Everest Stories


14 days and 1 pair of socks..

So we left Kathmandu on October 5th to fly to Lukla and begin our trek to Everest base camp. Flying into Lukla was like being in a James Bond movie. It felt like our little propellor plane was dodging its way through the mountains before landing on the shortest little landing strip I have ever seen. Needless to say, we survived. [Note: I will do my ...


My time in the hills comes to an end.

Youfve almost made it to the end of my Himalayan excursion. How will it all turn out? Read on. The next morning I woke up feeling very good and set off delayed just 15 minutes at 6:15AM. The delay was due to the lodge owner not having change and me eventually just giving in and leaving them with a 100 rupee tip. A shortage of change, or just ...


Week #3 cont.

The daalbhat from the night before worked well. A little too well. I slept like a log, but woke up the next morning feeling really lazy. My plan had been to trek over another pass on this day. Right when I woke up i knew that a change of plans would have to be made. I just didn't have the energy. It felt like my body was finally calling it quits a...


Stallone gets go ahead for Rambo IV! part 3

I've probably taken so long to type it that you're not even interested anymore, but here it is anyway. Week #3 of my Himalayan trek. The next morning I had a cup of tea and was off by about 6AM. Since their are no facilities along the Kongma La pass I had the cook make me two pieces of chapati with peanut butter to eat later on. This morning w...