Lumba Sumba Pass Trek, Nepal, Kanchenjunga [full trek]

This film features the full three week Lumba Sumba pass trek, in the Kanchenjunga region of Nepal. It is in a little-known undiscovered trekking region - off the beaten track in the remote and isolated Eastern Himalaya. More info at benhowe.co.nz/
Episodes (slightly longer versions) are also on my channel.
The trail traverses the mountains between the third and fifth highest in the world - Kanchenjunga and Makalu. It passes through rarely visited Sherpa and Limbu villages, rugged valleys and up to the spectacular Lumba Sumba pass itself.
The Lumba Sumba was only opened to foreign trekkers in 2012. But even now (2018), very few outside visitors go there. Although there are teahouses in many villages, up towards the pass the trek requires at least three or four nights of camping. Many people camp for the whole trek, but mixing it up with a combination of simple lodges and camping worked for us. Once we had left the Kanchenjunga trail, we didn’t see a single other foreign trekker for about two weeks. We were late in the season (November), but I expect if you visit at any time trekker numbers will be low.
Online, I met Andrew from England, then Prakash (guide) and Sundesh (porter) from Nepal. We were a small group of four trekkers.
Music Credits
Moog tracks performed and recorded by Ben Howe
Tibetan Monks Chanting at Gyuto Branch Monastery House No. 422, McLeod Ganj by Samuel Corwin is licensed under a Attribution License.
A Man Approaches with Bowed Sitar, Rishikesh by Samuel Corwin is licensed under a Attribution License.
flute and tabla by Bruce Miller is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License.
Song 1 by Bruce Miller is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License.

[@chowdhuryparthapratim]

Fantastic

[@aashish82]

Nice video Ben. Might do this route this year.

[@TravelCollected]

Thanks. I recommend it!

[@SANDIP.ADHIGRAPHY]

nicely trekked the beautiful place.

[@TravelCollected]

thanks!

[@marcmanitou4182]

This cursed Covid situation made me look through your video, as I did a somewhat longer version of Lumbasumba trek in 2017 (Starting the traverse from Ghunsa). From what we could gather there had been only about 36 trekkers doing the trail during the autumn season. Olangchung Gola and Thudam are really some of the most impressive remote villages in the whole Nepal, and some of the trails west of Thudam are downright scary. This is no Annapurna Circuit or EBC...

[@TravelCollected]

I wanted to do the version you did actually. But as we were already leaving quite late in the season (Nov) there was concern that the extra days that would have added would mean we wouldn't get across all the passes. As it turned out we could have, but you never know. Those remote villages were really worth visiting...and the trail after Thudam definitely had some hairy moments - especially that one big slip that has been there a while.

[@m.klimbu7653]

@@TravelCollected the mountain would have been looking since 15 years

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chur Ben!!

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