hi every1. im looking at doing BCE or even ABC next year for charity and was wondering if any1 had any contact details of guides out there. as im lookig to keep the price as low as possible so the charity get more. thanks
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Drew....what are you talking about?
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 At a wild guess Base Camp Everest? Annapurna Base Camp? If not, I'm flummoxed 
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base camp everest or advanced base kamp is that what you mean
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Oh...I see. Nope, cant help you...sorry
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half way there matt lol 
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Oops, 50% flummoxed! 
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 If you want to keep the price low, then why bother with a guide?
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i've heard of a few people that ABC isn't advisable with out a guide. what do people on here think
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I've done the Annapurna Circuit and Everest Base Camp without a guide or porter without the slighest difficulty. Annapurna Base Camp is at 4,130m which is a lot less than the high points of the other two, so I don't see that you'd need a guide. If you had some kind of medical emergency and you didn't have a walking companion then a guide might be useful, but then again there's quite a few pretty useLESS guides around. But if you do go out there on your own it's easy to find someone to walk with. Just make sure you follow the recommended schedule (for acclimatisation purposes) and don't walk higher if you've got any AMS symptoms.
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thanks for that david alot of people seem to be saying the same on here. betta start looking for some routes then any ideas people thanks, drew
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 I trekked into Annapurna Base Camp independently after walking the Annapurna Circuit, which is a really nice way of doing it. Your main concern really is acclimatisation, the Annapurna Sanctuary route rises quite rapidly and it's easy to go to fast and end up with altitude sickness which is dangerous. But trekking independently on the main routes in Nepal, staying in tea houses, is incredibly easy and very pleasant. The Trailblazer guide books are excellent btw.
If you do a site search, there are articles about trekking both everest and annapurna independently.
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Something I only thought of whilst having my lunch: you say say you want to keep your costs down so the charity gets more - does this mean you are paying for the trip from the donations?
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no ill be paying for it myself but am on a really tight budget and dont want to be using the sponsorship to pay for it otherwise, i could just use 1 of the many companies out there that do the trips for charity with a min sponsorship.
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 Hi Drew. i was just out in Nepal last Nov and Dec and i dont know if this info will help? first things first, cut the costs by just sorting your own trip out easy enough by just starting with travel costs, i take it you have your flight sorted? the next step is getting to the trail head if you are going to start from Pokhara the tourist bus leaves early approx 0730 from KTM and if you need to save say 12$ just take the local bus. Lots of cheap digs in Pokhara down on lakeside at the far end near Mikes eats, more expensive towards damside. If you are on your own try and get others to share taxi up to besi or its the bus?.this is where life gets interesting, as for the trek i did the whole circuit taking in the high route via Ghyaru 3670 mtrs great for acclimatisation and well worth the leg work for a room with a fantastic view,i stayed up and arround there for two days. Given that the route up from the trail head is now under road construction in parts, the area up arround Ghyaru and Ngwal provides you with your first real taste of the annapurna region. i went up to Tilicho lake and avoided Manang was not for me its not cheap, and full of groups etc, but if you are feeling fine go straight to Gunsang 3900mtrs the two lodges offer fantastic views.As for where you go next is up to you i went to throng base camp and had a side trip prior to going up and over the pass in snow conditions, a tip if you have a pair of light weight rubber kahtoola spikes they will come in handy if its hard snow on the ground.
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Drew, you really don't need a guide for EBC. The trail is the path between villages and is heavily used. You won't get lost. I recommend the Lonely Planet trek nepal book . I did the trek last december and loved it. Take it slow, acclimatise , take rest days and enjoy it. Quite a few people I saw who had guides tended to go up quickly and suffered more from AMS .
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