{"id":5270,"date":"2016-06-29T09:17:11","date_gmt":"2016-06-29T16:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/?p=5270"},"modified":"2016-06-29T09:17:11","modified_gmt":"2016-06-29T16:17:11","slug":"because-its-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/because-its-there\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Because It&#8217;s There&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the many highlights of our California Native <a href=\"http:\/\/calnative.com\/china\/china-tours-tibet-14day.html\">14-day Tibet Everest Explorer<\/a> is a visit to the North Base Camp of Mount Everest.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5286\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5286\" style=\"width: 255px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5286\" title=\"California Native's Lee and Ellen Klein visit the North Base Camp at Mount Everest.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Everest-1.jpg\" alt=\"California Native's Lee and Ellen Klein visit the North Base Camp at Mount Everest.\" width=\"255\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Everest-1.jpg 255w, http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Everest-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5286\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">California Native&#8217;s Lee and Ellen Klein visit the North Base Camp at Mount Everest.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mount Everest, also known in Nepal as Sagarm\u0101th\u0101 and in Tibet as Chomolungma, is Earth&#8217;s highest mountain. It is located in the Mahalangur mountain range in Nepal and Tibet. Its peak is 29,029 ft above sea level. The international border between China and Nepal runs across Everest&#8217;s precise summit point.<\/p>\n<p>For many people, the main reason that they go to Tibet is to see the amazing view of Everest\u2019s famous North Face. The view of Everest from the Tibet side gives a clear, sweeping view of the mountain. Unlike the Nepal side of Everest, no hiking is required to reach the Tibet side of Everest. You can drive all the way to Everest Base Camp. The North Base Camp is accessed by vehicle through a 100 km road branching to the South from the Friendship Highway near Shelkar.<\/p>\n<p>The only way that foreigners can go to the Tibet side of Mt. Everest is by arranging an organized tour through a tour company. There are NO exceptions. Included in our <a href=\"http:\/\/calnative.com\/china\/china-tours-tibet-14day.html\">14-day Tibet Everest Explorer<\/a>\u00a0are the required travel permits, tour guide, private vehicle and driver. You cannot use public transportation (ie. buses) to travel to Everest.<\/p>\n<p>The California Native has been leading tours to exotic destinations for more than 30 years and people are always asking what our favorites are. One of our favorite trips is this wonderful journey which begins in Beijing, China, travels through Tibet and hits its high point at Mount Everest Base Camp at the top of the world.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5287\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5287\" style=\"width: 255px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-5287 size-full\" title=\"Marker located at the North Base Camp\" src=\"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Everest-2.jpg\" alt=\"Marker located at the North Base Camp\" width=\"255\" height=\"236\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5287\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marker located at the North Base Camp<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5288\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5288\" style=\"width: 255px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-5288 size-full\" title=\"Amazing view of Mt Everest from the North Base Camp\" src=\"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Everest-3.jpg\" alt=\"Amazing view of Mt Everest from the North Base Camp\" width=\"255\" height=\"191\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5288\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amazing view of Mt Everest from the North Base Camp<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5290\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5290\" style=\"width: 255px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-5290 size-full\" title=\"Short hike to a view point\u00a0along the Friendship Highway\" src=\"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Everest-5.jpg\" alt=\"Short hike to a view point\u00a0along the Friendship Highway\" width=\"255\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Everest-5.jpg 255w, http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Everest-5-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5290\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Short hike to a view point\u00a0along the Friendship Highway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5289\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5289\" style=\"width: 255px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-5289 size-full\" title=\"The Friendship Highway\" src=\"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Everest-4.jpg\" alt=\"The Friendship Highway\" width=\"255\" height=\"191\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5289\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Friendship Highway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5291\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5291\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-5291 size-full\" title=\"Prayer flags along the Friendship Highway\" src=\"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Everest-6.jpg\" alt=\"Prayer flags along the Friendship Highway\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5291\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prayer flags along\u00a0the Friendship Highway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the many highlights of our California Native 14-day Tibet Everest Explorer is a visit to the North Base Camp of Mount Everest. Mount Everest, also known in Nepal as Sagarm\u0101th\u0101 and in Tibet as Chomolungma, is Earth&#8217;s highest mountain. It is located in the Mahalangur mountain range in Nepal and Tibet. Its peak &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/because-its-there\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8220;Because It&#8217;s There&#8221;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[21,230],"tags":[163,217,260,15,242,262,259,261,33,54,35,13,14],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5270"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5270"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5306,"href":"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5270\/revisions\/5306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calnative.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}