Everest Base Camp Trek Statistics

The following are statistics from our Everest Base Camp Trek. We had 5 people in our group, so when you see things like 4 lbs. of beef jerkey were eaten, this is total for all 5 people. Some are just guesses as we didn’t record everything at the time, but most should be pretty accurate. Different groups may experience much different numbers depending on luck, skill, conditioning, preparation, and time of year. I’d guess our groups stats would be fairly average for a late September EBC trek. If you see something that looks funny or is missing here let us know in the comments.

• Number of 1 liter bottles of water drank: 144
• Number of hours hiking: 54
• Number of hours hiking with stops: 68+
• Total distance covered on trek: 50+ miles
• Elevation climbed: 9000+ feet (2743+ meters)
• Highest elevation reached: 18,514 feet at Kalapatthar (5,643 meters)
• Number of acclimation days: 2
• Number of team members of puked: 2
• Number of team members who got sick: 4
• Number of team members who reached Base Camp: 5
• Number of team members who reached Kalapathar: 2
• Number of Porters: 3
• Number of Guides: 1
• Dollars spent on food/drink (on top of basic meals): $683 USD
• Number of photos taken: 4000+
• Number of videos taken: 39
• Number of showers taken (including bucket showers): 12
• Number of land slides we had to cross: 5
• Number of earthquakes: 1
• Number of days we had rain: 7
• Number of days we had snow: 3
• Total Number of days for trek: 12
• Total Cost of Trek including nice tips for guide and porters: $5634 USD
• Number of hours spent playing cards: 27
• Number of Diamox pills taken: 85
• Number of Malaria pills taken by mistake: 6
• Amount of Beef Jerkey eaten: 4 pounds (~2 kg)
• Amount of weight lost from exercise / loss of appetite: ~19 lbs (~8 kg)
• Number of “Oh Shit” moments: 9
  1. Flying the sketchy Kathmandu to Lukla flight
  2. Seeing landslide devastation where people died just days before near Phakding
  3. Earthquake in Namche Bazaar
  4. Waking up to clear skies at Namche Bazaar and seeing the scenery for the first time
  5. Reaching Base Camp
  6. Our guide getting a call on our way down the mountain because one of the planes crashed on an Everest Scenic Flight killing all 19 passengers
  7. Having to go around the trail because the raging rain runoff had overtaken it, forcing us to cross a 1/2 inch thick slab of tree bark over the rapids
  8. Crossing around broken bridge near Lukla on muddy cliffside path up and down the hill in the pooring rain
  9. Flying the sketchy Lukla to Kathmandu flight