Comments on: Fear and Panic on the Everest Trek. Scary Bridges!

By: Alyson for World Travel Family

Alyson for World Travel Family — Sun, 14 Mar 2021 22:16:58 +0000

In reply to Cathy McKeown. I'm the same, but the pull of the mountain is stronger than the terror. I find chocolate and singing help a lot. Have a great trip!

By: Cathy McKeown

Cathy McKeown — Sun, 14 Mar 2021 21:40:23 +0000

We did this trek in 2013 …. I didn’t realise I was scared of going over the bridges until I had already crossed 2 of them. I was coming up to the 3rd one and had a full blown panic attack … full on sobbing and shaking. My partner had to make sure the bridge was clear and then he took me over, holding my hand … I had my eyes shut. By the end of the trek I had overcome my fear. We are going back in March 2022 all being well.

By: Alyson Long

Alyson Long — Sat, 05 Jan 2019 20:07:14 +0000

In reply to jim derrick.

No it’s closed. Sorry! You don’t need a guide either. It’s a very well worn path, just follow your nose. Or maps are good too, pick one up in Kathmandu for a dollar or two. Honestly, you will never meet somebody more terrified of bridges than me. If I can do it I’m sure you can. Sometimes I’ll sit and wait forever to be sure there will be no other people, yaks , cows or donkeys on a bridge, but I get across. The more you do the easier it gets. By the time you get back to that high bridge after hitting Base Camp you’ll be skipping over it. But don’t do the Gokyo Lakes trek, I’ve been warned off that one by a guide who is a friend, he said it’s very, very scary, precipitous drops from a narrow path. There is a small section like that on the way up to the main EBC path from Phaplu, but if you walk from Lukla you miss it.

By: jim derrick

jim derrick — Sat, 05 Jan 2019 19:06:14 +0000

Great job on the trek. I too have a terrifying fear of heights but would really like to plan to do the EBC hike as my “retirement trip’, but am hesitant to consider it due to the bridges. Just wondering — for the Namche Bazaar bridge that has the high & low route, can you actually still take the lower bridge if you ask the guide to go that way ? Any little bit of height reduction would help….

Let me know any thoughts you have on that..

Keep on trekking !!

By: Ruth S Valle

Ruth S Valle — Sat, 24 Nov 2018 18:01:22 +0000

Wow! you are so brave to just go ahead and do this anyway.