbing trails in Nepal. Prices of such tours are also different, depending on the offered itinerary.

The first ascent to Mera Peak was made in 1953 by Sen Tensing and Jimmy Roberts. The trekking trail leading to the Base Camp passes through pinewood and rhododendron forests located in an unpopulated remote valley.

Mera Peak trekking trail passes through three valleys of impressive beauty – Imja, Hinku and Hongu. One of the most interesting sections on this trail is that between the ice passage Ambu Labsa and Imja Valley, with a mountain lake located there. Another group of five most beautiful lakes (the Panch Pokhari) are located on the other side of the passage, in Hongu Valley. 

The least challenging and most popular trails to Mera Peak summit lead from the northern side and through the Mera La passage. As a rule, those trails include sections passing through closed glaciers at a pretty high altitude. The views of Everest, Chamlang, Barutze and other equally impressive peaks open from Mera La passage, at an elevation of 5415m.

The trail to the southern slope passes through the tribal settlements of Jiri and through Pangkongma at an elevation of 3173m. The trail from the eastern side, from the city of Lukla, leads through the Zatrva La passage (at 4600m).

Mera Peak climbing trail passes through an open snowy slope and further, via the left crest and the Southern summit, 6065m high. From that spot, we can traverse to the Northern summit (6475m) through the Central summit, which is 6,461 m high. The central summit is technically more challenging and features a ledge rock on its northern slope. Straight trails lead to both summits, but due to the great number of crevasses on the mountain’s slopes, those trails are more dangerous.

For a long time, Mera Peak climbing was classified as F (facile/easy), but later, due to the crevasses that formed on the last 30–40 meters of its trail, the category of its challenge was raised to PD (Peu difficile/not very hard).

Kathmandu, Nepal