Everest

I laid in my shared tent on the evening of May 18th and tried to sleep, which was difficult given the cramped space, oxygen mask, and bulky...

Preparing for the summit rotation! My backpack is nearly packed, I’ve spent most of the morning checking and re-checking gear and packing...

A perfect day in Namche ... yoga, meditation, massage, dessert after every meal, and an Om mani padre hum  stone. The revised plan ...

I woke up this morning to the sound of a rock being banged against an empty metal gas cylinder … time to wake up … and fly to Namche! To...

May 4 - Back at base camp!   The team left camp 2 early (6 am) yesterday morning.  My motivation for getting up early was a shower and ...

May 3 - camp 3 Today I learned that breathing at 23,000 feet is very difficult, especially while you're trying to climb straight up...

May 2 - Camp 2 The climb from base camp to camp 2 yesterday was challenging, although the terrain was now familiar to me, ten hours of ...