Had a great breakfast. Feeling much better. Ready for Everest! Then saw this headline in today’s paper: This turned into 3,000 trekkers stranded for five days… We headed to the airport at 8 am. anyhow. Read the article here: http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Hundreds+of+Solu+tourists+stranded&NewsID=307932
Update 2 3rd November 2011 – Thursday – Day 03  We have been up since 3 am. Going to bed at 8 pm. was maybe not such a good idea!  We have a flight booked for 11:00 am this morning. If this does not work out, our last chance would be to go by […]
Leaving tomorrow, November 2, very early for the first leg of 16 days’ hike from Lukla Nepal to Everest Base Camp. Spent the day in Kathmandu doing final preparations, buying last minute items, re-packing my stuff to balance the weight for my porter and me, each carrying about 30 pounds, and getting the final briefing […]
This was a pinnacle adventure in my life – a profound experience. After seven days of incredible beauty, breathtaking vistas, almost impossible hiking and climbing through five different climatic zones, I was standing on top of the highest peak in Africa, the largest free-standing mountain in the world. It gave me an unimaginable feeling of […]
Thomas and Yuki – about 1,000 feet from Uhuru Peak, the summit of Kilimanjaro, 1-9,340 ft. Kilimanjaro! It was a long journey from the time my friend, Richard Wallace, and I decided we would climb Kilimanjaro. Along the way we were joined by eight more, and I was particularly pleased that my son, Thomas, and […]