A Trekker’s Guide to the Khumbu Himalaya: Trailside Geology Along the Everest Base Camp Trek

Authors

Brigit Anderson, SIT Study AbroadFollow

Home Institution

Bates College

Publication Date

Fall 2010

Program Name

Nepal: Tibetan and Himalayan Peoples

Abstract

The Himalaya is the youngest and highest mountain range in the world. It thus provides a wonderful field lab for studying the mountain building process in action. The trek in the Khumbu (northeastern Nepal) from Lukla to Everest Base Camp takes you through the Higher Himalaya and some interesting geological features. This project gives an introduction to the larger Himalaya geology and more specifically geology of the Khumbu Region. It then follows the Lukla-Everest Base Camp (EBC) trekking route pointing out interesting geologic features along the way. Some of the concepts explained in this project are somewhat technical. For this reason, a glossary has been provided and more technical terms are defined throughout the chapters.

Disciplines

Geology

Recommended Citation

Anderson, Brigit, "A Trekker’s Guide to the Khumbu Himalaya: Trailside Geology Along the Everest Base Camp Trek" (2010). Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection. 922.
https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/isp_collection/922