About Us
While we didn't really know it at the time, Team Mount Everest was conceived in May 2002, when John and Rebecca Rees-Evans, a newly married husband and wife team, went on a kind of delayed honeymoon to Mount Everest.
While the couple fell in love with the place, the awesome, rugged beauty, and the ever-cheerful, warm, hospitable natures of the local people, it was not until many years later, following several years of operating treks on Mount Kilimanjaro, that Team Mount Everest was opened to non-family members to join!
The Rees-Evans family have long been obsessed with the mountains. Always enjoying doing things together as a family, by way of introducing their children to the family business, they have taken all three of their children, when aged just 5, 7 and 9, to 5,895m (19,342ft) at Kilimanjaro's summit, and have lived for nearly a week with a six year old at Everest Base Camp near the head of the Rongbuk Valley at 6,010m (19,718ft).
John Rees-Evans
Interestingly, John's family's association with Everest predates his own life by several generations. In the nineteenth century, one of his ancestors, TH Lewin - whom the Lushai tribe with whom he lives affectionately lived christened Thangliena - named their daughters Everest after their close friend Mr George Everest, the Surveyor General of India, who was credited with "discovering" Mount Everest, or Peak 15 as he called it at the time, for the purposes of his Himalayan survey.
Coincidentally, a few generations later, one of John's distant cousins, Edmund Hilary, was credited with becoming the first person, together with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, to summit Everest - though John believes that Everest was climbed nearly 30 years earlier than Sir Edmund's expedition, by Mallory and Irvine, and that on their descent from the summit, Mallory fell first in the darkness, while Irvine continued on alone, getting lost in the mist and darkness, close to the northeast shoulder.
John has been running expeditions almost continuously for more than 20 years and has been responsible for overseeing more than 10,000 trekkers on around 3,000 separate expeditions to high altitude. He is reputed as one of the foremost authorities in the world on acclimatisation, high-altitude safety and route selection, having consulted to national parks' authorities in these fields.
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Rebecca Rees-Evans
Rebecca's first trip to Everest with John in 2002 was her first ever mountainous expedition. She went on three years later to become the first lady to speed climb Kilimanjaro, the world's largest freestanding mountain, and held this record for some 4 years before it was broken.
Rebecca is a superb organiser and brings an almost autistic attention to detail to the team. She loves bringing order and precision to every environment in which she is called to operate, and is central to the operation's ability to surpass expectation and deliver a superb product.
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The Yoga retreat camp is nestled in Nagarkot, a tranquil village in the Bhaktapur district, about 25 km from Kathmandu. The drive from Kathmandu takes around 2 hours. This peaceful location offers breathtaking views of the Himalayas and is surrounded by lush green hills, making it the perfect retreat for those seeking peace and a connection with nature. The retreat features a blend of daily yoga, meditation, sound healing sessions, and hikes in the nearby hills.
On arrival at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, once you've passed through Immigration and retrieved your luggage, please look out for your Team Mount Everest driver carrying a placard with your name who will transfer you to Hotel Buddy for overnight on bed and breakfast basis.
On arrival at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, once you've passed through Immigration and retrieved your luggage, please look out for your Team Mount Everest driver carrying a placard with your name who will transfer you to Hotel Buddy for overnight on bed and breakfast basis.
On arrival at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, once you've passed through Immigration and retrieved your luggage, please look out for your Team Mount Everest driver carrying a placard with your name who will transfer you to Hotel Buddy for overnight on bed and breakfast basis.