The trek to Mount Everest base camp is an incredibly scenic hike that passes through beautiful forests, green hills, deep valleys, and rural settlements. While achieving a high altitude, the trek is relatively easy to complete and only requires moderate fitness. However, the low oxygen levels at higher elevations can make even simple tasks feel exhausting. The most challenging part is an optional hike to Kala Pathar at 18,200 feet.

1. What You’ll Experience on the Trek to
Mount Everest’s Base Camp

2. • Patrick Ryan – Village of Homewood, IL
• A resident of Lombard, Illinois, Patrick Ryan is the former assistant director at the Village of Homewood. In
this position, Patrick Ryan supervised a crew of 27 people and oversaw the operations and maintenance of the
entire village infrastructure. Aside from his professional responsibilities, Patrick Ryan enjoys a range of
personal interests, including traveling and living abroad, staying informed about environmental issues,
camping, and hiking. He has also completed the hike to the Mount Everest base camp.

3. The Sheer Beauty
• One of the most spectacular places on the planet for trekkers to
visit, Nepal’s Mount Everest offers several experiences, though
the trek to the Mount Everest base camp is among the most
popular. The trek to Everest’s base camp is incredibly scenic
since it leads hikers past enchanting waterfalls and through
green hills, deep valleys, and beautiful forests. The route also
passes near rural settlements and provides the opportunity for
cultural exploration.

4. • Though it may sound challenging to hike to the highest
mountain of the world’s base camp, the route is relatively easy
to complete, and only requires a moderate level of fitness.
However, due to the high altitude achieved on the trek, it can
become difficult for hikers to adapt quickly enough to the low
oxygen level, which can make doing simple tasks exhausting.
There are also a few challenging sections on the route,
including the viewpoint at Kala Pathar, which is situated at
18,200 feet (although hiking to it is optional)

5. About Patrick Ryan
• Patrick Ryan has served as the vice president of the Batista Group in Lombard, Illinois,
since 2012, at which time he also oversaw village infrastructure maintenance and
operation in the Village of Homewood.
• With Batista Group, he performs independent contracting work centered on the
bioremediation and rehabilitation of various unused previously-developed lands known as
brownsites.
• Among Patrick Ryan’s accomplishments is facilitating infrastructure upgrades to single
and multifamily housing and representing homeowner groups before state and municipal
building and environmental agencies.
• A previous public works director for Hyattsville, Maryland, Ryan led and
supervised a team of over two dozen employees in ensuring infrastructure
preservation and operation.
• His responsibilities included the repair and upkeep of extensive roadways and
rights-of-ways, as well as a major stormwater and sewage collection systems.

6. About Patrick Ryan…….
• He also effectively developed and implemented preventative maintenance plans and
systems for tracking inventory and determining equipment that needed replacement.

7. Patrick Ryan is an outdoor enthusiast. Ryan hikes and takes camping trips to various
locales, including the Chinese city of Yangzhou and the Olympic Peninsula. He is active in
organizations such as the American Public Work Association and the International Society
of Arboriculture.