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 Camp of Mt. Pumori close to 5800mts around 19,000ft and have our bodies acclimate to the altitude. We had an early start around 7am as...
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Day 13 – A welcome into the Mountain and final arrival into Lukla
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 all the skills that we’ve learned the day before. This was extremely significant as it would be the first time we’d be directly setting foot...
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Day 12 – Remembering my Mama Telle!
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 beloved Mama Telle’s passing. It was a little rough to get the day going, I think maybe subconsciously my mind was grieving the memories. Even...
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Day 11 – A new start and ongoing transitions
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 up all night. Joining breakfast for the first time and opportunity to learn the name of my teammates. 7 kind and sweet gentlemen –Mark and...
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Day 10 – A special Date with Base Camp and a very sad goodbye!
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 absolutely priceless and throughout this journey it’s been her wittiness and sense humor which we’ve used as a barometer to see if Altitude was affecting...
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Day 5 Namche to Deboche (special post from Jess)
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 surreal. To those that were new to trekking, (like myself), and around the world travel; the best way to describe one’s expectations, or even touch...
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Final Shopping and preparations before our journey
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 meet us on Thamel to wrap up our permits and finish our shopping for the trip. The permit processing took a little longer and as...
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Day 10: The long return
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 equally step ascents continuing throughout the day until reaching the town of Namche Bazaar. As we all gathered for breakfast, we got the news that...
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Day 9: A long descent
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 by 8:15am. Our goal was to make into Debuche by 4pm and take advantage of a hot shower and the lingering sun to help us...
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Day 8: A very yak day
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. We decided to rest in the morning and and check in later to see who had the energy to go to Kala Patthar. Almost everyone felt they had given...