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Day 41 Part 2 – Into the Khumbu once more!

Day 41 Part 2 – Into the Khumbu once more!

  • Post author:Courageous Girls
  • Post published:May 16, 2016
  • Post category:Blog

  I was certainly a cold night, though I couldn’t help feeling if my own fears made me feel even cooler. Crampon time, my hands felt cold, and I realized…

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Day 41 – Part 1: And the real journey begins – NO SLEEP but lots of feelings!

  • Post author:Courageous Girls
  • Post published:May 16, 2016
  • Post category:Adventure/Blog/Everest/San Francisco/SF Girls/The Girls

It’s 11:30pm or according to my watch 23:30. I’m beyond overwhelmed, a hold onto my mother’s necklace, I pray to her to help me, to calm me down, to let…

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Day 40 – A stunning surprise

  • Post author:Silvia Vasquez-Lavado
  • Post published:May 15, 2016
  • Post category:Adventure/Everest/San Francisco/SF Girls/Summit/The Girls

Time to wake up! Today Sunday 15th, our wait time has officially began. The news of Mike from last evening, alerting that we almost departed that evening for a potential…

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Day 39 – Weather, Weather, Whether?

  • Post author:Silvia Vasquez-Lavado
  • Post published:May 14, 2016
  • Post category:Adventure/Everest/San Francisco/SF Girls/Summit/The Girls
  • Post comments:1,228 Comments

Since Wednesday Summit from our brave and resilient Sherpa’s, the Mountain is semi-open for the rest of us to attempt up to the summit. The biggest challenge so far has…

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Day 38 – A very slippery Kala Patthar

  • Post author:Silvia Vasquez-Lavado
  • Post published:May 13, 2016
  • Post category:Adventure/Everest/San Francisco/SF Girls/Summit/The Girls
  • Post comments:9,351 Comments

Per Mike’s (our expedition lead guide) suggestion into keeping my acclimatization and fitness by climbing a peak, today I’d be venturing to trek up to Kala Patthar. Kala Patthar is…

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Day 37 – Snow, The Everest Diet and Searching for Mark’s Behind

  • Post author:Silvia Vasquez-Lavado
  • Post published:May 12, 2016
  • Post category:Adventure/Everest/San Francisco/SF Girls/Summit/The Girls
  • Post comments:7,694 Comments

As we patiently await the right weather window for us to depart into the higher camps, we are trying to recover all of our strength and rest before the intensity…

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Day 36 – Cooking skills handy

  • Post author:Silvia Vasquez-Lavado
  • Post published:May 11, 2016
  • Post category:Adventure/Everest/San Francisco/SF Girls/Summit
  • Post comments:2,268 Comments

During breakfast we got word that Dendi’s condition had improved once he landed in Kathmandu. He also had been released from the hospital and was already eager to return back…

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Day 35 – Oxygen Training – a step closer

  • Post author:Silvia Vasquez-Lavado
  • Post published:May 10, 2016
  • Post category:Adventure/Everest/San Francisco/SF Girls/Summit/The Girls
  • Post comments:15,470 Comments

I slept well after tiring myself the day before. Today we’ll have our Oxygen training class and get at least the practice ready for that opportunity which hopefully will come…

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Day 34 – A rocky Mother’s Day

  • Post author:Silvia Vasquez-Lavado
  • Post published:May 9, 2016
  • Post category:Adventure/Everest/San Francisco/SF Girls/Summit/The Girls
  • Post comments:1,627 Comments

Today was a bittersweet day, I got to celebrate Mother’s Day in front of the “Mother of the World” (The Tibetean word for Mt. Everest = Chomolungma which means Mother…

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Happy Mother’s Day!!!

  • Post author:Silvia Vasquez-Lavado
  • Post published:May 8, 2016
  • Post category:Adventure/Everest/San Francisco/SF Girls/Summit
  • Post comments:7,009 Comments

Special Mother's Day video from Everest Base Camp!

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