Today started off bright and early as we caught the first wave of flights out of Lukla and experienced once again the organized chaos of the small ...
November 22,Today was one of three recovery days before we leave basecamp. Normally it would only be 2 days but we come off the mountain a day earl...
Today started as the sun illuminated our tent and even though all four of us were still crammed inside, we all slept better from the physical exert...
Today was summit day and started at 12:00 am!! We slowly got up and got ready (it’s hard when there are 4 people in a 2/3 man tent with all their m...
November 17th,We hiked to camp 1 and the only thing worth noting is that my pack was huge and weighed a ton with all kinds of things strapped to th...
November 15th,
Today was the first of the two rest days before the summit bid, so much like the other rest days we were hand washing cloths and tak...
The plan for today was to climb to Camp 2 and then descend all the way back down to base camp. After checking with the rest of the team, they were ...
This morning we all loaded up our packs with supplies for camp 1 and headed up the now familiar trail. One team member was having issues with altit...
Today was a rest day so all we did today was take a solar shower and hand wash some more laundry. We’re sharing base camp with several other teams ...
This morning Chandra (our base camp support and cook) performed “Puja” which is a form of a Himalayan prayer for good luck, fortune and safety on t...
After breakfast at base camp the second day, we packed a day bag and set out on our acclimatization hike to Yak Camp. The idea is that we get as hi...
It was a cold first night at basecamp but I️ managed to get several hours of restless sleep. My body will have to get used to sleeping at 15000 ft ...