Mera Peak

Can anyone tell me if mera peak is doable.I have no experience on ropes and crampons however,I am an experienced hiker and I did the everest base camp a few months ago which was great - while not going fast and not being sick,(just tough breathing at night and sore behind the eyes).I was surpised the altitude affected me more than I thought as I am very fit.So considering this, (when I forget about these hardships),I was thinking of doing Mera Peak.Is there a danger of avalanche or crevasses?

Does one suffer the same altitude (pains/breathing) problems on all treks or do they differ?

How far up the trek do the tea houses stop and the tents are put up?

Which are good companies that are not too pricey and has not too bigger groups? Also what is the best time of year for this peak?

Mera Peak

Hi

My wife did Mera Peak a few years ago. I remember she went in November and it was very wet virtually the whole time. It is a trekking peak that is quite challenging. I would suggest a winter skills course beforehand. I would also go with a good company. I would recommend World Expeditions. I have been with them, Explore %26amp; Exodus and really rate them the best, especially for more challenging treks.

I will get my wife to answer your other questions!

Mera Peak

I was on Mera almost 20 years ago, so can%26#39;t answer about tea houses - when we were there there were none in the Hinku valley so we camped all the way beyond Lukhla.

We had trekked in from Jiri, so were moderately acclimatised by the time we reached Lukhla. If you are flying direct to Lukhla you%26#39;ll find the crossing of the Zatrawa La quite painfull as you%26#39;ll not be acclimatised. FOrtunately beyond the pass you descend again, and I thoroughly enjoyed the couple of days trekking north to Tagnag.

As Mera Base camp at Khare is at over 5000 metres you%26#39;ll need to take time getting up there or altitude will be a serious problem (though one can never generalise about how well any individual will acclimatise).

Mera does not demand great technical skills. From base camp it%26#39;s a plod up moraine to the snout of the Mera galcier, which we found to be a dry glacier with few crevasses and they were obvious !) but the Mera La and above does present some crevasse risk particularly as there is likely to be a surface layer of snow which hides them: we discovered that our High Camp was pitched in the miodst of a crevasse field, most of them bridged by 2 feet of snow. Otherwise it%26#39;s a straightforward snow plod, but at considerable altitude. The most challenging section we found was the seemingly interminable Ramp above High Camp - not technical, but at over 6000 metres a long grind.

ALtitude is definately the main problem, but if you can handle that then the views are incredible (even from the Mera La - obviously it%26#39;s good to reach the summit, but just being there is great anyway !)

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