By the time paying clients have arrived and settled in at Base Camp, a team of Sherpas has already been busy establishing routes using ropes and ladders to Camp 1 on the side of the mountain, and will be ferrying loads of equipment up there.
All expeditions rely on a huge support team of Sherpa climbers. By the time paying clients have arrived and settled in at Base Camp, a team of Sherpas has already been busy establishing routes using ropes and ladders to Camp 1 on the side of the mountain, and will be ferrying loads of equipment up there. Once the expedition is underway, working its way up the mountain and then going back to Base Camp to rest, the Sherpas head up to establish the highest camps, stocking them with bottled oxygen ready for the expedition to make its summit attempt.