Day 14 – The Best View of Everest outside Everest!
Today was our last rest day before our departure to Camp 1. Granted that this rest day wouldn’t be a lazy rest day. Today we’d hike up to Advanced Base…
Today was our last rest day before our departure to Camp 1. Granted that this rest day wouldn’t be a lazy rest day. Today we’d hike up to Advanced Base…
Today was an exciting day for us at Base Camp. Mike and Dorjee ,our lead guides, will be leading us into the Khumbu ice fall for a real practice on…
I had a hard time sleeping through the night. Maybe the food from the evening before, or maybe the fact that is April 16th and the 3rd anniversary of my…
Wake up call and breakfast by 8am. My first night at Base Camp hadn’t been the greatest. It was extremely freezing cold and the rumbling sounds of avalanches kept me…
Wake up call around 6:30am. For my last night with the team I got to share a room with Paola, which was a sweet treat. Paola’s sense of humor is…
Our day 5 is a beautiful write up from Jess Rodriguez Williams! Waking up in Namche, Nepal after five hours of intense trekking the day before was nothing short of…
The day before our big trek and to relieve the tension for our San Francisco team an early morning massage would help the preparation. The rest of the team would…
My heart will go on.. and the blessings…. On today’s journey we’d start our climb into the Tengboche Monastery and then continue the trek varying between steep downhill climbs to…
We all awoke quite relieved about our day. All the girls were excited to start the descent and looking forward to more of the oxygen. After a quick breakfast we were all out…
One of the most magical experiences on this journey has been the way we all together have worked as a team. Everyone’s spirit after Base Camp was joyful but exhausted.…