Nepal is open for the autumn season, and glad you are coming.
Everest, Annapurna and Thorong La are open. Langtang treks stay paused while the Rasuwa road is rebuilt; Mustang and Manang roads are still being repaired.
Quad Lock MAG Phone Case
Locking mount, case-specific
A phone in a hip-belt pocket gets photographed with; a phone in the pack lid does not — the mount system only works if you buy the matching case, which locks you in.
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Do not buy this if: Anyone happy with a zip pocket. This solves a convenience problem, not a safety one.
Everything else we recommend in phones for travel, including the ones we think suit a different trekker.
Cheapest useful insuranceWaterproof phone pouch (IPX8)
Costs almost nothing and saves the single most expensive item most trekkers carry — the touchscreen window works, but the camera through it does not, so you take it out for photographs anyway.
Skip it ifAutumn Khumbu trekking, where it will not rain on you once.
